Maria M. Hedblom

Otto-von-Guericke University Magdeburg, Jönköping University

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Maria M. Hedblom is a leading researcher at the intersection of cognitive science, artificial intelligence, and robotics, with a primary focus on developing cognitively-grounded frameworks for robotic reasoning and action. Her key research areas include image schema theory, naïve physics, and ontological engineering for autonomous systems. Hedblom’s major contribution lies in formalizing the principles of agentive naïve proto-physics, as demonstrated in her foundational work "The mouse and the ball" (2018, 5 citations), which bridges pre-linguistic conceptual development and formal logic. She has advanced robotic action selection through image schema-based reasoning (2021, 5 citations), enabling robots to adapt plans in uncertain environments—a critical step toward household automation. Her work on "Cutting Events" (2021, 3 citations) addresses the fundamental challenge of plan adaptation when ingredients or tools are missing, while her "Deep understanding of everyday activity commands" (2022, 2 citations) introduces a processing pipeline that translates natural language into executable robotic plans using the Socio-physical Model of Activities ontology. Hedblom’s research is notable for its interdisciplinary approach, combining developmental psychology, linguistics, and robotics to create more intelligent, adaptable autonomous systems.