Enrico Leone

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Enrico Leone is a leading researcher in human-robot interaction (HRI), with a focus on developing robust, multimodal communication systems that prioritize human safety and natural interaction. His work bridges speech, gesture, and attentional mechanisms to create seamless dialogues between humans and robots, particularly in domestic and assistive contexts. His most cited paper (48 citations) introduces an extensible architecture for robust multimodal communication, addressing critical challenges in minimizing misunderstanding during human-robot commands. Leone has also made significant contributions to socially assistive robotics for elderly care, including a reactive approach for seeking and approaching users in domestic environments (6 citations) and microservice-based behaviors for monitoring individuals with Alzheimer’s disease (2 citations). His research on attentional regulation in situated dialogue (17 citations) and estimation of visual focus of attention using random forests (5 citations) further demonstrates his expertise in making robots more perceptive and responsive. Through his work, Leone is advancing the frontier of intuitive, safe, and effective human-robot collaboration, with direct applications in healthcare and daily assistance.

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Top Papers

1. 1
   An extensible architecture for robust multimodal human-robot communication

   48 citations · 2013
2. 2
   Attentional regulations in a situated human-robot dialogue

   17 citations · 2014
3. 3
   Seeking and Approaching Users in Domestic Environments: Testing a Reactive Approach on Two Commercial Robots

   6 citations · 2018
4. 4
   Interacting with robots via speech and gestures, an integrated architecture

   5 citations · 2013
5. 5
   Using Random Forests for the Estimation of Multiple Users’ Visual Focus of Attention from Head Pose

   5 citations · 2016
6. 6
   Socially Assistive Robot’s Behaviors using Microservices

   2 citations · 2019

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