Gabriele Fassina

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Gabriele Fassina is a leading researcher at the intersection of social robotics and neurodevelopmental therapy, with a primary focus on enhancing intervention outcomes for children with Autism Spectrum Disorder (ASD). His work centers on developing and validating robotic-assistive systems that leverage automated attention analysis to quantify behavioral biomarkers during therapy. Fassina’s most cited paper (2024, 11 citations) pioneers the automatic assessment of attention responses in robotic-assistive therapy, providing therapists with a critical, objective metric to monitor progress in children with severe attention deficits. He is also the principal architect of the IOGIOCO project, which introduced an interactive total body robot enhanced imitation therapy (2022, 5 citations). This system uses full-body motion tracking and social assistive robots as therapy enhancers, moving beyond traditional screen-based interventions to improve social skill acquisition. By combining real-time behavioral analytics with embodied robotic interaction, Fassina’s contributions are shaping a new paradigm for data-driven, personalized ASD therapy, offering both measurable impact and scalable tools for clinical practice.