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Janusz Sobecki is a researcher at the forefront of human–robot interaction (HRI), with a particular focus on how social robots perceive and are perceived by humans. His work bridges robotics, psychology, and cognitive science to create more intuitive and socially acceptable machines. Sobecki’s key contributions include demonstrating that educational background significantly biases human perception of social robots—a finding from his 2020 study (26 citations) that challenges assumptions about universal robot design. He has also advanced the field by implementing Laban Movement Analysis into the NAO robot for emotion recognition (2018), and by developing computational models of consciousness-emotion interactions in social robotics (2018). Notably, his recent factor analysis of the Polish version of the Godspeed Questionnaire (2023) provides a validated psychometric tool essential for assessing user satisfaction in HRI studies. With a growing citation impact, Sobecki’s work is instrumental in shaping how robots can be designed to better understand and respond to human emotional and cognitive states, making him a key figure in the evolution of socially intelligent robotics.