Pepi Stavropoulou

National and Kapodistrian University of Athens

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Pepi Stavropoulou is a researcher at the forefront of human-robot interaction, with a specialized focus on designing intuitive voice user interfaces for service robots. Her work bridges the gap between natural language processing and robotic systems, aiming to make service robots more accessible and effective in real-world environments. Stavropoulou’s most cited paper, "Voice User Interfaces for Service Robots: Design Principles and Methodology" (2020), has garnered 8 citations, laying foundational design principles that guide how robots understand and respond to human speech in dynamic settings. Her contributions emphasize user-centered design, ensuring that voice commands are both robust and context-aware, which is critical for applications in hospitality, healthcare, and domestic assistance. By systematically addressing challenges like noise interference and dialogue flow, Stavropoulou’s research has influenced subsequent work in multimodal interaction and robot usability. Her achievements reflect a commitment to making technology more human-centric, and her methodologies are frequently referenced by peers developing next-generation service robots. For students and researchers, Stavropoulou’s work offers a clear roadmap for integrating voice interfaces into autonomous systems, highlighting the importance of iterative design and user testing in creating truly responsive robotic assistants.