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Silvana Badaloni’s research bridges artificial intelligence, robotics, and gender studies, with a focus on how human-robot interaction is shaped by social and cognitive factors. Her most cited work, “Sex differences in expectations and perception of a social robot” (2018, 14 citations), investigates how human sex influences the perception of a neutral social robot and the stereotypically male, female, or neutral actions people expect from it—a pioneering contribution to understanding gender bias in human-robot interaction. She further explores this theme in “The Influence of Gender Dimension in Human-Robot Interaction” (2017, 3 citations). Earlier in her career, Badaloni made foundational contributions to autonomous robotics and temporal reasoning, as seen in “Making an autonomous robot plan temporally constrained maintenance operations” (1993, 3 citations) and “An Autonomous Mobile Robot in a Temporally Rich Domain: Some Considerations from the Standpoint of A.I” (1989, 3 citations). Her work is notable for integrating social dimensions into technical robotics, challenging assumptions about neutrality in AI systems. Badaloni’s research has implications for designing more inclusive and socially aware robots, making her a key figure in the intersection of AI, robotics, and gender studies.