Francesco Vigni
Ciao!
I'm a robotic nerd that loves learning. As a PhD student at the University of Naples Federico II, Italy I study how robots can learn to interact in a human-like way. The future expects robot to be able to interact with humans in a natural way and somebody has to make it happen ;).
I am funded by the perseo project, a Marie Skłodowska-Curie European Training Network (ETN) funded by the European Commission that allows me to collaborate with the top european researchers in the field. Here I collect some of my works and interests.
13 Mar, 2023
02 Mar, 2023
The highschool Liceo Statale Ghandi in Casoria, Italy invited me to give a talk on Artificial Intelligence and Robotics.
14 Dec, 2022
I presented my work named Exploring Non-Verbal Strategies for Initiating an HRI in the interactive poster session of the International Conference of Social Robotics ICSR2022 held in Florence, Italy.
14 Dec, 2022
The work named On The Emotional Transparency of a Non-Humanoid Social Robot was presented by me during the interactive poster session of the International Conference of Social Robotics ICSR2022 held in Florence, Italy.
01 Sep, 2022
I co-presented the work named Familiar Acoustic Cues for Legible Service Robots in the 2022 IEEE International Conference on Robot and Human Interactive (ROMAN2022) held in Naples, Italy.
24 May, 2021
The local newspaper ForliToday interviewed me about how my career developed in Italy as well as in Germany and how I feel about the future of Robotics and AI.
24 May, 2021
Had the chance to interact for two hours with (former) German Chancellor Angela Merkel and Bavarian Prime Minister Markus Söder. They visited the MIRMI lab at the TUM, where I was Research Assistant.
23 May, 2019
The work on closed-loop Human-Robot Handshake gained attention in several newspaper Corriere di Siena, il cittadino online.
22 May, 2019
The work The Role of Closed-Loop Hand Control in Handshaking Interactions has been awarded as Finalist for Best Paper Award in HRI at the ICRA 2019 conference.
18 May, 2019
The bank La BCC Ravennate Forlivese e Imolese awarded me with a grant of 1000€ for my academic results.
18 Dec, 2018
The students of my former high school in Forli ITE Matteucci were presented with my career, where I had the opportunity to share my experience as a researcher and my passion for robotics.