Marta Romeo

Marta Romeo is an Assistant Professor in the Department of Computer Science at the School of Mathematical and Computer Sciences, Heriot-Watt University, United Kingdom. Her research focuses on human-robot interaction, social robotics, and affective computing within the broader field of intelligent systems.

Her primary research interests include Human-Robot Interaction (HRI), Social Robotics, Affective Computing, and Cognitive Robotics. She investigates how robots can interact with humans in natural and supportive ways, with particular emphasis on explainability in human-robot collaboration, facial expression recognition systems, brain-robot interfaces for exercise applications, and the integration of large language models in social robots. Her interdisciplinary work bridges computer science, cognitive science, and healthcare applications.

Analysis of her 2025 publications reveals strong trends in socially assistive robotics for healthcare settings, with significant focus on cognitive monitoring for elderly care, explainability challenges in collaborative robotics, and novel applications of AI in human-robot alignment. Key subfields include trust dynamics in human-robot teams, transfer learning for affective computing, and viability assessments of domestic robotic systems. Her work consistently addresses real-world implementation challenges while advancing theoretical frameworks in social robotics.