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Biography
Angelo Cangelosi is Professor of Machine Learning and Robotics at the University of Manchester (UK) and co-director and founder of the Manchester Centre for Robotics and AI. He was awarded a European Research Council (ERC Advanced) project in 2023. Cangelosi also is Turing Fellow at the Alan Turing Institute London, and Visiting Professor at Universita' Cattolica Milano and Hohai University. His research interests are in cognitive and developmental robotics, neural networks, language grounding, human robot-interaction and trust, and robot companions for health and social care. Overall, he has secured over £38m of research grants as coordinator/PI, with currently many UKRI/Horizon/US grants active (e.g. ERC Advanced, UKRI TAS Trust Node and CRADLE Prosperity, Horizon RIA PRIMI, MUSAE and TRAINCREASE, the Horizon MSCA TRAIL, PERSEO, eLADDA, and the US AFRL THRIVE++). Cangelosi has produced more than 300 scientific publications. He also has projects funding collaboration with industries such as Honda, BAE Systems and Jacobs. Cangelosi is Editor-in-Chief of the journals Interaction Studies and IET Cognitive Computation and Systems, and in 2015 was Editor-in-Chief of IEEE Transactions on Autonomous Development. He has chaired numerous international conferences, including ICANN2022 Bristol, and ICDL2021 Beijing. His book “Developmental Robotics: From Babies to Robots” (MIT Press) was published in January 2015, and translated in Chinese and Japanese. His latest book “Cognitive Robotics” (MIT Press), coedited with Minoru Asada, was recently published in 2022.
My group
Cognitive Robotics Lab, School of Computer Science, University of Manchester
Job Opportunities: We currentkly have 7 Postdoc positions open on Horizon and UK projects. Contact [email protected] if interested.
Memberships of committees and professional bodies
Fellow, British Computer Society
Senior Member, IEEE
Education/Academic qualification
Habilitation, UK Accreditation for Teaching in Higher Education (TLHE-SEDA Certificate)
Award Date: 1 Aug 1998
Doctor of Philosophy, PhD in Psychology and Artificial Intelligence, Università di Genova
Award Date: 10 Jun 1997
Master in Science, Laurea in Psychology (General and Experimental Psychology), Università degli Studi di Roma La Sapienza
Award Date: 11 Dec 1991
External positions
Visiting Professor (Laurea Magistrale in Media Education, Facolta' Scienze della Formazione), Universita Cattolica Del Sacro Cuore
2019 → …
Fellow, Alan Turing Institute
1 Oct 2018 → 31 Dec 2024
Visiting Professor, University of Plymouth
1 Aug 2018 → 31 Jul 2020
Visiting Distinguished Research Fellow, AIRC, National Institute of Advanced Industrial Science and Technology AIST
2018 → 2022
Areas of expertise
- QA75 Electronic computers. Computer science
- Cognitive Robotics
- Artificial Intelligence
- Cognitive Science
Research Beacons, Institutes and Platforms
- Institute for Data Science and AI
- Digital Futures
- Autism@Manchester
- Creative Manchester
- Dalton Nuclear Institute
Keywords
- Artificial Intelligence
- Robotics
- Cognitive Science
- Machine learning
- Language learning
Expertise related to UN Sustainable Development Goals
In 2015, UN member states agreed to 17 global Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) to end poverty, protect the planet and ensure prosperity for all. This person’s work contributes towards the following SDG(s):
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SDG 4 Quality Education
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SDG 7 Affordable and Clean Energy
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SDG 8 Decent Work and Economic Growth
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SDG 9 Industry, Innovation, and Infrastructure
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SDG 16 Peace, Justice and Strong Institutions
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Collaborations and top research areas from the last five years
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Distinguishing Concreteness Differences in LLM Representations via Linear Probing
Xie, H., Sha, Y., Maharjan, R. S., Tavella, F. & Cangelosi, A., 8 Apr 2026, (Accepted/In press) Proceedings of CogSci 2026, the Annual Meeting of the Cognitive Science Society. Rio de Janeiro, July 2026.Research output: Chapter in Book/Conference proceeding › Conference contribution › peer-review
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Evaluating Semantic Representations in Multimodal Word Grounding
Shaukat, S., Aly, A., Wennekers, T. & Cangelosi, A., 23 Feb 2026, 22nd Pacific Rim International Conference on Artificial Intelligence (PRICAI 2025) .Research output: Chapter in Book/Conference proceeding › Conference contribution › peer-review
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Fluid-Xpress: Emotion-Aware Dual-Loop Framework for Empathic Facial Reaction in HRI
Kang, C., Alitai, M., Wang, Y., Ma, R., Cai, X., Cangelosi, A. & Shangguan, Z., 14 Jan 2026, (Accepted/In press) Companion of the 2026 ACM/IEEE International Conference on Human-Robot Interaction. Association for Computing MachineryResearch output: Chapter in Book/Conference proceeding › Conference contribution › peer-review
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Grounding Hierarchical Vision-Language-Action Models Through Explicit Language-Action Alignment
Wulff, T., Tavella, F., Maharjan, R. S., Adikari, M. & Cangelosi, A., 7 Apr 2026.Research output: Preprint/Working paper › Preprint
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Multimodal Dialogue for Empathetic Human-Robot Interaction
Rawal, N., Maharjan, R. S., Salici, G., Catalini, R., Romeo, M., Bigazzi, R., Baraldi, L., Vezzani, R., Cucchiara, R. & Cangelosi, A., 2026, Multimodal Dialogue for Empathetic Human-Robot Interaction. M. S., J.-J. C., B. S., S. S. G., L. B., A. T., S. R., F. C., L. F., M. M. & H. H. (eds.). Springer Nature, p. 22-36 15 p. (Lecture Notes in Computer Science ((LNAI,volume 16133)))( International Conference on Social Robotics).Research output: Chapter in Book/Conference proceeding › Conference contribution › peer-review
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eTALK: [eTALK] embodied Thought for Abstract Language Knowledge
Cangelosi, A. (PI)
26/06/24 → 25/06/29
Project: Research
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CRADLE: CRADLE - Centre for Robotic Autonomy in Demanding and Long-lasting Environments
Fisher, M. (PI), Adorno, B. (CoI), Cangelosi, A. (CoI), Dennis, L. (CoI), Dixon, C. (CoI), Groves, K. (CoI), Lennox, B. (CoI), Watson, S. (CoI), Weightman, A. (CoI), Farrell, M. (CoI), Marinho, M. (CoI), Ladosz, P. (CoI), Wood, K. (CoI), Collins, E. (CoI), Smith, K. (CoI), Parslew, B. (CoI), Li, Z. (CoI), Clinch, S. (CoI), Baniqued, P. D. (Support team), Flint, S. (Support team), Khan, D. (Technical team), Tse, K. W. (Technical team), Atia, M. (Researcher), Song, Y. (Researcher), Leslie-Dalley, S. (PGR student), Bettles, J. (PGR student), Limarga, R. (Researcher), Zheng, S. (Researcher), Slusarz, N. (Researcher), Le, H. L. (PGR student), Tavella, F. (Researcher), Bolarinwa, J. (Researcher), Chi, X. (PGR student), Rolph, M. (PGR student), Saravanan, D. (PGR student), Abeywickrama, D. (Researcher), Rafiq, Y. (Researcher), Bishop, C. (Researcher), Khan, S. M. (Researcher), Wheelhouse, L. (PGR student), Morley, A. (PGR student), Greenhaus, Y. (PGR student), Arumugam, S. (PGR student) & Soboyejo, T. (PGR student)
1/09/23 → 31/08/28
Project: Research
Prizes
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2019 IEEE ICDL-EPIROB Modelbot Award
Serhan, B. (Recipient) & Cangelosi, A. (Recipient), 21 Aug 2019
Prize: Prize (including medals and awards)
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European Research Council (ERC) Advanced grant
Cangelosi, A. (Recipient), Mar 2023
Prize: Fellowship awarded competitively
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IROS Best Entertainment and Amusement Paper Award Finalists
Shangguan, Z. (Recipient), Hei, X. (Recipient), Li, F. (Recipient), Yu, C. (Recipient), Song, S. (Recipient), Cangelosi, A. (Recipient), Zhao, J. (Recipient) & Tapus, A. (Recipient), Oct 2025
Prize: Prize (including medals and awards)
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Activities
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TAROS 2026: Conference, Towards Autonomous Robotics Systems
Cangelosi, A. (Chair), Lennox, B. (Co-Chair) & Weightman, A. (Co-Chair)
7 Sept 2026 → 9 Sept 2026Activity: Participating in or organising event(s) › Organising a conference, workshop, exhibition, performance, inquiry, course etc › Research
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IEEE SSCI 2018 - Symposium on Computational Intelligence, Cognitive Algorithms, Mind, and Brain (CCMB2018)
Cangelosi, A. (Chair)
18 Nov 2018Activity: Participating in or organising event(s) › Organising a conference, workshop, exhibition, performance, inquiry, course etc › Research
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ICDL-EPiRob 2018: The 8th International Conference on Development and Learning and on Epigenetic Robotics
Cangelosi, A. (Chair)
16 Sept 2018 → 20 Sept 2018Activity: Participating in or organising event(s) › Organising a conference, workshop, exhibition, performance, inquiry, course etc › Research
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Robotics@Manchester Workshop
Cangelosi, A. (Chair)
6 Sept 2018Activity: Participating in or organising event(s) › Organising a conference, workshop, exhibition, performance, inquiry, course etc › Research
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Cognitive Computation and Systems (Journal)
Cangelosi, A. (Editor in chief)
2018 → …Activity: Publication peer-review and editorial work › Editorial work › Research
Impacts
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Centre for Robotic Autonomy in Demanding and Long Lasting Environments (CRADLE)
Baniqued, P. D. (Participant), Lennox, B. (Participant), Fisher, M. (Participant), Watson, S. (Participant), Flint, S. (Participant), Khan, D. (Participant), Tse, K. W. (Participant), Adorno, B. (Participant), Groves, K. (Participant), Atia, M. (Participant), Leslie-Dalley, S. (Participant), Dennis, L. (Participant), Zheng, S. (Participant), Limarga, R. (Participant), Farrell, M. (Collaborator), Cangelosi, A. (Participant), Dixon, C. (Participant), Collins, E. (Collaborator), Tavella, F. (Participant), Bolarinwa, J. (Participant), Chi, X. (Participant), Rolph, M. (Participant), Abeywickrama, D. (Participant), Rafiq, Y. (Participant), Bishop, C. (Participant), Wheelhouse, L. (Participant), Morley, A. (Participant), Bettles, J. (Participant), Soboyejo, T. (Participant), Weightman, A. (Collaborator), Marinho, M. (Collaborator), Ladosz, P. (Collaborator) & Smith, K. (Collaborator)
Impact: Economic, Environmental, Policy
Press/Media
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DAILY EXPRESS: Sunak urged to deploy immediate investment to tackle inflation crisis
29/01/22
1 Media contribution
Press/Media: Expert comment
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Interview and robot experiments in "The Hyper Evolution of Robots" (BBC Documentary)
2/08/17
1 Media contribution
Press/Media: Other
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iCub experiments featured in “The Brain, by David Eagleman” (USA PBS Documentary)
1/11/15
1 Media contribution
Press/Media: Other