Samuele Vinanzi

Dr Samuele Vinanzi is a Senior Lecturer in Robotics and Artificial Intelligence at Sheffield Hallam University, and leads the research theme on Trustworthy Autonomous Systems in Social Contexts at the Centre of Excellence in AI and Robotics (CEAIR). He earned his BSc and MSc in Computer Engineering from the University of Palermo and his PhD in Computer Science from the University of Manchester.

Dr Vinanzi specializes in Cognitive Robotics: an interdisciplinary field that integrates robotics, artificial intelligence, cognitive science, and psychology to create robots that perceive, reason, and interact like humans. His research focuses on enabling social collaboration between humans and robots, with particular attention to topics such as emotional intelligence, intention reading, and trust.

He is the author of "In Robots We Trust", a popular science book on trust relationships between humans and robots, published by Oxford University Press (2025).