Dr. Zhegong SHANGGUAN

上官哲公

Research Associate

University of Manchester

Cognitive Robotics • HRI • Psychology

About Me

I am a Research Associate at the University of Manchester, specializing in cognitive robotics, human-robot interaction, and psychology. My research explores the development of human cognition, employing cognitive and developmental robotics approaches to investigate this process.

Currently, I am working on the ERC-funded e-TALK project under the supervision of Prof. Angelo Cangelosi at the Cognitive Robotics Lab.

I obtained my Ph.D. from ENSTA Paris, Institut Polytechnique de Paris, under the supervision of Prof. Adriana Tapus.

Research Interests:

Cognitive Robotics Human-Robot Interaction Cognitive Psychology Social Robotics Machine Learning

Latest News

September 2025

IROS 2025 Best Paper Finalist

Our paper has been selected as a finalist for the Best Paper Award at IROS 2025. 🏆 Best Paper Finalist

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September 2025

IROS 2025 Workshop Talk

Invited talk with Prof. Adriana Tapus at AV & UX Workshop: "Beyond Signals: Touch, Emotion, and Arousal in Human Driving Behavior"

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March 2025

New Paper Published

Our paper on emotional driving behavior published in Frontiers in Psychology.

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Media & Videos

IROS 2025 Paper Presentation
A Seq2Seq based Multi-modal Robot Facial Expression Reaction Framework in HRI

IEEE RO-MAN 2024 Workshop
Ethics Challenges in Socially Assistive Robots and Agents

ITSC 2022 Workshop
Human Behavior Understanding in Connected and Autonomous Vehicles

Selected Publications

Learning from Human Conversations: A Seq2Seq based Multi-modal Robot Facial Expression Reaction Framework in HRI 🏆 Best Paper Finalist

Shangguan, Z., Hei, X., Li, F., Yu, C., Song, S., Zhao, J., Cangelosi, A., Tapus, A.

IEEE/RSJ International Conference on Intelligent Robots and Systems (IROS), 2025

Enhancing Safety and User Experience in Automated Driving: A Multimodal Comparison of Pneumatic and Vibrotactile Haptic Feedback Takeover Scenarios

Liu, Y., Shangguan, Z., Tapus, A., Safin, S., Détienne, F., Lecolinet, E.

34th IEEE International Conference on Robot and Human Interactive Communication (RO-MAN), 2025

Factors Influencing Emotional Driving: Examining the Impact of Arousal on the Interplay Between Age, Personality, and Driving Behaviors

Shangguan, Z., Han, X., Mrhasli, Y.E., Lyu, N., Tapus, A.

Frontiers in Psychology, 2025

Using a Pneumatic Tactile Steering Wheel to Enhance the Multi-Modal Takeover Request In Smart Vehicle

Shangguan, Z., Liu, Y., Song, L., Li, T., Tapus, A.

International Conference on Social Robotics, 2024

Robot Self-Recognition via Facial Expression Sensorimotor Learning

Shangguan, Z., Ding, M., Yu, C., Chen, C., Tapus, A.

IEEE RO-MAN, 2023

What Do I Look Like? A Conditional GAN Based Robot Facial Self-Awareness Approach

Shangguan, Z., Yu, C., Huang, W., Sun, Z., Tapus, A.

International Conference of Social Robotics (ICSR), 2022

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Students & Collaborators

Master's Students

Yiming Fu
Research Topic: Cognitive Robotics

Alumni

Zexuan Sun
Current Position: Robotics Engineer at Zhuimi Robotics Company
Graduated: 2023 Year

Projects

ERC e-TALK Project

The e-TALK project focuses on grounding abstract concepts and words in robotic agents through developmental robotics and embodied cognition theories. This research aims to enable natural language interaction with robots by helping them understand both concrete and abstract concepts.

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Contact & Links

Email: zhegong.shangguan@manchester.ac.uk

Office: University of Manchester, Manchester, UK

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