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Cloud-based user modeling for social robots: a first attempt
Marco Botta, Daniele Camilleri, Federica Cena +4
A social robot is an autonomous robot that interact with people by engaging in social emotive behaviors, skills, capacities, and rules attached to its collaborative role. In order…
Social Assistive Robotics for Autistic Children
Stefania Brighenti, Federico Buratto, Fernando Vito Falcone +3
This paper introduces the project Social Assistive Robotics for Autistic Children aimed at using robotic therapy for autism. The goal of the project is testing autistic children's…
Visual and unplugged coding lessons with smart toys
Sara Capecchi, Cristina Gena, Ilaria Lombardi
Our Computer science k-12 education research group and the educational toy company Quercetti have been collaborating together to design and manufacture toys that help stimulate and…
An affective and adaptive educational robot
Cristina Gena, Alberto Lillo, Claudio Mattutino +1
In this paper we present an educational robot called Wolly, designed to engage children in an affective and social interaction. Indeed, we are now focusing on its role as an educat…
Sugar, Salt & Pepper -- Humanoid robotics for autism
Cristina Gena, Claudio Mattutino, Stefania Brighenti +9
This paper introduces an experimental trial that will take place from February to June 2021, and which will see the use of the Pepper robot in a therapeutic laboratory on autonomie…
Autistic Children's Mental Model of an Humanoid Robot
Cristina Gena, Claudio Mattutino, Andrea Maieli +4
This position paper introduces the results of an initial card sorting experiment based on the reactions and questions of a group of children with autism working with a humanoid rob…