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From psychological traits to safety warnings: three studies on recommendations in a smart home environment
Federica Cena, Cristina Gena, Claudio Mattutino +2
In this paper, we report on three experiments we have carried out in the context of the EMPATHY project, with the aim of helping users make better configuration choices in a smart…
Preliminary results of a therapeutic lab for promoting autonomies in autistic children
Cristina Gena, Rossana Damiano, Claudio Mattutino +8
This extended abtract describes the preliminary qualitative results coming from a therapeutic laboratory focused on the use of the Pepper robot to promote autonomies and functional…
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…
Incorporating Personality Traits in User Modeling for EUD
Federica Cena, Cristina Gena, Claudio Mattutino +4
Personality traits such as Need for Cognition, Locus of Control, Mindset and Self-efficacy could impact the perception, acceptance and appreciation of recommendations provided to s…
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…
An end-user coding-based environment for programming an educational affective robot
Cristina Gena, Claudio Mattutino, Enrico Mosca +1
In this paper we present an open source educational robot, designed both to engage children in an affective and social interaction, and to be programmable also in its social and af…
UX Personas for defining robot's character and personality
Rossana Damiano, Cristina Gena, Andrea Maieli +4
This paper describes the use of UX Personas for defining a stable character for the Pepper robot. This approach generated from the first analysis of the social interactions that oc…
User modeling for social and affective robots
Cristina Gena, Federica Cena, Marco Botta +1
This paper presents our first attempt to integrate user modeling features in social and affective robots. We propose a cloud-based architecture for modeling the user-robot interact…
Experimenting Touchless Gestural Interaction for a University Public Web-based Display
Cristina Gena, Fabiana Vernero, Claudio Mattutino +2
Interest in and development of touchless gestural interfaces has recently exploded, fueled by the diffusion of both commercial midair gesture platforms and public interactive displ…
Educational robotics for children and their teachers
Cristina Gena, Claudio Mattutino, Davide Cellie +1
This paper describes a Google Educator funded project devoted to the training of teachers (primary and secondary school) through an e-learning platform that will introduce them to…