— This article presents the design of Iromec, a modular robot companion tailored towards engaging in social exchanges with children with different disabilities with the aim to em...
Unmanned vehicles (UV’s) are increasingly being employed in civil and military domains often for operations in dangerous environments. Typically these vehicles require some leve...
The DORIS project (Dialogue Oriented Roaming Interactive System) aims to develop a spoken dialogue module for an autonomous robotic agent. This paper examines the techniques used b...
Michael Niemann, Ingrid Zukerman, Enes Makalic, Sa...
The ROBOCARE Domestic Environment (RDE) is the result of a three-year project aimed at developing cognitive support technology for elderly people. Specifically, the domestic envir...
Amedeo Cesta, Gabriella Cortellessa, Vittoria Giul...
In this paper, we study the role of emotions and expressive behaviour in socially interactive characters employed in educational games. More specifically, on how we can use such e...