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    CARESSES: the flower that taught robots about culture

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    Authors
    Sgorbissa, Antonio
    Saffiotti, Alessandro
    Chong, Nak Young
    Battistuzzi, Linda
    Menicatti, Roberto
    Pecora, Federico
    Papadopoulos, Irena
    Pandey, Amit Kumar
    Kamide, Hiroko
    Koulouglioti, Christina
    Kanoria, Sanjeev
    Mastrolonardo, Raffaele
    Papadopoulos, Chris
    Merton, Len
    Lee, Jaeryoung
    Randhawa, Gurch
    Lim, Yuto
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    Affiliation
    University of Genova
    Örebro University
    JAIST
    Middlesex University
    SoftBank Robotics Europe
    Nagoya University
    Advinia HelthCare
    Effecinque
    University of Bedfordshire
    Chubu University
    Issue Date
    2019-03-25
    Subjects
    culturally competent robots
    elderly care
    robots
    H671 Robotics
    robotics
    
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    Abstract
    The video describes the novel concept of 'culturally competent robotics', which is the main focus of the project CARESSES (Culturally-Aware Robots and Environmental Sensor Systems for Elderly Support). CARESSES a multidisciplinary project whose goal is to design the first socially assistive robots that can adapt to the culture of the older people they are taking care of. Socially assistive robots are required to help the users in many ways including reminding them to take their medication, encouraging them to keep active, helping them keep in touch with family and friends. The video describes a new generation of robots that will perform their actions with attention to the older person's customs, cultural practices and individual preferences.
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    Sgorbissa A, Saffiotti A, Chong N, Battistuzzi L, Menicatti R, Pecora F, Papadopoulos I, Pandey A, Kamide H, Koulouglioti C, Kanoria S, Mastrolonardo R, Papadopoulos C, Merton L, Lee J, Randhawa G, Lim Y (2019) 'CARESSES: the flower that taught robots about culture', 14th ACM/IEEE International Conference on Human-Robot Interaction (HRI) - Daegu, IEEE Computer Society.
    Publisher
    IEEE Computer Society
    URI
    http://hdl.handle.net/10547/623778
    DOI
    10.1109/HRI.2019.8673086
    Additional Links
    https://ieeexplore.ieee.org/document/8673086
    Type
    Conference papers, meetings and proceedings
    Language
    en
    ISBN
    9781538685556
    ae974a485f413a2113503eed53cd6c53
    10.1109/HRI.2019.8673086
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