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You are kindly invited to attend (in presence or virtually) the WS
on Applications and Challenges for Assistive Robotics that will be
held tomorrow (8 Oct. 2022) at I-RIM 3D
(<a class="moz-txt-link-freetext" href="https://es.sonicurlprotection-fra.com/click?PV=2&MSGID=202210070814330267970&URLID=7&ESV=10.0.16.7295&IV=FD3B88A52DE2B3BC7436665B2A009766&TT=1665130474815&ESN=gFDKVUOMonwIW8%2F2skI%2FijzVKHvD%2B%2Bz1UqyazT1ItFs%3D&KV=1536961729280&B64_ENCODED_URL=aHR0cHM6Ly9pLXJpbS5pdC9pdC9wcm9ncmFtbWEtaS1yaW0tM2QtMjAyMi8&HK=4D7F856AC4FC06C99B3EBFB01A78803F16937F0A7C53E9658F728ED67C1D571C">https://i-rim.it/it/programma-i-rim-3d-2022/</a>) in Rome.<br>
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<b>The Workshop</b><br>
Assistive robots usually perform social or physical assistive tasks
for increasing the well-being of a person with special needs like,
e.g., a (temporary/permanent) physical or cognitive disability, a
chronical (age-related) health condition or some specific illness.
Usually, an assistive task is embedded in the context of normal
human activities of daily living (ADLs) and robots can perform it
that otherwise has to be performed by an attendant/caregiver. The
user with special needs (and also a caregiver) interacts and
controls the functioning of the robot.<br>
The recent advances in technology fostered the development of many
robotic solutions capable of implementing many assistive tasks
addressing a variety of needs while fulfilling safety and caring
requirements. At the same time, assistive scenarios are requiring
robots to realize complex and often very specialized skills, to work
in highly sensorized environments, to exhibit advanced cognitive and
autonomy functions, understand human factors and personalize their
behaviors to different users and contexts. In this area, research is
still at an early stage and many possible developments are going to
happen.<br>
This workshop is proposed by the I-RIM working group on Assistive
Robotics and it is aimed at providing a forum where researchers and
practitioners from the Italian assistive robotics community can
openly discuss relevant issues, research and development progress,
future directions and open challenges. The co-location with the
Maker Faire offers a further opportunity to show the outstanding
results and disseminate the activities performed by universities,
research centers and companies. This is also an opportunity to
connect people coming from different research fields and foster the
creation of new possible synergies leading to scientific
collaborations, new project proposals, cultural exchanges, etc.<br>
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<b>The program and the speakers. <br>
</b>A series of talks will be provided by several Italian
researchers in assistive robotics aiming at providing an overview of
applications and current results as well as poiting out challenges
and barriers to their deployment. The workshop will be closed with a
discussion panel to summarize the points presented in the talks.<br>
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The speakers are:<br>
- Laura Giarrè (UniMORE)<br>
- AndreA Orlandini (National Research Council of Italy),<br>
- Mariacarla Staffa (Naples University Parthenope)<br>
- Antonio Sgorbissa (Genoa University)<br>
- Silvia Rossi (Naples University Federico II)<br>
- Stefano Tortora (UniPadua)<br>
- Laura Fiorini (Florence University)<br>
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<b>Room: ISA – Room 20 / 09:00-12:00 (10:20 – 10:40 coffee break)</b><br>
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<b>Zoom link:
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09:00 09:05 Introduction<br>
09:05 09:20 Laura Giarrè - Accessibility and Independent
Navigation for Visually Impaired People<br>
09:20 09:35 AndreA Orlandini - Deploying AI for
healthcare & Active Aging. Experiences, lessons learned and open
challenges<br>
09:35 09:50 Antonio Sgorbissa - "Words are all around":
Beyond Human-Robot Conversation<br>
09:50 10:05 Silvia Rossi - Personalized home-care support
for the elderly: a field experience with a social robot at home<br>
10:05 10:20 wrap up session 1<br>
Coffee Break <br>
10:40 10:55 Mariacarla Staffa - Towards new HRI
Paradigms in SAR<br>
10:55 11:10 Stefano Tortora - WALKin: Intelligent robotic
walker guide for powered exoskeletons with neural interface<br>
11:10 11:25 Laura Fiorini - Socially Assistive Robotics
in real world: Challenges and Lessons Learned<br>
11:25 12:00 Wrap up & Discussion<br>
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AndreA Orlandini PhD
National Research Council of Italy
Institute for Cognitive Science and Technology
Phone: +39-06-44595-223 E-mail: <a class="moz-txt-link-abbreviated" href="mailto:andrea.orlandini@istc.cnr.it">andrea.orlandini@istc.cnr.it</a>
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