SAFFIOTTI A.

In the context of culture-aware robotics, we propose a method for the explicit, on-line mapping between cultural variables and robot behaviour parameters which relies on the linguistic variable formalism, fuzzy clustering and the principles of fuzzy controllers. As a case study, we consider the adaptation of the Human-Robot conversational...

Cultural competence is a well known requirement for an effective healthcare, widely investigated in the nursing literature. We claim that personal assistive robots should likewise be culturally competent, aware of general cultural characteristics and of the different forms they take in different individuals, and sensitive to cultural...

The nursing literature shows that cultural competence is an important requirement for effective healthcare. We claim that personal assistive robots should likewise be culturally competent, that is, they should be aware of general cultural characteristics and of the different forms they take in different individuals, and take these into account...

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...