The article proposes a system for knowledge-based conversation designed for Social
Robots and other conversational agents. The proposed system relies on an Ontology for the …

Neurodevelopmental Disorders (NDDs) represent a significant healthcare and economic
burden for families and society. Technology, including AI and digital technologies, offers …

This trial represents the final stage of the CARESSES project which aimed to develop and
evaluate a culturally competent artificial intelligent system embedded into social robots to …

Socially Assistive Robots (SARs) show significant promise in a number of domains:
providing support for the elderly, assisting in education, and aiding in therapy. Perhaps …

Cultural competence-ie, the capability to adapt verbal and non-verbal interaction to the
user's cultural background-may be a key element for social robots to increase the user …

Embedding social robots with the capability of accompanying their sentences with natural
gestures may be the key to increasing their acceptability and their usage in real contexts …

This article describes a novel approach to expand in run-time the knowledge base of an
Artificial Conversational Agent. A technique for automatic knowledge extraction from the …

Social and assistive robotics have vastly increased in popularity in recent years. Due to the
wide range of usage, robots executing such tasks must be highly reliable and possess …

The purpose of this research is to study the impact of robot participation in group
conversations and assess the effectiveness of different addressing policies. The study …

The application proposed in this research is aimed at students of the Software Engineering
degree at the Faculty of Mathematical and Physical Sciences, who have problems accessing …