Topics & Goals
What we are looking for, this is our challenge.
Sugar, Salt & Pepper - Humanoid robotics for autism
Autism spectrum disorders include a group of permanent disabilities that affect the ability to communicate, understand social cues, and recognize and express emotions.
In the field of Autism Spectrum Disorders, the interest is directed more towards objects and components of objects and, moreover, there is a particular predisposition and interest in electronic and computer devices.
Robotic therapy for autism has been explored as one of the first application domains in the field of socially assistive robotics (SAR), which aims to develop robots that help people with special needs through social interaction.
Project main goals
The aim of the research project Sugar, Salt & Pepper - Humanoid robotics for autism - envisions the use of the Pepper robot in a therapeutic laboratory on autonomy to promote functional acquisitions in children diagnosed with high functioning Autism Spectrum Disorder / Asperger's syndrome.
We would like also to:
- Test the exchanges and interactions of the child with autism in rehabilitation contexts (work on language / communication, on emotions, social skills training, etc.) with the robot to help the operators (psychologists, educators, speech therapists, etc.).
- Provide them with a space within which they can increase their mutual communication and socialization skills and strengthening their acquisition of strategies and processes related to daily activities, with the aid of the Pepper robot, configured as a highly motivating and scalable tool.
- Collect and analyze environmental and interpersonal data that can often escape subjective observation but which allow to better outline and deepen the functioning profile of the autistic subject.
Publications
Sugar, Salt & Pepper - Humanoid robotics for autism
Cristina Gena, Claudio Mattutino, Stefania Brighenti, Andrea Meirone, Francesco Petriglia,Loredana Mazzotta, Federica Liscio, Matteo Nazzario, Valeria Ricci, Camilla Quarato, Cesare Pecone, Giuseppe Piccinni
Socialize Workshop, the first Workshop on SOcial and Cultural IntegrAtion with PersonaLIZEd Interfaces (SOCIALIZE), Intelligent User Interface Conference 2021 (IUI2021)
Autistic Children’s Mental Model of an Humanoid Robot
Cristina Gena, Claudio Mattutino, Andrea Maieli, Elisabetta Miraglio, Giulia Ricciardiello, Rossana Damiano, Alessandro Mazzei.
cAESAR workshop.Adjunct Proceedings of the 29th ACM Conference on User Modeling, Adaptation and Personalization (UMAP '21 Adjunct)
Team
Cristina Gena
Scientific coordinatorAssociate Professor at Dept. Computer Science
University of Turin
Claudio Mattutino
Computer Science ScientistDept. Computer Science, University of Turin
Matteo Nazzario
Project ManagerIntesa Sanpaolo Innovation Center
Valeria Ricci
Project ManagerIntesa Sanpaolo Innovation Center
Fabrizio Serra
general secretaryPaideia Onlus Foundation
Federica Liscio
Professional EducatorPaideia Onlus Foundation
Andrea Meirone
Neurodevelopmental Disorders TherapistPaideia Onlus Foundation
Loredana Mazzotta
Psychotherapist psychologistPaideia Onlus Foundation
Francesco Petriglia
Speech Language TherapistPaideia Onlus Foundation
Stefania Brighenti
PsychologistUniversity of Turin
Camilla Quarato
UX/UI DesignerJumple
Giuseppe Piccinni
Full Stack DeveloperJumple
Cesare Pecone
Product SpecialistJumple
Andrea Maieli
TraineeUniversity of Turin
Elisabetta Miraglio
TraineeUniversity of Turin
Giulia Ricciardiello
TraineeUniversity of Turin
Contacts
Locations
Unito:
IT Department
University of Turin
Via Pessinetto, 12
10149, Turin (TO), Italy
Paideia:
Paideia Foundation Onlus
Via Moncalvo, 1
10131, Turin (TO), Italy
ISIC:
Intesa Sanpaolo Innovation Center
Corso Inghilterra, 3
10138, Turin (TO), Italy
Jumple:
Jumple
Corso Inghilterra, 3
10138, Turin (TO), Italy
Emails
Unito:
Cristina Gena
cristina.gena@unito.it
Paideia:
Paideia Foundation Onlus
info@fondazionepaideia.it
Telephones
Unito:
IT Department
+39 011 670 6827
Paideia:
Paideia Foundation Onlus
+39 011 046 2400