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A Robotic Humanoid for Information Exploration on Cultural Heritage Domain

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Rediscovering Heritage Through Technology

Part of the book series: Studies in Computational Intelligence ((SCI,volume 859))

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The work presented here illustrates an humanoid robot capable of interacting with an human user within the Cultural Heritage domain. Two different and complementary AI approaches, namely sub-symbolic and symbolic, have been implemented and combined together to  design the framework of a robot having both rational and intuitive capabilities. Furthermore, the robot is capable of providing information expressively and of adapting its behavior according to the emotional content of the artworks descriptions. This could make the robot more effective in providing information and entertaining the users.

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Acknowledgements

This research has been partially supported by AMICO Project, “Assistenza Medicale In COntextual awareness” decreto di concessione del 10 luglio 2018 prot. n.11598, CUP B46G18000390005; cod ARS01_00900.

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  1. ICAR-CNR, Palermo, Italy

    Agnese Augello, Giovanni Pilato & Filippo Vella

  2. Istituto Tecnico Tecnologico “Buonarroti”, Trento, Italy

    Gaia Trecarichi

  3. DIID-University of Palermo, Palermo, Italy

    Giorgio Vassallo

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Augello, A., Pilato, G., Trecarichi, G., Vassallo, G., Vella, F. (2020). A Robotic Humanoid for Information Exploration on Cultural Heritage Domain. In: Seychell, D., Dingli, A. (eds) Rediscovering Heritage Through Technology. Studies in Computational Intelligence, vol 859. Springer, Cham. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-030-36107-5_3

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