The CARESSES EU-Japan Project: making assistive robots culturally competent

Barbara Bruno; Nak Young Chong; Hiroko Kamide; Sanjeev Kanoria; Jaeryoung Lee; Yuto Lim; Amit Kumar Pandey; Chris Papadopoulos; Irena Papadopoulos; Federico Pecora; Alessandro Saffiotti; Antonio Sgorbissa

doi:arXiv:1708.06276

The CARESSES EU-Japan Project: making assistive robots culturally competent

Barbara Bruno
, Nak Young Chong
, Hiroko Kamide
, Sanjeev Kanoria
, Jaeryoung Lee
, Yuto Lim
, Amit Kumar Pandey
, Chris Papadopoulos
, Irena Papadopoulos
, Federico Pecora
, Alessandro Saffiotti
, Antonio Sgorbissa

Institute of Health Research (IHR)

University of Genoa
Japan Advanced Institute of Science and Technology
Nagoya University
Advinia Healthcare
Chubu University
SoftBank Group Corp.
Middlesex University
Örebro University

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Abstract

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 while perceiving, reasoning, and acting. The CARESSES project is an Europe-Japan collaborative effort that aims at designing, developing and evaluating culturally competent assistive robots. These robots will be able to adapt the way they behave, speak and interact to the cultural identity of the person they assist. This paper describes the approach taken in the CARESSES project, its initial steps, and its future plans.

Original language	English
Title of host publication	Ambient Assisted Living - Italian Forum 2017
Editors	Niccolò Casiddu, Claudia Porfirione, Filippo Cavallo, Andrea Monteriù
Publisher	Springer
Pages	151-169
Number of pages	19
ISBN (Print)	9783030046712
DOIs	https://doi.org/arXiv:1708.06276 https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-030-04672-9_10
Publication status	Published - 5 Jun 2017
Event	8th Italian Forum on Ambient Assisted Living, ForitAAL 2017 - Genova, Italy Duration: 12 Jun 2017 → 15 Jun 2017

Publication series

Name	Lecture Notes in Electrical Engineering
Volume	540
ISSN (Print)	1876-1100
ISSN (Electronic)	1876-1119

Conference

Conference	8th Italian Forum on Ambient Assisted Living, ForitAAL 2017
Country/Territory	Italy
City	Genova
Period	12/06/17 → 15/06/17

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SDG 3 Good Health and Well-being

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Health Services
diabetic and elderly populations

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Industrial and Manufacturing Engineering

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Bruno, B., Chong, N. Y., Kamide, H., Kanoria, S., Lee, J., Lim, Y., Pandey, A. K., Papadopoulos, C., Papadopoulos, I., Pecora, F., Saffiotti, A., & Sgorbissa, A. (2017). The CARESSES EU-Japan Project: making assistive robots culturally competent. In N. Casiddu, C. Porfirione, F. Cavallo, & A. Monteriù (Eds.), Ambient Assisted Living - Italian Forum 2017 (pp. 151-169). (Lecture Notes in Electrical Engineering; Vol. 540). Springer. https://doi.org/arXiv:1708.06276, https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-030-04672-9_10

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The CARESSES EU-Japan Project: making assistive robots culturally competent. / Bruno, Barbara; Chong, Nak Young; Kamide, Hiroko et al.
Ambient Assisted Living - Italian Forum 2017. ed. / Niccolò Casiddu; Claudia Porfirione; Filippo Cavallo; Andrea Monteriù. Springer, 2017. p. 151-169 (Lecture Notes in Electrical Engineering; Vol. 540).

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