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2021
Augello, Agnese; Gentile, Manuel; Picone, Marco
Mind Games Proceedings Article
In: pp. 84–93, 2021.
Abstract | BibTeX | Tags: Education, Mental Maps, Natural Language Processing, Serious game
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author = { Agnese Augello and Manuel Gentile and Marco Picone},
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abstract = {This paper describes the preliminary stages and the theoretical and methodological inspiration for the design of UrbanCraft, a gamified activity based on Kevin Lynch's mental maps and aiming at enhancing youth participation and inclusion in urban co-design and governance. This activity draws on previous local experiences on participation and social inclusion, held in the Southern Italian city of Palermo, in an attempt to mix urban studies, serious games and artificial intelligence methodologies. In this experiment, we designed a gamified activity conceived for nine- to twelve-year-old primary and secondary school children, due to our previous cooperation with several primary and secondary schools in Palermo. Overall, the goal of this proposal is to adapt Lynch's notions of imageability and public images to a serious game and lead the players to an enhanced spatial awareness of their neighborhood and the entire city. Although UrbanCraft is still in its early design stages, the existing network of public institutions, research centers and schools provides a fertile ground for developing the project.},
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This paper describes the preliminary stages and the theoretical and methodological inspiration for the design of UrbanCraft, a gamified activity based on Kevin Lynch's mental maps and aiming at enhancing youth participation and inclusion in urban co-design and governance. This activity draws on previous local experiences on participation and social inclusion, held in the Southern Italian city of Palermo, in an attempt to mix urban studies, serious games and artificial intelligence methodologies. In this experiment, we designed a gamified activity conceived for nine- to twelve-year-old primary and secondary school children, due to our previous cooperation with several primary and secondary schools in Palermo. Overall, the goal of this proposal is to adapt Lynch's notions of imageability and public images to a serious game and lead the players to an enhanced spatial awareness of their neighborhood and the entire city. Although UrbanCraft is still in its early design stages, the existing network of public institutions, research centers and schools provides a fertile ground for developing the project.
Augello, Agnese; Gentile, Manuel; Picone, Marco
Mind Games Proceedings Article
In: pp. 84–93, 2021.
Abstract | BibTeX | Tags: Education, Mental Maps, Natural Language Processing, Serious game
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title = {Mind Games},
author = {Agnese Augello and Manuel Gentile and Marco Picone},
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abstract = {This paper describes the preliminary stages and the theoretical and methodological inspiration for the design of UrbanCraft, a gamified activity based on Kevin Lynchś mental maps and aiming at enhancing youth participation and inclusion in urban co-design and governance. This activity draws on previous local experiences on participation and social inclusion, held in the Southern Italian city of Palermo, in an attempt to mix urban studies, serious games and artificial intelligence methodologies. In this experiment, we designed a gamified activity conceived for nine- to twelve-year-old primary and secondary school children, due to our previous cooperation with several primary and secondary schools in Palermo. Overall, the goal of this proposal is to adapt Lynchś notions of imageability and public images to a serious game and lead the players to an enhanced spatial awareness of their neighborhood and the entire city. Although UrbanCraft is still in its early design stages, the existing network of public institutions, research centers and schools provides a fertile ground for developing the project.},
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This paper describes the preliminary stages and the theoretical and methodological inspiration for the design of UrbanCraft, a gamified activity based on Kevin Lynchś mental maps and aiming at enhancing youth participation and inclusion in urban co-design and governance. This activity draws on previous local experiences on participation and social inclusion, held in the Southern Italian city of Palermo, in an attempt to mix urban studies, serious games and artificial intelligence methodologies. In this experiment, we designed a gamified activity conceived for nine- to twelve-year-old primary and secondary school children, due to our previous cooperation with several primary and secondary schools in Palermo. Overall, the goal of this proposal is to adapt Lynchś notions of imageability and public images to a serious game and lead the players to an enhanced spatial awareness of their neighborhood and the entire city. Although UrbanCraft is still in its early design stages, the existing network of public institutions, research centers and schools provides a fertile ground for developing the project.
2020
Augello, Agnese; Daniela, Linda; Gentile, Manuel; Ifenthaler, Dirk; Pilato, Giovanni
Editorial: Robot-Assisted Learning and Education Journal Article
In: Frontiers in Robotics and AI, vol. 7, 2020, ISSN: 22969144.
Links | BibTeX | Tags: Education, Robotics
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Bono, Adriana; Augello, Agnese; Pilato, Giovanni; Vella, Filippo; Gaglio, Salvatore
An ACT-R Based Humanoid Social Robot to Manage Storytelling Activities Journal Article
In: Robotics, vol. 9, no. 2, 2020, ISSN: 22186581.
Abstract | Links | BibTeX | Tags: ACT-R, Cognitive Architectures, Education, Humanoid Robots, Introspective Dialogs, Social Practices, Social Robots, Storytelling Robots
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Bono, Adriana; Augello, Agnese; Pilato, Giovanni; Gaglio, Salvatore
Exploiting Cognitive Architectures to Design Storytelling Activities for NarRob Proceedings Article
In: Proceedings - 4th IEEE International Conference on Robotic Computing, IRC 2020, pp. 428–429, Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers Inc., 2020, ISBN: 978-1-72815-237-0.
Abstract | Links | BibTeX | Tags: Cognitive Architectures, Cognitive Process, Education, Interactive Storytelling, Social Robots, Storytelling Robots
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In this work, we exploited the potential of a cognitive architecture to model the characters of a story in an interactive storytelling system. The system is accessible through NarRob, a humanoid storyteller robot. Our main goal was to implement the cognitive processes of the agents played by the robot within a narrative context environment. textcopyright 2020 IEEE.
Bono, Adriana; Augello, Agnese; Gentile, Manuel; Gaglio, Salvatore
Social Practices Based Characters in a Robotic Storytelling System Proceedings Article
In: 29th IEEE International Conference on Robot and Human Interactive Communication, RO-MAN 2020, pp. 90–95, Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers Inc., 2020, ISBN: 978-1-72816-075-7.
Abstract | Links | BibTeX | Tags: ACT-R, Cognitive Architectures, Cognitive Systems, Education, Reasoning, Robotics, Social Practices
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Bono, Adriana; Augello, Agnese; Pilato, Giovanni; Vella, Filippo; Gaglio, Salvatore
An ACT-R based humanoid social robot to manage storytelling activities Journal Article
In: Robotics, vol. 9, no. 2, 2020, ISSN: 22186581.
Abstract | Links | BibTeX | Tags: ACT-R, Cognitive Architectures, Education, Humanoid Robots, Introspective Dialogs, Social Practices, Social Robots, Storytelling Robots
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Bono, Adriana; Augello, Agnese; Pilato, Giovanni; Gaglio, Salvatore
Exploiting Cognitive Architectures to Design Storytelling Activities for NarRob Proceedings Article
In: Proceedings - 4th IEEE International Conference on Robotic Computing, IRC 2020, pp. 428–429, Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers Inc., 2020, ISBN: 978-1-72815-237-0.
Abstract | Links | BibTeX | Tags: Cognitive Architectures, Cognitive Process, Education, Interactive Storytelling, Social Robots, Storytelling Robots
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Augello, Agnese; Daniela, Linda; Gentile, Manuel; Ifenthaler, Dirk; Pilato, Giovanni
Editorial: Robot-Assisted Learning and Education Journal Article
In: Frontiers in Robotics and AI, vol. 7, 2020, ISSN: 22969144.
Links | BibTeX | Tags: Education, Robotics
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Bono, Adriana; Augello, Agnese; Gentile, Manuel; Gaglio, Salvatore
Social Practices based characters in a Robotic Storytelling System Proceedings Article
In: 29th IEEE International Conference on Robot and Human Interactive Communication, RO-MAN 2020, pp. 90–95, Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers Inc., 2020, ISBN: 978-1-72816-075-7.
Abstract | Links | BibTeX | Tags: ACT-R, Cognitive Architectures, Cognitive Systems, Education, Reasoning, Robotics, Social Practices
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2019
Augello, Agnese; Infantino, Ignazio; Maniscalco, Umberto; Pilato, Giovanni; Vella, Filippo
Introducing NarRob, a Robotic Storyteller Proceedings Article
In: Gentile, M; Allegra, M; Sobke, H (Ed.): GAMES AND LEARNING ALLIANCE, GALA 2018, pp. 387–396, SPRINGER INTERNATIONAL PUBLISHING AG, GEWERBESTRASSE 11, CHAM, CH-6330, SWITZERLAND, 2019, ISBN: 978-3-030-11548-7 978-3-030-11547-0.
Abstract | Links | BibTeX | Tags: Bullying, Chatbots, Conversational Agents, Education, Robotics, Social Practices, Storytelling Robots
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In this work we introduce NarRob, a robot able to engage in conversations and tell stories, by accompanying the speech with proper gestures. We discuss about the main components of the robot's architecture, and some possible education experiments that we are planning to carry out in real scholastic contexts.
Augello, Agnese; Infantino, Ignazio; Maniscalco, Umberto; Pilato, Giovanni; Vella, Filippo
NarRob: A Humanoid Social Storyteller with Emotional Expression Capabilities Proceedings Article
In: relax AV Samsonovich, (Ed.): BIOLOGICALLY INSPIRED COGNITIVE ARCHITECTURES 2018, pp. 9–15, SPRINGER INTERNATIONAL PUBLISHING AG, GEWERBESTRASSE 11, CHAM, CH-6330, SWITZERLAND, 2019, ISBN: 978-3-319-99316-4 978-3-319-99315-7.
Abstract | Links | BibTeX | Tags: Education, Emotion Recognition, Gestural user interfaces, Robotics, Storytelling Robots
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Augello, Agnese; Infantino, Ignazio; Maniscalco, Umberto; Pilato, Giovanni; Vella, Filippo
NarRob: A Humanoid Social Storyteller with Emotional Expression Capabilities Proceedings Article
In: Samsonovich, AV (Ed.): BIOLOGICALLY INSPIRED COGNITIVE ARCHITECTURES 2018, pp. 9–15, SPRINGER INTERNATIONAL PUBLISHING AG, GEWERBESTRASSE 11, CHAM, CH-6330, SWITZERLAND, 2019, ISBN: 978-3-319-99316-4 978-3-319-99315-7.
Abstract | Links | BibTeX | Tags: Education, Emotion Recognition, Gestural user interfaces, Robotics, Storytelling Robots
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Augello, Agnese; Infantino, Ignazio; Maniscalco, Umberto; Pilato, Giovanni; Vella, Filippo
Introducing NarRob, a Robotic Storyteller Proceedings Article
In: Gentile, M; Allegra, M; Sobke, H (Ed.): GAMES AND LEARNING ALLIANCE, GALA 2018, pp. 387–396, SPRINGER INTERNATIONAL PUBLISHING AG, GEWERBESTRASSE 11, CHAM, CH-6330, SWITZERLAND, 2019, ISBN: 978-3-030-11548-7 978-3-030-11547-0.
Abstract | Links | BibTeX | Tags: Bullying, Chatbots, Conversational Agents, Education, Robotics, Social Practices, Storytelling Robots
@inproceedings{augello_introducing_2019,
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In this work we introduce NarRob, a robot able to engage in conversations and tell stories, by accompanying the speech with proper gestures. We discuss about the main components of the robot's architecture, and some possible education experiments that we are planning to carry out in real scholastic contexts.
2018
Citt`a, Giuseppe; Arnab, Sylvester; Augello, Agnese; Gentile, Manuel; Zielonka, Sebastian Idelsohn; Ifenthaler, Dirk; Infantino, Ignazio; Guardia, Dario La; Manfr`e, Adriano; Allegra, Mario
Move Your Mind: Creative Dancing Humanoids as Support to STEAM Activities Journal Article
In: Smart Innovation, Systems and Technologies, vol. 76, pp. 190–199, 2018, ISSN: 21903018.
Abstract | Links | BibTeX | Tags: Anthropomorphic Robots, Cognitive Architectures, Cognitive Systems, Computational Creativity, Education, Embodied Cognition, Enactivism, Human computer interaction, STEAM
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Move your mind: Creative dancing humanoids as support to STEAM activities Journal Article
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2016
Bovier, Fabrizia; Caggianese, Giuseppe; Pietro, Giuseppe De; Gallo, Luigi; Neroni, Pietro
An Interactive 3D Holographic Pyramid for Museum Exhibition Proceedings Article
In: 2016 12th International Conference on Signal-Image Technology Internet-Based Systems (SITIS), pp. 428–434, 2016.
Abstract | Links | BibTeX | Tags: Cultural heritage, Education, Holograms, Prototypes, Three-dimensional displays, Touchless interaction, User interface, Virtual heritage, Virtual Reality, Visualization
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An Interactive 3D Holographic Pyramid for Museum Exhibition Proceedings Article
In: 2016 12th International Conference on Signal-Image Technology Internet-Based Systems (SITIS), pp. 428–434, 2016.
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Augello, Agnese; Infantino, Ignazio; Manfre, Adriano; Pilato, Giovanni; Vella, Filippo; Gentile, Manuel; Citta, Giuseppe; Crifaci, Giulia; Raso, Rossella; Allegra, Mario
A Personal Intelligent Coach for Smart Embodied Learning Environments Proceedings Article
In: Pietro, Giuseppe De; Gallo, Luigi; Howlett, Robert J.; Jain, Lakhmi C. (Ed.): Intelligent Interactive Multimedia Systems and Services 2016, pp. 629–636, SPRINGER INTERNATIONAL PUBLISHING AG, GEWERBESTRASSE 11, CHAM, CH-6330, SWITZERLAND, 2016, ISBN: 978-3-319-39345-2 978-3-319-39344-5.
Abstract | Links | BibTeX | Tags: Cognitive Architectures, Education, Embodied Cognition, Humanoid Robots, Learning Environments, Social Robots
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Augello, Agnese; Gentile, Manuel; Dignum, Frank
Social Agents for Learning in Virtual Environments Journal Article
In: Lecture Notes in Computer Science (including subseries Lecture Notes in Artificial Intelligence and Lecture Notes in Bioinformatics), vol. 10056 LNCS, pp. 133–143, 2016, ISSN: 03029743.
Abstract | Links | BibTeX | Tags: Conversational Agents, E-Learning, Education, IVA, Serious game, Social Agents, Social Context, Social Practices, Virtual Reality
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Augello, Agnese; Gentile, Manuel; Dignum, Frank
Social Practices for Social Driven Conversations in Serious Games Journal Article
In: Lecture Notes in Computer Science (including subseries Lecture Notes in Artificial Intelligence and Lecture Notes in Bioinformatics), vol. 9599, pp. 100–110, 2016, ISSN: 03029743.
Abstract | Links | BibTeX | Tags: Artificial intelligence, Chatbots, Conversational Agents, Education, Serious game, Social Practices
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Augello, Agnese; Infantino, Ignazio; Manfre, Adriano; Pilato, Giovanni; Vella, Filippo; Gentile, Manuel; Citta, Giuseppe; Crifaci, Giulia; Raso, Rossella; Allegra, Mario
A Personal Intelligent Coach for Smart Embodied Learning Environments Proceedings Article
In: Pietro, Giuseppe De; Gallo, Luigi; Howlett, Robert J.; Jain, Lakhmi C. (Ed.): Intelligent Interactive Multimedia Systems and Services 2016, pp. 629–636, SPRINGER INTERNATIONAL PUBLISHING AG, GEWERBESTRASSE 11, CHAM, CH-6330, SWITZERLAND, 2016, ISBN: 978-3-319-39345-2 978-3-319-39344-5.
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Social agents for learning in virtual environments Journal Article
In: Lecture Notes in Computer Science (including subseries Lecture Notes in Artificial Intelligence and Lecture Notes in Bioinformatics), vol. 10056 LNCS, pp. 133–143, 2016, ISSN: 03029743.
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Social practices for social driven conversations in serious games Journal Article
In: Lecture Notes in Computer Science (including subseries Lecture Notes in Artificial Intelligence and Lecture Notes in Bioinformatics), vol. 9599, pp. 100–110, 2016, ISSN: 03029743.
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