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1. Risk-Aware Task Sequencing for Human-Robot Collaboration

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Bonini, Alex, Cesta, Amedeo, Cialdea Mayer, Marta, Orlandini, Andrea, Umbrico, Alessandro, Chaari, Fakher, Series Editor, Gherardini, Francesco, Series Editor, Ivanov, Vitalii, Series Editor, Haddar, Mohamed, Series Editor, Cavas-Martínez, Francisco, Editorial Board Member, di Mare, Francesca, Editorial Board Member, Kwon, Young W., Editorial Board Member, Tolio, Tullio A. M., Editorial Board Member, Trojanowska, Justyna, Editorial Board Member, Schmitt, Robert, Editorial Board Member, Xu, Jinyang, Editorial Board Member, Wagner, Achim, editor, Alexopoulos, Kosmas, editor, and Makris, Sotiris, editor

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2024
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2. Optimal task and motion planning and execution for human-robot multi-agent systems in dynamic environments

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Faroni, Marco, Umbrico, Alessandro, Beschi, Manuel, Orlandini, Andrea, Cesta, Amedeo, and Pedrocchi, Nicola

Subjects
Computer Science - Robotics, Computer Science - Artificial Intelligence
Abstract

Combining symbolic and geometric reasoning in multi-agent systems is a challenging task that involves planning, scheduling, and synchronization problems. Existing works overlooked the variability of task duration and geometric feasibility that is intrinsic to these systems because of the interaction between agents and the environment. We propose a combined task and motion planning approach to optimize sequencing, assignment, and execution of tasks under temporal and spatial variability. The framework relies on decoupling tasks and actions, where an action is one possible geometric realization of a symbolic task. At the task level, timeline-based planning deals with temporal constraints, duration variability, and synergic assignment of tasks. At the action level, online motion planning plans for the actual movements dealing with environmental changes. We demonstrate the approach effectiveness in a collaborative manufacturing scenario, in which a robotic arm and a human worker shall assemble a mosaic in the shortest time possible. Compared with existing works, our approach applies to a broader range of applications and reduces the execution time of the process., Comment: 12 pages, 6 figures, accepted for publication on IEEE Transactions on Cybernetics in March 2023

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2023
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4. Knowledge Graphs Evolution and Preservation -- A Technical Report from ISWS 2019

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Abbas, Nacira, Alghamdi, Kholoud, Alinam, Mortaza, Alloatti, Francesca, Amaral, Glenda, d'Amato, Claudia, Asprino, Luigi, Beno, Martin, Bensmann, Felix, Biswas, Russa, Cai, Ling, Capshaw, Riley, Carriero, Valentina Anita, Celino, Irene, Dadoun, Amine, De Giorgis, Stefano, Delva, Harm, Domingue, John, Dumontier, Michel, Emonet, Vincent, van Erp, Marieke, Arias, Paola Espinoza, Fallatah, Omaima, Ferrada, Sebastián, Ocaña, Marc Gallofré, Georgiou, Michalis, Gesese, Genet Asefa, Gillis-Webber, Frances, Giovannetti, Francesca, Buey, Marìa Granados, Harrando, Ismail, Heibi, Ivan, Horta, Vitor, Huber, Laurine, Igne, Federico, Jaradeh, Mohamad Yaser, Keshan, Neha, Koleva, Aneta, Koteich, Bilal, Kurniawan, Kabul, Liu, Mengya, Ma, Chuangtao, Maas, Lientje, Mansfield, Martin, Mariani, Fabio, Marzi, Eleonora, Mesbah, Sepideh, Mistry, Maheshkumar, Tirado, Alba Catalina Morales, Nguyen, Anna, Nguyen, Viet Bach, Oelen, Allard, Pasqual, Valentina, Paulheim, Heiko, Polleres, Axel, Porena, Margherita, Portisch, Jan, Presutti, Valentina, Pustu-Iren, Kader, Mendez, Ariam Rivas, Roshankish, Soheil, Rudolph, Sebastian, Sack, Harald, Sakor, Ahmad, Salas, Jaime, Schleider, Thomas, Shi, Meilin, Spinaci, Gianmarco, Sun, Chang, Tietz, Tabea, Dhouib, Molka Tounsi, Umbrico, Alessandro, Berg, Wouter van den, and Xu, Weiqin

Subjects
Computer Science - Artificial Intelligence
Abstract

One of the grand challenges discussed during the Dagstuhl Seminar "Knowledge Graphs: New Directions for Knowledge Representation on the Semantic Web" and described in its report is that of a: "Public FAIR Knowledge Graph of Everything: We increasingly see the creation of knowledge graphs that capture information about the entirety of a class of entities. [...] This grand challenge extends this further by asking if we can create a knowledge graph of "everything" ranging from common sense concepts to location based entities. This knowledge graph should be "open to the public" in a FAIR manner democratizing this mass amount of knowledge." Although linked open data (LOD) is one knowledge graph, it is the closest realisation (and probably the only one) to a public FAIR Knowledge Graph (KG) of everything. Surely, LOD provides a unique testbed for experimenting and evaluating research hypotheses on open and FAIR KG. One of the most neglected FAIR issues about KGs is their ongoing evolution and long term preservation. We want to investigate this problem, that is to understand what preserving and supporting the evolution of KGs means and how these problems can be addressed. Clearly, the problem can be approached from different perspectives and may require the development of different approaches, including new theories, ontologies, metrics, strategies, procedures, etc. This document reports a collaborative effort performed by 9 teams of students, each guided by a senior researcher as their mentor, attending the International Semantic Web Research School (ISWS 2019). Each team provides a different perspective to the problem of knowledge graph evolution substantiated by a set of research questions as the main subject of their investigation. In addition, they provide their working definition for KG preservation and evolution.

Published
2020

6. Timeline-based Planning and Execution with Uncertainty: Theory, Modeling Methodologies and Practice

Author

Umbrico, Alessandro

Subjects
Computer Science - Artificial Intelligence
Abstract

Automated Planning is one of the main research field of Artificial Intelligence since its beginnings. Research in Automated Planning aims at developing general reasoners (i.e., planners) capable of automatically solve complex problems. Broadly speaking, planners rely on a general model characterizing the possible states of the world and the actions that can be performed in order to change the status of the world. Given a model and an initial known state, the objective of a planner is to synthesize a set of actions needed to achieve a particular goal state. The classical approach to planning roughly corresponds to the description given above. The timeline-based approach is a particular planning paradigm capable of integrating causal and temporal reasoning within a unified solving process. This approach has been successfully applied in many real-world scenarios although a common interpretation of the related planning concepts is missing. Indeed, there are significant differences among the existing frameworks that apply this technique. Each framework relies on its own interpretation of timeline-based planning and therefore it is not easy to compare these systems. Thus, the objective of this work is to investigate the timeline-based approach to planning by addressing several aspects ranging from the semantics of the related planning concepts to the modeling and solving techniques. Specifically, the main contributions of this PhD work consist of: (i) the proposal of a formal characterization of the timeline-based approach capable of dealing with temporal uncertainty; (ii) the proposal of a hierarchical modeling and solving approach; (iii) the development of a general purpose framework for planning and execution with timelines; (iv) the validation{\dag}of this approach in real-world manufacturing scenarios., Comment: PhD thesis, Information and Automation, Roma Tre University

Published
2019

7. Learning User Habits to Enhance Robotic Daily-Living Assistance

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Pantaleoni, Matteo, Cesta, Amedeo, Umbrico, Alessandro, Orlandini, Andrea, Goos, Gerhard, Founding Editor, Hartmanis, Juris, Founding Editor, Bertino, Elisa, Editorial Board Member, Gao, Wen, Editorial Board Member, Steffen, Bernhard, Editorial Board Member, Yung, Moti, Editorial Board Member, Cavallo, Filippo, editor, Cabibihan, John-John, editor, Fiorini, Laura, editor, Sorrentino, Alessandra, editor, He, Hongsheng, editor, Liu, Xiaorui, editor, Matsumoto, Yoshio, editor, and Ge, Shuzhi Sam, editor

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2022
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8. ICF-Based Classification to Bridge the Gap Between End-Users and AAL Solutions

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Fracasso, Francesca, Cortellessa, Gabriella, Coan, Karen, Regan, Gilbert, Rossel, Pierre, Umbrico, Alessandro, Cesta, Amedeo, Angrisani, Leopoldo, Series Editor, Arteaga, Marco, Series Editor, Panigrahi, Bijaya Ketan, Series Editor, Chakraborty, Samarjit, Series Editor, Chen, Jiming, Series Editor, Chen, Shanben, Series Editor, Chen, Tan Kay, Series Editor, Dillmann, Rüdiger, Series Editor, Duan, Haibin, Series Editor, Ferrari, Gianluigi, Series Editor, Ferre, Manuel, Series Editor, Hirche, Sandra, Series Editor, Jabbari, Faryar, Series Editor, Jia, Limin, Series Editor, Kacprzyk, Janusz, Series Editor, Khamis, Alaa, Series Editor, Kroeger, Torsten, Series Editor, Liang, Qilian, Series Editor, Martín, Ferran, Series Editor, Ming, Tan Cher, Series Editor, Minker, Wolfgang, Series Editor, Misra, Pradeep, Series Editor, Möller, Sebastian, Series Editor, Mukhopadhyay, Subhas, Series Editor, Ning, Cun-Zheng, Series Editor, Nishida, Toyoaki, Series Editor, Pascucci, Federica, Series Editor, Qin, Yong, Series Editor, Seng, Gan Woon, Series Editor, Speidel, Joachim, Series Editor, Veiga, Germano, Series Editor, Wu, Haitao, Series Editor, Zhang, Junjie James, Series Editor, Monteriù, Andrea, editor, Freddi, Alessandro, editor, and Longhi, Sauro, editor

Published
2021
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12. AI and robotics to help older adults: Revisiting projects in search of lessons learned

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Cortellessa Gabriella, De Benedictis Riccardo, Fracasso Francesca, Orlandini Andrea, Umbrico Alessandro, and Cesta Amedeo

Subjects
assistive technologies, intelligent artefacts, robotics, artificial intelligence, Technology
Abstract

This article is a retrospective overview of work performed in the domain of Active Assisted Living over a span of almost 18 years. The authors have been creating and refining artificial intelligence (AI) and robotics solutions to support older adults in maintaining their independence and improving their quality of life. The goal of this article is to identify strong features and general lessons learned from those experiences and conceive guidelines and new research directions for future deployment, also relying on an analysis of similar research efforts. The work considers key points that have contributed to increase the success of the innovative solutions grounding them on known technology acceptance models. The analysis is presented with a threefold perspective: A Technological vision illustrates the characteristics of the support systems to operate in a real environment with continuity, robustness, and safety; a Socio-Health perspective highlights the role of experts in the socio-assistance domain to provide contextualized and personalized help based on actual people’s needs; finally, a Human dimension takes into account the personal aspects that influence the interaction with technology in the long term experience. The article promotes the crucial role of AI and robotics in ensuring intelligent and situated assistive behaviours. Finally, considering that the produced solutions are socio-technical systems, the article suggests a transdisciplinary approach in which different relevant disciplines merge together to have a complete, coordinated, and more informed vision of the problem.

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2021
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13. Co-design of a TV-based home support for early stage of dementia

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Cortellessa, Gabriella, Fracasso, Francesca, Umbrico, Alessandro, Cesta, Amedeo, Dionisio, Pietro, Ciucci, Lorenzo, Di Guardo, Fabrizio, Tamburini, Elena, Pérez, Miguel Ángel, Herrero, Javier, Triantafyllidou, Valentina, Dewarrat, Rodolphe, Boghiu, Flavia, Barnestein-Fonseca, Pilar, Goodman-Casanova, Jessica Marian, and Mayoral, Fermin

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2021
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15. The TV-AssistDem Project: A TV-Based Platform for Coping with Mild Cognitive Impairment

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Cortellessa, Gabriella, Fracasso, Francesca, Umbrico, Alessandro, Cesta, Amedeo, Mayoral, Fermin, Barnestein-Fonseca, Pilar, García, Elisa Vera, Toma, Diana, Boghiu, Flavia, Dewarrat, Rodolphe, Triantafyllidou, Valentina, Herrero, Javier, Pérez, Miguel Ángel, Tamburini, Elena, Dionisio, Pietro, Ciucci, Lorenzo, Di Guardo, Fabrizio, Angrisani, Leopoldo, Series Editor, Arteaga, Marco, Series Editor, Panigrahi, Bijaya Ketan, Series Editor, Chakraborty, Samarjit, Series Editor, Chen, Jiming, Series Editor, Chen, Shanben, Series Editor, Chen, Tan Kay, Series Editor, Dillmann, Ruediger, Series Editor, Duan, Haibin, Series Editor, Ferrari, Gianluigi, Series Editor, Ferre, Manuel, Series Editor, Hirche, Sandra, Series Editor, Jabbari, Faryar, Series Editor, Jia, Limin, Series Editor, Kacprzyk, Janusz, Series Editor, Khamis, Alaa, Series Editor, Kroeger, Torsten, Series Editor, Liang, Qilian, Series Editor, Ming, Tan Cher, Series Editor, Minker, Wolfgang, Series Editor, Misra, Pradeep, Series Editor, Möller, Sebastian, Series Editor, Mukhopadhyay, Subhas, Series Editor, Ning, Cun-Zheng, Series Editor, Nishida, Toyoaki, Series Editor, Pascucci, Federica, Series Editor, Qin, Yong, Series Editor, Seng, Gan Woon, Series Editor, Veiga, Germano, Series Editor, Wu, Haitao, Series Editor, Zhang, Junjie James, Series Editor, Leone, Alessandro, editor, Caroppo, Andrea, editor, Rescio, Gabriele, editor, Diraco, Giovanni, editor, and Siciliano, Pietro, editor

Published
2019
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16. Will Robin Ever Help 'Nonna Lea' Using Artificial Intelligence?

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Cesta, Amedeo, Cortellessa, Gabriella, Orlandini, Andrea, Umbrico, Alessandro, Angrisani, Leopoldo, Series Editor, Arteaga, Marco, Series Editor, Panigrahi, Bijaya Ketan, Series Editor, Chakraborty, Samarjit, Series Editor, Chen, Jiming, Series Editor, Chen, Shanben, Series Editor, Chen, Tan Kay, Series Editor, Dillmann, Ruediger, Series Editor, Duan, Haibin, Series Editor, Ferrari, Gianluigi, Series Editor, Ferre, Manuel, Series Editor, Hirche, Sandra, Series Editor, Jabbari, Faryar, Series Editor, Jia, Limin, Series Editor, Kacprzyk, Janusz, Series Editor, Khamis, Alaa, Series Editor, Kroeger, Torsten, Series Editor, Liang, Qilian, Series Editor, Ming, Tan Cher, Series Editor, Minker, Wolfgang, Series Editor, Misra, Pradeep, Series Editor, Möller, Sebastian, Series Editor, Mukhopadhyay, Subhas, Series Editor, Ning, Cun-Zheng, Series Editor, Nishida, Toyoaki, Series Editor, Pascucci, Federica, Series Editor, Qin, Yong, Series Editor, Seng, Gan Woon, Series Editor, Veiga, Germano, Series Editor, Wu, Haitao, Series Editor, Zhang, Junjie James, Series Editor, Leone, Alessandro, editor, Caroppo, Andrea, editor, Rescio, Gabriele, editor, Diraco, Giovanni, editor, and Siciliano, Pietro, editor

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2019
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17. Giraff Meets KOaLa to Better Reason on Sensor Networks

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Cesta, Amedeo, Coraci, Luca, Cortellessa, Gabriella, De Benedictis, Riccardo, Orlandini, Andrea, Sorrentino, Alessandra, Umbrico, Alessandro, Angrisani, Leopoldo, Series Editor, Arteaga, Marco, Series Editor, Panigrahi, Bijaya Ketan, Series Editor, Chakraborty, Samarjit, Series Editor, Chen, Jiming, Series Editor, Chen, Shanben, Series Editor, Chen, Tan Kay, Series Editor, Dillmann, Ruediger, Series Editor, Duan, Haibin, Series Editor, Ferrari, Gianluigi, Series Editor, Ferre, Manuel, Series Editor, Hirche, Sandra, Series Editor, Jabbari, Faryar, Series Editor, Jia, Limin, Series Editor, Kacprzyk, Janusz, Series Editor, Khamis, Alaa, Series Editor, Kroeger, Torsten, Series Editor, Liang, Qilian, Series Editor, Ming, Tan Cher, Series Editor, Minker, Wolfgang, Series Editor, Misra, Pradeep, Series Editor, Möller, Sebastian, Series Editor, Mukhopadhyay, Subhas, Series Editor, Ning, Cun-Zheng, Series Editor, Nishida, Toyoaki, Series Editor, Pascucci, Federica, Series Editor, Qin, Yong, Series Editor, Seng, Gan Woon, Series Editor, Veiga, Germano, Series Editor, Wu, Haitao, Series Editor, Zhang, Junjie James, Series Editor, Andò, Bruno, editor, Baldini, Francesco, editor, Di Natale, Corrado, editor, Ferrari, Vittorio, editor, Marletta, Vincenzo, editor, Marrazza, Giovanna, editor, Militello, Valeria, editor, Miolo, Giorgia, editor, Rossi, Marco, editor, Scalise, Lorenzo, editor, and Siciliano, Pietro, editor

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2019
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18. A Semantic Representation of Sensor Data to Promote Proactivity in Home Assistive Robotics

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Cesta, Amedeo, Cortellessa, Gabriella, Orlandini, Andrea, Sorrentino, Alessandra, Umbrico, Alessandro, Kacprzyk, Janusz, Series Editor, Pal, Nikhil R., Advisory Editor, Bello Perez, Rafael, Advisory Editor, Corchado, Emilio S., Advisory Editor, Hagras, Hani, Advisory Editor, Kóczy, László T., Advisory Editor, Kreinovich, Vladik, Advisory Editor, Lin, Chin-Teng, Advisory Editor, Lu, Jie, Advisory Editor, Melin, Patricia, Advisory Editor, Nedjah, Nadia, Advisory Editor, Nguyen, Ngoc Thanh, Advisory Editor, Wang, Jun, Advisory Editor, Arai, Kohei, editor, Kapoor, Supriya, editor, and Bhatia, Rahul, editor

Published
2019
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19. Evaluating Robustness of an Acting Framework over Temporally Uncertain Domains

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Umbrico, Alessandro, Cesta, Amedeo, Cialdea Mayer, Marta, Orlandini, Andrea, Goos, Gerhard, Founding Editor, Hartmanis, Juris, Founding Editor, Bertino, Elisa, Editorial Board Member, Gao, Wen, Editorial Board Member, Steffen, Bernhard, Editorial Board Member, Woeginger, Gerhard, Editorial Board Member, Yung, Moti, Editorial Board Member, Alviano, Mario, editor, Greco, Gianluigi, editor, and Scarcello, Francesco, editor

Published
2019
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22. A Goal Triggering Mechanism for Continuous Human-Robot Interaction

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Umbrico, Alessandro, Cesta, Amedeo, Cortellessa, Gabriella, Orlandini, Andrea, Hutchison, David, Series Editor, Kanade, Takeo, Series Editor, Kittler, Josef, Series Editor, Kleinberg, Jon M., Series Editor, Mattern, Friedemann, Series Editor, Mitchell, John C., Series Editor, Naor, Moni, Series Editor, Pandu Rangan, C., Series Editor, Steffen, Bernhard, Series Editor, Terzopoulos, Demetri, Series Editor, Tygar, Doug, Series Editor, Ghidini, Chiara, editor, Magnini, Bernardo, editor, Passerini, Andrea, editor, and Traverso, Paolo, editor

Published
2018
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23. Enhancing awareness of industrial robots in collaborative manufacturing

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Umbrico, Alessandro, Cesta, Amedeo, and Orlandini, Andrea

Abstract

The diffusion of Human-Robot Collaborative cells is prevented by several barriers. Classical control approaches seem not yet fully suitable for facing the variability conveyed by the presence of human operators beside robots. The capabilities of representing heterogeneous knowledge representation and performing abstract reasoning are crucial to enhance the flexibility of control solutions. To this aim, the ontology SOHO (Sharework Ontology for Human-Robot Collaboration) has been specifically designed for representing Human-Robot Collaboration scenarios, following a context-based approach. This work brings several contributions. This paper proposes an extension of SOHO to better characterize behavioral constraints of collaborative tasks. Furthermore, this work shows a knowledge extraction procedure designed to automatize the synthesis of Artificial Intelligence plan-based controllers for realizing flexible coordination of human and robot behaviors in collaborative tasks. The generality of the ontological model and the developed representation capabilities as well as the validity of the synthesized planning domains are evaluated on a number of realistic industrial scenarios where collaborative robots are actually deployed.

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2024
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26. PLATINUm: A New Framework for Planning and Acting

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Umbrico, Alessandro, Cesta, Amedeo, Cialdea Mayer, Marta, Orlandini, Andrea, Hutchison, David, Series editor, Kanade, Takeo, Series editor, Kittler, Josef, Series editor, Kleinberg, Jon M., Series editor, Mattern, Friedemann, Series editor, Mitchell, John C., Series editor, Naor, Moni, Series editor, Pandu Rangan, C., Series editor, Steffen, Bernhard, Series editor, Terzopoulos, Demetri, Series editor, Tygar, Doug, Series editor, Weikum, Gerhard, Series editor, Esposito, Floriana, editor, Basili, Roberto, editor, Ferilli, Stefano, editor, and Lisi, Francesca A., editor

Published
2017
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30. Steps in Assessing a Timeline-Based Planner

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Umbrico, Alessandro, Cesta, Amedeo, Cialdea Mayer, Marta, Orlandini, Andrea, Hutchison, David, Series editor, Kanade, Takeo, Series editor, Kittler, Josef, Series editor, Kleinberg, Jon M., Series editor, Mattern, Friedemann, Series editor, Mitchell, John C., Series editor, Naor, Moni, Series editor, Pandu Rangan, C., Series editor, Steffen, Bernhard, Series editor, Terzopoulos, Demetri, Series editor, Tygar, Doug, Series editor, Weikum, Gerhard, Series editor, Adorni, Giovanni, editor, Cagnoni, Stefano, editor, Gori, Marco, editor, and Maratea, Marco, editor

Published
2016
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31. Toward intelligent continuous assistance

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Umbrico, Alessandro, Cortellessa, Gabriella, Orlandini, Andrea, and Cesta, Amedeo

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Technology supported assistance is a research area dedicated to support both older adults and, at some level, their caregivers in a variety of situations and contexts. A number of projects doing detailed evaluation both with robots and/or ICT-based intelligent devices have identified as open challenges the need to guarantee both continuity and variability of service according to context interpretation. This paper starts from the willingness to study how both continuity and variability can be pursued by leveraging and integrating results from research areas like artificial intelligence (AI), cognitive systems, psychology and sensor networks. Some of these technological skills are needed for example by an assistive robot and still represent open challenges in AI. This paper presents a medium term research initiative aiming at synthesizing an enhanced (intelligent) control architecture for assistive robots that take advantage from the continuous flow of information provided by a sensor network. The paper presents two main results: (a) starting from the analysis of requirements coming from the real world, it envisages a conceptual cognitive architecture highlighting the functional requirements and the key capabilities characterizing an “ideal” intelligent assistive robot; (b) it presents a prototype of a testbed architecture called KOaLa (Knowledge-based cOntinuous Loop) which integrates sensor data representation, knowledge reasoning and decision making capabilities showing its novelty in a realistic scenario.

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2024
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32. Co-design of a TV-based home support for early stage of dementia

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Cortellessa, Gabriella, Fracasso, Francesca, Umbrico, Alessandro, Cesta, Amedeo, Dionisio, Pietro, Ciucci, Lorenzo, Di Guardo, Fabrizio, Tamburini, Elena, Pérez, Miguel Ángel, Herrero, Javier, Triantafyllidou, Valentina, Dewarrat, Rodolphe, Boghiu, Flavia, Barnestein-Fonseca, Pilar, Goodman-Casanova, Jessica Marian, and Mayoral, Fermin

Abstract

This article describes the work done to create an innovative system to support people with Mild Cognitive Impairment or Mild Dementia. The basic idea of the system is to exploit an extremely simple and familiar technology for older people, namely television (TV). In fact, the TV-AssistDemsystem exploits the smart-TV technology to provide a series of support services, among which the connection via video conference with healthcare professional or with relatives and friends; monitoring of vital parameters; cognitive stimulation and reminders of important medicines and appointments. The article describes the co-design approach of the prototype pursued during the project which involves a constant and repeated involvement of potential users of the system over time. The refined prototype of TV-AssistDemwent under an ecological test in the homes of representative users to assess its robustness and compliance to users needs. The additional objective of the work is to carry out a long-term study that involves the realisation of a clinical trial in two European countries (Spain and Romania) aimed at showing the validity of the proposed solution on the patient’s quality of life but also on caregivers and socio-healthcare systems.

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2024
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34. Enhancing awareness of industrial robots in collaborative manufacturing

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Umbrico, Alessandro, Cesta, Amedeo, and Orlandini, Andrea

Subjects
Human-Robot Collaboration, Ontology, Artificial Intelligence, Automated planning and scheduling, Kknowledge representation and reasoning
Abstract

The diffusion of Human-Robot Collaborative cells is prevented by several barriers. Classical control approaches seem not yet fully suitable for facing the variability conveyed by the presence of human operators beside robots. The capabilities of representing heterogeneous knowledge representation and performing abstract reasoning are crucial to enhance the flexibility of control solutions. To this aim, the ontology SOHO (Sharework Ontology for Human-Robot Collaboration) has been specifically designed for representing Human-Robot Collaboration scenarios, following a context-based approach. This work brings several contributions. This paper proposes an extension of SOHO to better characterize behavioral constraints of collaborative tasks. Furthermore, this work shows a knowledge extraction procedure designed to automatize the synthesis of Artificial Intelligence plan-based controllers for realizing flexible coordination of human and robot behaviors in collaborative tasks. The generality of the ontological model and the developed representation capabilities as well as the validity of the synthesized planning domains are evaluated on a number of realistic industrial scenarios where collaborative robots are actually deployed.

Published
2023

36. Enriching a Temporal Planner with Resources and a Hierarchy-Based Heuristic

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Umbrico, Alessandro, Orlandini, Andrea, Mayer, Marta Cialdea, Hutchison, David, Series editor, Kanade, Takeo, Series editor, Kittler, Josef, Series editor, Kleinberg, Jon M., Series editor, Mattern, Friedemann, Series editor, Mitchell, John C., Series editor, Naor, Moni, Series editor, Pandu Rangan, C., Series editor, Steffen, Bernhard, Series editor, Terzopoulos, Demetri, Series editor, Tygar, Doug, Series editor, Weikum, Gerhard, Series editor, Gavanelli, Marco, editor, Lamma, Evelina, editor, and Riguzzi, Fabrizio, editor

Published
2015
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38. TV-based assistive integrated service to support European adults living with mild dementia or mild cognitive impairment (TV-AssistDem): study protocol for a multicentre randomized controlled trial

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Goodman-Casanova, Jessica Marian, Guzmán-Parra, José, Guerrero, Gloria, Vera, Elisa, Barnestein-Fonseca, Pilar, Cortellessa, Gabriella, Fracasso, Francesca, Umbrico, Alessandro, Cesta, Amedeo, Toma, Diana, Boghiu, Flavia, Dewarrat, Rodolphe, Triantafyllidou, Valentina, Tamburini, Elena, Dionisio, Pietro, and Mayoral, Fermín

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2019
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41. Fostering Social Interaction of Home-Bound Elderly People: The EasyReach System

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Bisiani, Roberto, Merico, Davide, Pinardi, Stefano, Dominoni, Matteo, Cesta, Amedeo, Orlandini, Andrea, Rasconi, Riccardo, Suriano, Marco, Umbrico, Alessandro, Sabuncu, Orkunt, Schaub, Torsten, D’Aloisi, Daniela, Nicolussi, Raffaele, Papa, Filomena, Bouglas, Vassilis, Giakas, Giannis, Kavatzikidis, Thanassis, Bonfiglio, Silvio, Hutchison, David, editor, Kanade, Takeo, editor, Kittler, Josef, editor, Kleinberg, Jon M., editor, Mattern, Friedemann, editor, Mitchell, John C., editor, Naor, Moni, editor, Nierstrasz, Oscar, editor, Pandu Rangan, C., editor, Steffen, Bernhard, editor, Sudan, Madhu, editor, Terzopoulos, Demetri, editor, Tygar, Doug, editor, Vardi, Moshe Y., editor, Weikum, Gerhard, editor, Goebel, Randy, editor, Siekmann, Jörg, editor, Wahlster, Wolfgang, editor, Ali, Moonis, editor, Bosse, Tibor, editor, Hindriks, Koen V., editor, Hoogendoorn, Mark, editor, Jonker, Catholijn M., editor, and Treur, Jan, editor

Published
2013
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42. Enhanced Cognition for Adaptive Human-Robot Collaboration

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Umbrico, Alessandro, primary, Anasagasti, Mikel, additional, Bezrucav, Stefan-Octavian, additional, Canale, Francesca, additional, Cesta, Amedeo, additional, Corves, Burkhard, additional, Mandischer, Nils, additional, Mondragon, Mikel, additional, Rappis, Cristina Naso, additional, and Orlandini, Andrea, additional

Published
2022
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45. Design of Advanced Human–Robot Collaborative Cells for Personalized Human–Robot Collaborations

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Umbrico, Alessandro, primary, Orlandini, Andrea, additional, Cesta, Amedeo, additional, Faroni, Marco, additional, Beschi, Manuel, additional, Pedrocchi, Nicola, additional, Scala, Andrea, additional, Tavormina, Piervincenzo, additional, Koukas, Spyros, additional, Zalonis, Andreas, additional, Fourtakas, Nikos, additional, Kotsaris, Panagiotis Stylianos, additional, Andronas, Dionisis, additional, and Makris, Sotiris, additional

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2022
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48. TENANT: a Tool for Easily Modeling Task Planning Problems for Human-Robot Collaboration

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Foderaro, Elisa, Cesta, Amedeo, Umbrico, Alessandro, and Orlandini, Andrea

Subjects
Task Planning, Human-Robot Collaboration, Scheduling, Timeline-based Planning, Knowledge Engineering
Abstract

For an effective deployment in manufacturing, Col- laborative Robots should be capable of adapting their behavior to the state of the environment and to keep the user safe and engaged during the interaction. Artificial Intelligence (AI) enables robots to autonomously operate understanding the environment, planning their tasks and acting to achieve some given goals. However, the effective deployment of AI technologies in real industrial environments is not straightforward. There is a need for engineering tools facilitating communication and interaction between AI engineers and Domain experts. This paper presents a novel software tool, called TENANT (Tool fostEriNg Ai plaNning in roboTics) whose aim is to facilitate the use of AI planning technologies by providing domain experts like e.g., production engineers, with a graphical software framework to synthesize AI planning models abstracting from syntactic features of the underlying planning formalism. This work was presented during the 30th IEEE International Conference on Robot and Human Interactive Communication (RO-MAN 2021).

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2021
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49. Dancing With Parkinson's Disease: The SI-ROBOTICS Study Protocol

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Bevilacqua, Roberta, primary, Benadduci, Marco, additional, Bonfigli, Anna Rita, additional, Riccardi, Giovanni Renato, additional, Melone, Giovanni, additional, La Forgia, Angela, additional, Macchiarulo, Nicola, additional, Rossetti, Luca, additional, Marzorati, Mauro, additional, Rizzo, Giovanna, additional, Di Bitonto, Pierpaolo, additional, Potenza, Ada, additional, Fiorini, Laura, additional, Cortellessa Loizzo, Federica Gabriella, additional, La Viola, Carlo, additional, Cavallo, Filippo, additional, Leone, Alessandro, additional, Rescio, Gabriele, additional, Caroppo, Andrea, additional, Manni, Andrea, additional, Cesta, Amedeo, additional, Cortellessa, Gabriella, additional, Fracasso, Francesca, additional, Orlandini, Andrea, additional, Umbrico, Alessandro, additional, Rossi, Lorena, additional, and Maranesi, Elvira, additional

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2021
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50. A Prototype for the Robust Execution of Flexible Plans

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Lanzilli Annarita, Cialdea Mayer Marta, Cesta Amedeo, Orlandini Andrea, Umbrico Alessandro, Nicola Gigante, Federico Mari, AndreA Orlandini, Lanzilli, Annarita, Cialdea, Marta, Cesta, Amedeo, Orlandini, Andrea, and Umbrico, Alessandro

Subjects
Artificial intelligence, planning and scheduling, controllability, model checking
Abstract

Timeline-based Planning and Scheduling (P&S) usually deals with two main sources of uncertainty: some components may depend on an external environment and cannot be planned; there may be tasks whose duration cannot be exactly foreseen in advance. Such uncertainties are formally defined and consequent controllability issues have been addressed, focusing on dynamic controllability. In this work, we present a new software prototype, tiga2exec, for dynamic controllable execution of timeline-based plans leveraging recent results gathered from the integration of P&S and Model Checking techniques. tiga2exec is deployed in a timeline-based planning system to control plan execution guaranteeing dynamic controllability. A preliminary experimental evaluation is also presented.

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2019
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