CRI'25 is an international conference organised by

 

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The Conference will host research contributions on child-robot interaction, focusing on the methodologies, the technologies, the psycho-pedagogical applications, the ethical ramifications, and the philosophical, social, and cultural presuppositions and implications of this emerging research area.

It is organized by the University of Milan-Bicocca, INDIRE, Università Politecnica delle Marche, and Bambini Bicocca s.r.l.

It will host peer-reviewed contributions, plenary talks by outstanding scholars in the field, and symposia.

The official language of the conference is English.

Topics


CRI23 topics of interest include:

  • robotics and early childhood education;
  • robotics and children with special educational needs;
  • robotics and autism;
  • robotic technologies and interfaces for child-robot interaction;
  • robotics and learning at school;
  • robotics and development of scientific reasoning;
  • methods for designing and conducting child-robot interaction activities;
  • philosophical (epistemological, ethical, ontological) issues concerning child-robot interaction;
  • psychological implications of child-robot interaction;
  • psycho-pedagogical assumptions of the didactic use of robots;
  • robotics and stages of cognitive development;
  • robotic programming and construction strategies;
  • styles of explanation and description of the behaviour of robots by children;
  • training of teachers and educators;
  • robotics, programming languages and citizenship education.

Call for papers and symposia


The deadline for submitting extended abstracts and proposals for workshops through Easychair is December 1st, 2024:

See the call for papers.

 

After acceptance, speakers will need to register to the Conference paying a registration fee.

After the conference speakers will be invited to submit a full paper to be included in a Special Issue, published by an international journal, on the topic of Child-Robot Interaction.

 

Invited speakers


Plenary talks will be given by

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Registration

All speakers (except invited speakers) must register to attend the conference. Registration TBD

 

Contacts

e-mail: roboticss@unimib.it

Venue

The CRI25 conference will be held at the University of Milan-Bicocca, Milan.

 

RobotiCSS Lab

The CRI25 Conference is promoted by the RobotiCSS Lab, Laboratory of Robotics for the Cognitive and Social Sciences. The RobotiCSS Lab carries out research on the role of robotics in cognitive and social sciences from a methodological and epistemological point of view. It is part of the Department of Human Sciences for Education of the University of Milano-Bicocca.

See more on the lab website.

Patronage

The Conference is patronized by