Antonio Andriella
Early Stage Researcher and Ph.D Candidate at
Institut de Robotica i Informatica Industrial
I’m a Ph.D candidate at IRI in the Perception and Manipulation Group advised by Dr. Guillem Alenyà and Prof. Carme Torras. Since 2017, I’ve been holding a Marie Skłodowska-Curie Fellowship as part of an Innovative Training Network (ITN) called SOCRATES. The ITN focuses on Quality of Interaction in Eldercare. Prior to coming to IRI, I’ve been working at Cogisen for almost 8 years.
My research interests are in the areas of human-robot interaction (HRI) and human-centered design technologies for older adults with cognitive impairments. My work focuses on designing, developing, and evaluating interactive social systems that personalize and adapt to their users over short-term and long-term interaction, based on individual needs and goals. I believe in the future, robotic systems will be able to take over repetitive tasks such as cognitive and physical training, leaving time for therapists to focus on activities that better leverage their medical skills.
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Interests
- Human-Centered Robotics
- Socially Assistive Robotics
- Long-term Adaptivity
- Human-Robot Interaction
- Reinforcement Learning
- Automated Planning
- Experimental Design
Education
PhD in Control, Robotics and Vision, Ongoing, 2017
Institut de Robotica i Informatica Industrial, CSIC-UPC
MEng in Artificial Intelligence, 2009
Sapienza, University of Rome
BSc in Computer Engineering, 2006
Sapienza, University of Rome
