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ROBOT BEYOND HUMANITY | Roberto Mancin | TEDxReggioEmilia

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Vi siete mai domandati cosa rende ‘vivo’ un robot sociale?
Prova emozioni? È intelligente? Potrà fra qualche anno essere cosciente? Capisce le nostre emozioni? I robot per ancora molti anni non sostituiranno gli esseri umani, almeno sulla terra, ma potranno aiutarci a recuperare parte della nostra umanità. Roberto Mancin, informatico pediatrico del Dipartimento di Salute della Donna e del Bambino di Padova, ci accompagnerà nel suo mondo in cui i Robot sono empatici e restituiscono le emozioni a piccoli pazienti e ai loro genitori.

“ROBOT BEYOND HUMANITY”
Have you ever asked yourself what makes a social robot “alive”?
Does it have feelings? Is it intelligent? Could it be self-aware in a few years? Does it understand our feelings? For many years robots will not substitute humans, at least not on Earth, but they may be able to help us get back part of our humanity.  
Roberto Mancin is a pediatric IT expert at the Department of Women and Children’s health of the University of Padova, will take us along into his world in which robots have empathy and give back emotions to little patients and their patients.
He was born in Genoa in 1971 and is married with two children. For the last 18 years, he has been the head of research and development of innovative IT systems and technologies at the Department of Women and Children’s Health at the University of Padova. He loves being called a “pediatric IT expert” since he has worked in the pediatric clinic in Padova even though he has a degree in IT. Unfortunately, he is the only pediatric It expert in Italy and probably the last. Since 2013 he has taught medical IT at the university of Padova in various medical faculties. Some of his fields of research are: Social Robotics, AAC (Augmentative and Alternative Communication), BCI (Brain Computer Interface) technology in the Pediatric field. For over 26 years on holiday, he has dealt with inclusive and solidarity tourism in the Dolomites using social robots such as “courtesy robot bodies” to help with the inclusion of people with serious disability. Nato a Genova nel 1971 sposato con 2 figli; da 18 anni è responsabile sviluppo di sistemi e tecnologie informatiche innovative presso il Dipartimento di Salute della Donna e del Bambino dell’Università di Padova. Ama essere chiamato “Informatico Pediatrico” dato che dal secolo scorso lavora all’interno della clinica pediatrica di Padova pur essendo laureato in informatica. Purtroppo è l’unico informatico pediatrico d’Italia e probabilmente l’ultimo. Dal 2013 insegna Informatica Medica all’Università di Padova presso vari corsi di laurea abilitanti per professioni sanitarie. Temi di ricerca: Robotica Sociale, CAA (Comunicazione Aumentativa e Alternativa), tecnologie BCI (Brain Computer Interface) in ambito Pediatrico. Da 26 anni in vacanza si occupa anche di turismo solidale e inclusivo sulle Dolomiti usando robot sociali come “corpi robotici di cortesia”, per  facilitare l’inclusione di persone con gravi deficit. This talk was given at a TEDx event using the TED conference format but independently organized by a local community. Learn more at https://www.ted.com/tedx

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