CRI23: Child-Robot Interaction The CRI23 conference will be held at the University of Milano-Bicocca Milan, Italy, June 21-23, 2023

The international conference on Child-Robot Interaction CRI23 conference will host research contributions on child-robot interaction, focusing on the methodologies, the technologies, the psycho-pedagogical applications, the ethical ramifications, the philosophical, social and cultural presuppositions and implications of this emerging research area. It is organised by the University of Milano-Bicocca, INDIRE, Università Politecnica delle Marche, Yunik. It will host peer-reviewed contributions, plenary talks by outstanding scholars in the field, and symposia.

The official language of the conference will be English.

Submission Guidelines

The deadline for submitting extended abstracts and proposals for symposia is December 19th 2022 January 31st 2023, through Easychair. See the call for papers and symposia page. After acceptance, speakers must register for the Conference by paying a registration fee. The Conference proceedings will be published in a College Publication volume.

List of Topics

We welcome submissions of extended abstracts and symposium proposals on all aspects of child-robot interaction, including

• 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.

Committees

GENERAL CO-CHAIRS

• Edoardo Datteri⁩ ⁨(University of Milano-Bicocca)
• Margherita Di Stasio⁩ (INDIRE)
• David Scaradozzi (Università Politecnica delle Marche)
• Gilda Bozzi (Associazione Yunik aps) 

PROGRAM and ORGANIZING COMMITTEE

• Edoardo Datteri
• Luisa Zecca
• Silvia Larghi (Università degli Studi di Milano-Bicocca)
• Margherita Di Stasio
• Beatrice Miotti (INDIRE)
• David Scaradozzi,
• Laura Screpanti (Università Politecnica delle Marche)
• Gilda Bozzi (Associazione Yunik aps)

INTERNATIONAL SCIENTIFIC COMMITTEE

• Part under construction

Contact

All questions about submissions should be emailed to roboticss@unimib.it