Knowledge-Driven Support For Reminiscence On Companion Robots

Abstract

In this paper we present our work towards the development of an application for personalized reminiscence therapy in people with dementia. The reminiscence process aims at recalling personal memories by combining user-specic knowledge, dialogue-based human-robot interaction and multimedia content. The application is part of a robotic software framework for companion robots, investigated in the EU MARIO project and under evaluation in different dementia care settings.