Antonello Scalmato
Papers
9
Total Citations
95
H-Index
6
About
Antonello Scalmato’s research sits at the intersection of ubiquitous robotics, knowledge representation, and human-robot interaction, with a focus on making autonomous systems context-aware and socially competent. His most cited work, “Describing and Recognizing Patterns of Events in Smart Environments With Description Logic” (23 citations), introduces an ontology-based system using OWL 2 EL to enable polynomial-time reasoning for context awareness—a foundational contribution to ambient intelligence. Scalmato also advanced culturally aware robotics through “Cloud Services for Culture Aware Conversation” (19 citations), developing a cloud platform that equips socially assistive robots and virtual assistants with culturally competent interaction capabilities, particularly for elderly care. His practical impact is evident in “Mobile Robots in Hospital Environments” (13 citations), which documents a real-world deployment at the Polyclinic of Modena, addressing installation challenges and task execution in clinical settings. Scalmato’s work on spatial-temporal reasoning and distributed context assessment, as seen in his papers on ubiquitous robotics, has shaped how robots coordinate within intelligent environments. With over 95 total citations, his contributions bridge theoretical ontology design and applied robotics, offering students a model for integrating formal logic with real-world deployment in healthcare and assistive technologies.
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- 3Mobile Robots in Hospital Environments: an Installation Case Study.13 citations · 2011
- 4PROBLEM AWARENESS FOR SKILLED HUMANOID ROBOTS8 citations · 2011
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- 6A dataset for human localization and mapping with wearable sensors7 citations · 2017
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