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GeeBot: A Robotic Platform for Refugee Integration

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Hugo Simão,

João Avelino,

Nuno Duarte,

Rui FigueiredoAuthors Info & Claims

HRI '18: Companion of the 2018 ACM/IEEE International Conference on Human-Robot Interaction

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https://doi.org/10.1145/3173386.3177833

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The refugee crisis is one of society's leading challenges. After a journey for survival, refugees and host institutions face barriers that hinder the integration process. To design solutions, we interviewed two groups: host institutions and past refugees. We identified critical issues, from legal concerns, like unfamiliarity of their Refugee Status, to grocery shopping. Our envisioned solution is GeeBot, a low-cost egg-shaped robot that institutions would lend to arriving families for eighteen months. GeeBot will be a translator with teaching functions, an information provider, and an active promoter of interaction between native and refugee populations.

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Ntioudis DKarakostas AVrochidis SKompatsiaris I(2022)IMMERSE: A Matching Platform Improving Migrant Integration with Semantic TechnologiesInformation and Communications Technology in Support of Migration10.1007/978-3-030-93266-4_13(213-228)Online publication date: 1-Jun-2022
https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-030-93266-4_13
Kouri SKöpman EAhtinen ARamirez Millan VObaid MMubin ONagai YOsawa HAbdelrahman YFjeld M(2020)Customized Robot-Assisted Language Learning to Support Immigrants at WorkProceedings of the 8th International Conference on Human-Agent Interaction10.1145/3406499.3415065(212-220)Online publication date: 10-Nov-2020
https://dl.acm.org/doi/10.1145/3406499.3415065
Ntioudis DKamateri EMeditskos GKarakostas AHuber FBratska RVrochidis SAkhgar BKompatsiaris I(2020)Immerse: A Personalized System Addressing the Challenges of Migrant Integration2020 IEEE International Conference on Multimedia & Expo Workshops (ICMEW)10.1109/ICMEW46912.2020.9105981(1-6)Online publication date: Jul-2020
https://doi.org/10.1109/ICMEW46912.2020.9105981

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GeeBot: A Robotic Platform for Refugee Integration
1. Human-centered computing
  1. Human computer interaction (HCI)
    1. HCI design and evaluation methods
      1. Field studies
  2. Interaction design
    1. Empirical studies in interaction design
    2. Interaction design process and methods
      1. Participatory design
      2. User centered design
2. Social and professional topics
  1. User characteristics
    1. Cultural characteristics
    2. Geographic characteristics

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DOI:10.1145/3173386

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Ntioudis DKarakostas AVrochidis SKompatsiaris I(2022)IMMERSE: A Matching Platform Improving Migrant Integration with Semantic TechnologiesInformation and Communications Technology in Support of Migration10.1007/978-3-030-93266-4_13(213-228)Online publication date: 1-Jun-2022
https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-030-93266-4_13
Kouri SKöpman EAhtinen ARamirez Millan VObaid MMubin ONagai YOsawa HAbdelrahman YFjeld M(2020)Customized Robot-Assisted Language Learning to Support Immigrants at WorkProceedings of the 8th International Conference on Human-Agent Interaction10.1145/3406499.3415065(212-220)Online publication date: 10-Nov-2020
https://dl.acm.org/doi/10.1145/3406499.3415065
Ntioudis DKamateri EMeditskos GKarakostas AHuber FBratska RVrochidis SAkhgar BKompatsiaris I(2020)Immerse: A Personalized System Addressing the Challenges of Migrant Integration2020 IEEE International Conference on Multimedia & Expo Workshops (ICMEW)10.1109/ICMEW46912.2020.9105981(1-6)Online publication date: Jul-2020
https://doi.org/10.1109/ICMEW46912.2020.9105981

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