Luigi Asprino

Zambon (Italy), Istituto di Scienza e Tecnologie dell'Informazione "Alessandro Faedo"

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Luigi Asprino is a leading researcher at the intersection of knowledge engineering, cognitive robotics, and human-robot interaction, with a particular focus on socially assistive applications. His major contributions center on developing ontology-based frameworks that enable companion and social robots to intelligently manage knowledge, adapt their behavior, and engage in personalized interactions with users. Asprino’s work on a reference architecture for social robots (2021, 17 citations) provides a foundational blueprint for designing modular, interoperable robotic systems. He has pioneered the use of ontology design patterns for behaviour arbitration in cognitive agents (2017, 6 citations), allowing robots to select and sequence actions based on situational context. Notably, his research on knowledge-driven reminiscence therapy (2017, 4 citations) and ontology-based knowledge management for geriatric assessment (2019, 13 citations) demonstrates the real-world impact of his work, supporting people with dementia through personalized, dialogue-driven interactions on companion robots. By bridging formal ontological modeling with applied robotics, Asprino is shaping how intelligent systems can understand, remember, and respond to human needs in healthcare and social settings.