Dipartimento di Scienze Umane per la Formazione "Riccardo Massa"

The RobotiCSS Lab – Laboratory of Robotics for the Cognitive and Social Sciences – is devoted to the methodological and epistemological analysis of the social and scientific applications of robotics. The research topics currently addressed in the Lab concern

  • biorobotics: the analysis of the methodologies for using robotic, bionic, and computer systems as models of human behaviour and cognition in neuroscientific and psychological research,
  • educational robotics: the analysis of the methodologies for using robotic and electronic systems as tools to promote acquisition of disciplinary and cross-disciplinary, cognitive and social skills in scholastic and non-scholastic contexts.

The Lab is also involved in the development of CoderBot, an open-source programmable educational robot. Its facilities and equipment are deployed in the framework of the course “Educational Robotics” (Master’s Degree Course in Education). The Lab is located in the U16 building (Via Thomas Mann 8, 20126 Milan), fourth floor.

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Contact

Dr. Edoardo Datteri (coordinator), edoardo.datteri atunimib.it

Staff

  • Gilda Bozzi. Educator and teacher trainer in educational robotics.
  • Marco Castiglioni. Clinical psychologist.
  • Alice D’Alessio. Educator and teacher trainer in educational robotics.
  • Edoardo Datteri. Philosopher of science, with focus on Artificial Intelligence and biorobotics.
  • Federico Laudisa. Philosopher of physics.
  • Luisa Zecca. Researcher in pedagogy.

Recent relevant publications

  • Datteri, E. (2017), “The epistemic value of brain-machine systems for the study of the brain”, Minds and Machines, 27:2, pp. 287-313.
  • Datteri, E. (2017), Che cos’è la scienza cognitiva?, Carocci, Roma.
  • Datteri, E., Zecca, L. (2016), “The Game of Science: An Experiment in Synthetic Roboethology with Primary School Children”, Robotics and Automation Magazine, 23:2, pp. 24-29.
  • Zecca, L. (2016), Didattica laboratoriale e formazione. Bambini e insegnanti in ricerca, Franco Angeli, Milano.
  • Datteri, E., Bozzi, G., Zecca, L. (2015), “Il ‘gioco dello scienziato’ per l’apprendimento delle competenze scientifiche nella scuola primaria”, Tecnologie Didattiche, 23:3, pp. 172-175.
  • Laudisa, F., Datteri, E. (2015), “Large-scale simulations of brain mechanisms: beyond the synthetic method”, Paradigmi, 33, pp. 23-46.
  • Businaro, N., Castiglioni, M., Zecca, L. (2014), “Implicazioni psicologiche di un laboratorio di robotica educativa nella scuola primaria: riflessioni sul caso di un bambino con ritardo mentale”, Psicologia Clinica dello Sviluppo, 2, p. 311-318.
  • Laudisa, F., Datteri, E. (2014), “Box-and-arrows explanations are not always more abstract than neuroscientific mechanism descriptions”, Frontiers in Theoretical and Philosophical Psychology, 2014.
  • Zecca, L. (2012) I pensieri del fare. Verso una didattica meta-riflessiva, Junior-Spaggiari, Reggio Emilia.