The creation of SanTO: a robot with “divine” features

Trovato, Gabriele; Lucho, Cesar; Ramon, Alvaro; Ramirez, Renzo; Rodriguez, Laureano; Cuéllar, Francisco

doi:10.1109/urai.2018.8442207

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“…CelesTE ( 56–58 ) and DarumaTO ( 59–61 ) are social robots that have religion as a principal theme. CelesTE resembles an angelic statue atop a column inspired by sacred Christianity art and neoclassical architecture.…”

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e-VITA study protocol: EU-Japan virtual coach for smart aging

Bevilacqua,

Stara,

Amabili

et al. 2024

Front. Public Health

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AimThe aim of this study is to report a trial protocol for assessing the improvement of older adults’ well-being, promoting active and healthy aging, and reducing the risks of social exclusion, using a virtual coach.BackgroundIncreased longevity brings with it reduced autonomy and independence, and it is therefore necessary to act with preventive measures that can promote active and healthy aging. With the development of technology, new tools have appeared, including virtual coaches, which can enable people to lead a healthy lifestyle by identifying individual needs and goals and providing personalized recommendations and advice. However, it is important that these coaches take into consideration the inter-individual and cross-cultural differences of each person.DesignA randomized controlled trial is proposed.MethodsThis study will recruit 240 healthy subjects aged 65 years and older. Participants will be assigned to an experimental group that will receive the e-VITA system or to the control group that will receive an information booklet only. The primary outcome measure is the person's quality of life (QoL). Data will be collected at baseline, 3 months after the trial, and at the end of the trial, after 6 months.DiscussionThis study will evaluate the effectiveness of the e-VITA system, consisting of a virtual coach, several sensors for monitoring, a smartphone for use at home, and a booklet, in improving the older person's quality of life. The increased perceived well-being will also be linked to improvements in other areas of the person's life, psychological and cognitive status, the area of sociality, nutrition, and eHealth literacy.

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e-VITA study protocol: EU-Japan virtual coach for smart aging

Bevilacqua,

Stara,

Amabili

et al. 2024

Front. Public Health

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“…SanTo was developed by Trovato et al (2018b) for Catholics in 2018 as a sacred robot for research. SanTo was inspired by sacred art and looks like Catholic saints.…”

Section: The Religion-robotics Interactionmentioning

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“…The candle and the niche include LED lights, and the arms and hands include tactile sensors. The robot cites Bible verses and stories about the saints (Trovato et al, 2018b). SanTo was tested with 30 individuals in a church in Peru.…”

Section: The Religion-robotics Interactionmentioning

confidence: 99%

The Interaction of Religion and Robotics and al-Sāmirī’s Calf (the Golden Calf) as an Early Theomorphic Robot

ŞAHİN

Gültekin

2023

Ilahiyat Studies

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The interaction between technology and religion has led to discussions on social robots in religious studies. Various robots have been produced to conduct funerals, give blessings, respond to personal prayer requests, preach, answer religious questions, or instruct religious education. Parallel to these developments, the term theomorphic robot was introduced to describe robots employed for religious purposes, and the characteristics of this type of robot have been described. Attitudes toward technological advances have been influenced by the religious or cultural origins of individuals and society. The present study investigates the “calf”, called “The Story of al-Sāmirī” in Islam and the “Golden calf” in Judaism, in terms of theomorphic robot design and features and discusses whether the “calf” can be considered an early theomorphic robot. It is concluded that the “calf” can be considered an example of an early theomorphic robot in terms of most of its features, and the Story of al-Sāmirī can be employed as a criterion for theomorphic robot analysis. This can explain the interaction between religion and robotics in Muslim culture. Attitudes toward the interaction of religion and robotics vary based on the description and perception of theomorphic robots.

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“…following its display at the National Science and Technology Museum in Milan, Italy, during the Expo Milano 2015, and at Grand Front Osaka in Japan. The SanTO robot [15], inspired by Italian neoclassical architecture and sacred art, was also presented, following its first appearance at the sacred art fair Via Pulchritudinis, organised in Rome by the Holy See.…”

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confidence: 99%

“…The European Union and Japan jointly assigned 8 million euros to the winning project of the Horizon 2020 programme, called e-ViTA (EU-Japan Virtual Coach for Smart Ageing), which is starting in 2021 and features several Italian institutions in the consortium. e-ViTA will place particular effort in the realisation of coaching devices that are tailored for the specific cultural and even religious [13] background of the end-users, including the development of prototypes thought for Japanese users [14] as well as users from Catholic countries such as Italy [15].…”

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The Italy–Japan Workshop: A History of Bilateral Cooperation, Pushing the Boundaries of Robotics

Trovato

Ricotti

Laschi

et al. 2021

IEEE Robot. Automat. Mag.

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This paper presents the experience of a long-lasting collaboration in robotics between the countries of Japan and Italy. The diversity of the approaches to robotics research and technology in the two countries and, at the same time, the similarity of some social drives for robotics progress have created a stimulus to the generation of new thinking about robotics. Not only at the main participant institutions of Waseda University in Tokyo and Scuola Superiore Sant'Anna in Pisa, but also worldwide. The authors present a summary of the Italy-Japan Workshops exploring topics on a) humanoid robotics, b) application of robotics for exploration and rescue, c) biorobotics, d) the use of robots in education, e) the ethics of robotics, f) robotics for sport and g) robotics in arts. The experience of the Workshops represents an example of an open-minded approach to robotics, grounded on social challenges, explored through multidisciplinary discussions, faced by interdisciplinary research, overall interesting to share with the international robotics community. This approach could be used as a base model to foster further international collaborations between different countries as well.

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The creation of SanTO: a robot with “divine” features

Cited by 16 publications

References 10 publications

e-VITA study protocol: EU-Japan virtual coach for smart aging

e-VITA study protocol: EU-Japan virtual coach for smart aging

The Interaction of Religion and Robotics and al-Sāmirī’s Calf (the Golden Calf) as an Early Theomorphic Robot

The Italy–Japan Workshop: A History of Bilateral Cooperation, Pushing the Boundaries of Robotics

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