CRI25: International Conference on Child-Robot Interaction The CRI25 conference will be held at the University of Milano-Bicocca Milan, Italy, June 18-20, 2025

The international conference on Child-Robot Interaction CRI25 will host research contributions on child-robot interaction, focusing on the methodologies, the technologies, the psycho-pedagogical applications, the ethical ramifications, the philosophical, social and cultural presuppositions and implications of this emerging research area. It is organised by the University of Milano-Bicocca, INDIRE, and Università Politecnica delle Marche. It will host peer-reviewed contributions, plenary talks by outstanding scholars in the field, and symposia.

The official language of the conference will be English.

Submission Guidelines

The deadline for submitting extended abstracts and proposals is December 15th, 2024, through Easychair. See the call for papers and teacher training workshops. After acceptance, speakers must register for the Conference by paying a registration fee. The Conference proceedings will be published in a volume.

List of Topics

We welcome submissions of extended abstracts on all aspects of child-robot interaction, including

• robotics and early childhood education;
• robotics and children with special educational needs;
• robotics and autism;
• robotic technologies and interfaces for child-robot interaction;
• robotics and learning at school;
• robotics and development of scientific reasoning;
• methods for designing and conducting child-robot interaction activities;
• philosophical (epistemological, ethical, ontological) issues concerning child-robot interaction;
• psychological implications of child-robot interaction;
• psycho-pedagogical assumptions of the didactic use of robots;
• robotics and stages of cognitive development;
• robotic programming and construction strategies;
• styles of explanation and description of the behaviour of robots by children;
• training of teachers and educators;
• robotics, programming languages and citizenship education.

Committees

GENERAL CO-CHAIRS

• Edoardo Datteri⁩ ⁨(University of Milano-Bicocca)
• Margherita Di Stasio⁩ (INDIRE)
• David Scaradozzi (Università Politecnica delle Marche)

PROGRAM and ORGANIZING COMMITTEE

University of Milano-Bicocca

• Edoardo Datteri 
• Silvia Larghi 
• Nicola Zagni 
• Cecilia Roselli
• Leonardo Lapomarda 
• Cristina Caldiroli 
• Luisa Zecca   

Università Politecnica delle Marche

• David Scaradozzi    
• Laura Screpanti    
• Benedetta Castagna    

INDIRE

• Margherita Di Stasio    
• Beatrice Miotti    
• Claudia Fini    
• Laura Messini    

INTERNATIONAL SCIENTIFIC COMMITTEE

• Part under construction

Contact

All questions about submissions should be emailed to roboticss@unimib.it