CARESSES is a joint European-Japanese project that aims to create, for the first time, an assistance robot with cultural competence that can work alongside relatives and personal care workers and understand the preferences, habits and cultural customs of the person being assisted.
This important project, coordinated by Prof. Antonio Sgorbissa of the Department of Informatics, Bioengineering, Robotics and Systems Engineering (DIBRIS) of UniGe, was recently featured in a BBC news report (minute 1.13 of the video at the first useful link).
To learn more about the CARESSES project watch the video at the second useful link and visit the website at the third useful link.