MONARCH

Partners: IST-ID (Portugal, IPOLFG (Portugal), Universidad Carlos III de Madrid (Spain), Orebro University (Sweden), École Polytechnique Féderale de Lausanne (Switzerland), University of Amsterdam (The Netherlands), IDMind (Portugal), SelfTech (Portugal), YDreams Robotics (Portugal).

The goal of the project was the development of social robots able to perform edutainment (educational + entertainment) activities in the Pediatrics ward of an Oncological hospital in Lisbon, Portugal (IPOLFG).

(Website under reformulation)

Exploring the robot as it's an abnormal entity in the social space ...

Exploring the robot as a curious entity...

The project gained high visibility in national and international media and was instrumental in bringing social robotics to the limelight.