- Title: History meets technology: robot 'ADRIANO' welcomes visitors at Hadrian's Temple
- Date: 28th March 2025
- Summary: ROME, ITALY (MARCH 27, 2025) (REUTERS) VARIOUS OF ROBOT 'ADRIANO' INSIDE TEMPLE OF HADRIAN AND VIBIA SABINA (SOUNDBITE) (English) TOURIST FROM MINNESOTA, UNITED STATES, CINDY PRICE AND ADRIANO SAYING: PRICE: "Hi, ADRIANO. What are you doing here?" ADRIANO: "I am Robot ADRIANO, the first employee robot of the Chamber of Commerce of Rome. I am here to assist visitors with in
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- Keywords: ADRIANO ANCIENT ROME CHAMBER OF COMMERCE HADRIAN ITALY ROBOT ROME TEMPLE OF HADRIAN AND VIBIA SABINA
- Location: ROME, ITALY
- City: ROME, ITALY
- Country: Italy
- Topics: Europe,Human Interest/Brights/Odd News,Society/Social Issues
- Reuters ID: LVA001204827032025RP1
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- Story Text: ADRIANO, Rome's first robotic employee, came into service on Thursday (March 27) in the iconic ancient Roman temple of Hadrian and Vibia Sabina, welcoming tourists and providing information on the history of Rome.
The robot is equipped with artificial intelligence and advanced robotic hands with artificial muscles that allow it to shake hands and hold objects.
"If someone wants, for example, to hug the robot or shake hands, it does not have the rigidity of an industrial robot that can hurt a person," said robotic engineer and artificial intelligence at IIT (Italian Institute of Technology), Giovanni Rosato.
ADRIANO can provide information in both Italian and English about the history of Rome, but it is still learning as developers are working to add other languages to its software.
The robot, equipped with 36 sensors for mapping and self-localisation, has humanoid features that allow it to express emotions through realistic facial expressions, enabling more natural and engaging communication with users.
Developers are working to allow a remote visit to the Temple of Vibia Sabina and Hadrian through ADRIANO, offering a unique immersive experience to those who cannot be physically present but simply equipped with a visor.
The initiative, which involved a team of over 30 people, is the result of an 18-month-long collaboration between the Chamber of Commerce of Rome, the Italian Institute of Technology (IIT), the "Sapienza" University of Rome, and QBRobotics.
"We want to carry the greatness of Rome for another two thousand years," the President of Rome's Chamber of Commerce, Lorenzo Tagliavanti, told Reuters. "ADRIANO helps us narrate stories from two thousand years ago, projected into the coming years."
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