Giraff Meets KOaLa to Better Reason on Sensor Networks.

Recent technological advancementsAmedeo, Cesta in Internet of Things and Cyber-Physical systems are fostering the diffusion of smart environments relying on sensor networksLuca, Coraci. Indeed, large and heterogeneous amount of data can beGabriella, Cortellessa provided by sensors deployed in user environments providing valuable knowledge to addressRiccardo, De Benedictis different user needs and enabling more effective and reliable solutionsAndrea, Orlandini as well as ensuring personalizationAlessandra, Sorrentino and dynamic adaptation. This paper presents a recent research initiative whose aim isAlessandro, Umbrico to realize autonomous and socially interacting robots by integrating sensor data representation and knowledge reasoning with decision making functionalities within a cognitive control architecture, called Knowledge-based cOntinuous Loop (KOaLa).