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According to The Robot Report, ElliQ is a social robot made by Intuition Robotics which is specifically designed to help older adults living alone. The main goal is to help the elderly live happier and healthier lives.
Intuition Robotics designed the robot to alleviate the feeling of social isolation by allowing individuals to connect with their caregivers and families easier. The tech inside the bot is full of behavioral sciences, psychology, and advanced cognitive AI to provide focused elderly care.
“After years of hard work this day has finally come. Over the course of the pandemic, we’ve seen the devastating effect that loneliness can have on the older adult population. At the same time, we’ve seen ElliQ be incredibly helpful to our beta users and put a smile on their faces. Now, we are happy to make ElliQ widely available to any senior who desires a friendly sidekick who empowers them to maintain their independence and take control of their health. While regular voice-controlled personal assistants are ambient and wait for a human command, ElliQ proactively initiates conversation and projects empathy to foster collaboration and trust, while employing the AI’s character and multi-modal communication ability in generating unprecedented levels of engagement that successfully affect behavior change,” Dor Skuler, CEO of Intuition Robotics, said.
Intuition Robotics conducted a study using ElliQ with hundreds of people. During their research, the users interacted with the robot up to 20 times per day. They found that the robot helped users increase their physical exercise, reduced stress, and even helped with better sleep.
