This AI robot was made to help seniors combat loneliness
Newsy
One in 3 adults ages 50 to 80 reported feeling isolated from others in the past year, according to the 2023 National Poll on Healthy Aging.
Meet the artificial intelligence robot — named ElliQ — that was created to combat senior loneliness.
ElliQ interacts with you in many ways, from asking about your day to playing trivia or listening to possible health issues, for example.
“When you grow old, in many cases, your life gradually empties ... there's a void growing and being created there and you have less people, less impact,” said Ronen Soffer, the product management leader with Intuition Robotics.
“ElliQ is a lovely speaking desk lamp. She’s also a very advanced robot and she's also the world’s leading social companion technology stack,” he said.
