Hyodol Robot : To Beat Loneliness Among Elders
South Korean company Hyodol has come up with a way to use Artificial Intelligence (AI) to beat loneliness among elders with dementia.
- The South Korean government is reported to have deployed around 7,000 Hyodol dolls to keep senior citizens ‘company’ and remind them to take medications. Loneliness among senior citizens is a growing social issue in South Korea.
- Hyodol Robot is an AI care robot that offers customised care for seniors. The robot does this by relying on data collected by living and having conversations with them.
- It can hold full conversations and it comes with a companion app and web monitoring platform for caretakers to monitor remotely.
- Besides, it comes with safety features that can raise an alert when no movement has been detected for a certain period of time.
- It also comes with touch interaction, check-ins, a health coach, voice messages, 24-hour voice reminders, music, quizzes, exercise suggestions, and more.
- Moreover, caregivers with access to the app will be able to send and receive voice messages, make group announcements, and monitor motion detection.
- The robot also continuously monitors the health condition of its users through health Q&A two times a day.
- It collects verbal/nonverbal data for 24 hours from the users through AI.
