Record 021 · Community · 2017
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ElliQ
Intuition Robotics
“A tabletop robot that initiates conversation instead of waiting to be asked.”
ElliQ is a proactive social agent for older adults living alone: hydration, calls, curiosity, not a surveillance cam. It treats isolation as a design problem.
Best-known consumer attempt at a companion robot for aging in place.
- Proactive conversation
- Goal-based nudges
- Separate 'body' and screen
A roommate that nudges.
