File 003 · AgeTech
Record 021 · Community · 2017
17.21.YElliQ
Intuition Robotics
“A tabletop robot that initiates conversation instead of waiting to be asked.”
A roommate that nudges.
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.
Filed notes
- Proactive conversation
- Goal-based nudges
- Separate 'body' and screen
SIC
8322
Individual and Family Social Services
NAICS
624120
Services for the Elderly and Persons with Disabilities
