Robotic companions can help aging humans live more stimulating lives.
Social robots with AI and IOT capabilities can engage seniors to foster social connection with other residents in a time in which “chronic loneliness is an epidemic with significant health risks.”
Considering that the Hong Kong population of older adults is growing, machines with social and emotional intelligence can fill the gap as “extenders of our human capacity”.
Social robot Ai Fook (Misty II) that is socially intelligent interact and communicate with people in human centric terms, create emotional connections and are much more effective in supporting humans than screen based technologies.