The New York State Office for the Aging has extended its partnership with Intuition Robotics with a new three year, $2.1 million agreement. The program puts the ElliQ AI companion in the homes of older New Yorkers at risk of loneliness and isolation.
The two have worked together for three years. ElliQ remembers details from past conversations and uses them to make later chats more personal.
Why it matters: this is one of the longest running government deployments of a home companion robot, and the renewal suggests the state sees results.
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