AI Companion Robots Are Closing the Human Connection in Modern Homes

IEEE Spectrum Robotics — advances in multimodal AI and robotics are making companion robots more personal and emotionally aware Ollobot's AI companion robot OlloNi SS1 is designed to be useful in real homes. It may greet family members when they arrive, follow an older adult from the living room to the kitchen, remind a child to take a study break, or notice that someone appears unusually quiet and gently check in.

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