What is Hyodol? How will the AI product help the elderly get rid of loneliness?

The growth of artificial intelligence is expanding with every passing day, with several advancements aiming at making the lives of human beings effortless and advanced. For instance, Hyodol, a South Korean company aims to help elders suffering from dementia to fight loneliness with its social robot. The price of the social robot is Rs 1.5 lakh, i.e. $1,800.

Around 7,000 Hyodol dolls have been deployed by the South Koreans. This unique doll reminds the senior citizens to take medicines on time and also gives them company in their lonely times. 

How can these Hyodol dolls be helpful?

These Hyodol dolls appear like soft toys. These cuddly toys are however not to be taken lightly, as their advanced language processing makes them stand apart. They are also equipped with the ability to understand emotions, play music, and talk to the elderly. Such a device can offer great support to the elderly in their difficult times.

The company says that Hyodol, the robot is actually an AI care robot that provides customized care for senior citizens. The robot is able to perform such functions by depending on data gathered by living with the elderly and holding conversations with them. The official website says that Hyodol helps individuals who are digitally disadvantaged to live healthier and happier lives with the help of digital technology. An Emotional AI system helps to provide emotional care to the users who need it.

The doll is capable of holding complete conversations. It also comes with a companion application and web monitoring platform. This helps caretakers to monitor the activities remotely. Also, there are several safety features that are capable of raising an alert in case no movement has been detected for a while. What makes the doll a special AI product is that it keeps a watch on the user at all times.

Some more features of the doll include touch interactions and voice messages. The doll also comes with 24-hour voice reminders, quizzes, music, and more. Additionally, caregivers who hold access to the application will be able to talk to the user through voice messages.

Not to miss, the robot will be able to monitor the health conditions of the users via health Q&A twice a day.

As per the company, the Hyodol gathers verbal and nonverbal data for 24 hours from the users via artificial intelligence. This factor proves to be a possible area of privacy concern.