Hyderabad: With social isolation among the elderly increasingly being seen as a cause of dementia, anxiety and suicidal tendencies, city-based Achala IT Solutions has come up with a concept to provide senior citizens with ‘companion robots’ that allow them to interact. will include. They are proactive and will also relay information to caregivers in times of emergency.
The robots, built under the Elro brand, will regularly check health-related things like BP, sugar, temperature and oxygen saturation levels, connect with doctors and deliver medicines at home. The video, which will also play cognitive games, connect with friends and family and remind them to take pills on time, said Rajesh Raju, chief executive officer and founder of Achala.
“We want to use mini-robots to help the elderly deal with loneliness issues. For now, the language used by the robots will be English, but they’ll be available in local languages when they’re paired with the Google Assistant and the Alexa platform on which Elro is based,” he added: “You can say just fine.” are google. check my bp. It will do.”
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In the backend, it learns the routine of the elders and tries to start the conversation. It will ask random questions to check for symptoms of dementia or depression. It will learn about interests and delve deeper into such topics to keep the conversation going.
Conversations can take place with the device or with similar groups via Elro. Will be assessed by a psychiatrist and suggested changes will be incorporated into the routine by its smart calendar.
The device will keep a tab on self-autonomy, environmental mastery and self-acceptance. “We will work to increase the feeling of satisfaction and that will reduce the likelihood of depression,” he said.
The desktop version of Elro will be launched soon. In this, instruments for measuring blood pressure, blood glucose, heart rate, SP02 and temperature will be integrated. Its 10-inch screen will come in handy for video consultations, calling friends and family members, and setting reminders. It will be priced at Rs 25,000 and will come with select bundled offers.
There is a monthly subscription of Rs 1,500 to cover conversations and social activities. It will be pay-per-use for doctor video consultations and medicine orders.
Achala is also working on a three-feet humanoid, which can navigate indoors, have the ability to locate the elderly and video the emergency response in case of a fall. All conversations and data with the elderly are encrypted and anonymous.
Elro complies with National Digital Health Mission standards for security and privacy.
“The pilot will run in October and November and we expect sales to start in December. We will be assembling the robot and are working with a few companies locally for the components,” said Jyotish Vegesna, another co-founder.
Achala is one of the few startups getting support from the Telangana state government through T-M (under the Emerging Technologies Wing). “T-Am has been a great support to us. We have benefited from service providers like Amazon Cloud and others to operate our product using credits,” he said.