Competition heats up to attract elderly users in AI robot market

A woman in her 70s escaped death last month when a robot with artificial intelligence (AI) alerted a central control system to suicide warning signs after she told the robot she wanted to end her life and asked for help. The control center immediately asked police to go to her home in Daejeon, where officers helped her reach a hospital for mental health treatment. The robot was one of the rag doll-style Kumdori robots, modeled after Daejeon's mascot and distributed by the city government earlier this year to monitor the safety and health of 1,000 senior citizens living alone. Although the Kumdori robot drew attention for saving an elderly user's life, it is not the only AI robot caring for senior citizens in Korea. Amid growing demand from local governments for means to protect the rising number of seniors living alone, Korean companies are fiercely competing to attract elderly users, who have emerged as key consumers of AI robots. Samsung C&T's construction division recently began testing Robocare's Home AI Companion Robots at homes of elderly residents in Raemian One Bailey and RaemianWeiter zum vollständigen Artikel bei Korea Times Weiter zum vollständigen Artikel bei Korea Times