Digital Health April 1, 2020
AI and robotics experts from the National Robotarium based at Heriot-Watt University in Scotland have started work on what they believe is the world’s first multi-user conversational robots for healthcare.
Part of a multi million-pound collaborative project involving experts from eight European and Asian institutions, SPRING (Socially Pertinent Robots in Gerontological Healthcare) is the first research project to be announced by the National Robotarium, which opens its doors Heriot-Watt’s Edinburgh campus next year.
SPRING, a four-year project funded by the EU’s €80bn (£72.5bn) Horizon2020 R&D programme, will develop socially assistive robots (not pictured) with the capacity to perform multi-person interactions and “open social conversation” for the first time in a healthcare setting.
The work builds on the success of Heriot-Watt...
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