Hyodol and MindsLab Join Hands to Strengthen AI Senior Care Services

Goal to Provide Emotional Services to Overcome Digital Exclusion and Depression

Senior care robot developer Hyodol announced on the 22nd that it has signed a business agreement with AI specialist company MindsLab to collaborate on the 'AI Senior Care Service' project. The photo shows MindsLab CEO Yoo Tae-jun (left) and Hyodol CEO Kim Ji-hee. Photo by Hyodol

[Asia Economy Reporter Kim Heeyoon] Hyodol, a senior care robot developer, announced on the 22nd that it has signed a business agreement with AI specialist company MindsLab to collaborate on the 'AI Senior Care Service' project.

According to Hyodol, through this agreement, they plan to integrate MindsLab's AI technology into Hyodol's senior care robots to strengthen non-face-to-face welfare services.

Hyodol's 'BumosaRang Hyodol' is Korea's first doll-shaped senior care robot, offering features such as ▲ touch interaction, daily task alarms, and ▲ group message sending and receiving.

Recently, 'BumosaRang Hyodol' has received favorable reviews as it has been distributed to elderly households nationwide through local governments, public offices, and welfare centers. Hyodol explained that with the prolonged COVID-19 pandemic highlighting the need for non-face-to-face welfare services, it is gaining attention as a customized welfare service for efficient support of elderly living alone.

The AI company MindsLab, participating in this business agreement, is a leading domestic AI company that recently passed the evaluation for a technology-specialized IPO. It possesses technologies such as avatar technology, voice recognition and synthesis, natural language processing (NLP), and the AI human M1 developed by integrating these technologies.

Through this business agreement, the two companies plan to enhance key functions of senior care services, including emergency response, voice assistant, peripheral device control, and music and educational content.

Additionally, Hyodol stated that it will significantly strengthen avatar services and emotional content to provide differentiated care that can positively transform digital exclusion and depression experienced by the elderly generation in daily life.

Kim Jihee, CEO of Hyodol, said, "Through the agreement with AI company MindsLab, we will provide a more sophisticated care service so that seniors living in the COVID era are not excluded from advanced technology and can enjoy a more emotionally comfortable old age."

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