How an AI-powered robot provides companionship to lonely seniors

After losing her husband in 2022, Dottie Elicati found solace in ElliQ, an AI-powered companion from Intuition Robotics. ElliQ provides Elicati and seniors around the country with companionship and prompts reflective conversations, offering much-needed support to combat loneliness.

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