ElliQ Blog

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July 06, 2017

Designing ElliQ, Part I: Name and Face

by Intuition Robotics Team

In a series of blog posts to come, we’d like to further introduce you to ElliQ, our active aging companion. In this series, we’d like to share a few aspects about ElliQ that will help you get to know her better: why she looks the way she looks, the depth of her personality, the meaning behind her moves and motions, and more. In this first post we’ll dive into the thought behind the name “ElliQ” as well as into the design of her face.

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June 21, 2017

Thanks AARP for choosing Elli•Q for Innovation Award in Social Well-Being Category

by Intuition Robotics Team

Elli•Q, the active aging companion for older adults has won the AARP Innovation Champion Award in the category of ‘Social Well-Being’ Innovation.

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June 08, 2017

The World Turned Upside Down: The Emotional Journey of Caring for Parents

by Intuition Robotics Team

Suddenly, you discover that your roles have been reversed: It’s as if you’re the parent, the one who’s coaxing, watching, ready to prevent a fall, providing support getting in and out of the car. Watching a parent decline is a painful experience that, for most people, pulls at many different difficult emotions: helplessness, perhaps loneliness, and sometimes feelings of emotional conflict.

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May 14, 2017

Mother's Day 2017 - Social Robot to the Rescue

by Intuition Robotics Team

During our daily morning testing, ElliQ, rescues our CEO from forgetting Mother's Day. We're experimenting with different ways to enhance the interaction with ElliQ such as facial analysis, as shown in the video. Happy Mother's Day from ElliQ and the Intuition Robotics team.

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April 25, 2017

I’m a Gerontologist and I Work at a Startup

by Intuition Robotics Team