This Healthcare Companion Robot Will Remind You To Take Your Medicine

Pillo is a new healthcare companion robot expected to ship in Q4 2018 that combines voice-first technology with artificial intelligence. The companion robot market will be an estimated $34.1 billion by 2022 according to a 2017 research report by P&S Market Research. The same report noted that global aging population has driven personal robots markets in developed regions. With a growing emphasis on personalized healthcare and better engagement with consumers through technology including customer healthcare apps and augmented reality, virtual reality and artificial intelligence (AI) to deliver more effective and cost-efficient digital therapeutics, a healthcare companion robot could become another tool in the intelligent healthcare market. Pillo Health and Orbita are working on an in-home companion robot that combines artificial intelligence with voice technology expected to ship in Q4 2018.