Intuition Robotics designs AI Elli.Q that plays games and reads books to pensioners

A robot companion could soon help prevent the elderly from feeling lonely. Elli.Q uses artificial intelligence to slowly learn what its owner likes, and will help those less confident with technology to use social media, video chats and play games online. The robot, which its inventors claim is one of most advanced social companion robots in the world, has now been launched during an exhibition at at The Design Museum in London. Elli.Q uses artificial intelligence to slowly learn what her owner likes, and will help those less confident with technology to use social media, video chats and play games online Using'body language' that conveys emotion, speech interface, sounds, lights and images to express herself, Elli.Q is designed to be easily understood. Using AI, it learns the preferences, behaviour and personality of her owner.