Grace Brown, co-founder and CEO of Andromeda, says companion robots are far more than LLM wrappers. Her robot Abby uses voice prosody, micro expressions, and personality design to handle failures ...

Abi, an AI-powered companion, interacts with a resident at a senior care home in Melbourne, Australia. (Andromeda Robotics) You’re reading The Checkup With Dr. Wen, a newsletter on how to navigate ...

Grace Brown, Co-founder and CEO of Andromeda, says most humanoid robots copy sci-fi too closely — building tall, intimidating machines that feel threatening. Her team deliberately went the opposite ...

Coming out of the pandemic, the whole world was thinking about loneliness and isolation. I was just reflecting on that – the experience of being lonely, not having meaningful connection in your life, ...

Companies worldwide are increasingly turning to robotics, and one brightly colored robot may soon be a familiar sight in Bay Area senior communities. Unlike machines designed to boost efficiency or ...

AI robot helps with loneliness in Australian assisted-living facilities ABI was developed by Andromeda Robotics. It's 3 feet tall and uses AI to recognize faces, hold conversations in dozens of ...

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