What is Hyodol? 

• 'Hyodol' is a socially assistive chat robot for the elderly with a doll-like appearance of a 7-year-old. It aims to improve their emotional well-being and help them live independently.

• 'Hyodol' responds with an adorable voice and comments when touched. It also provides personalized daily life reminders, elderly-specific content, and health tips.

• Caregivers and institutions can monitor the elderly remotely through the mobile app and PC web monitoring system, receiving alerts for inactivity and responding to potential emergencies.

 Why Hyodol? 

• The highest market share in companion robot market (in Korea) (more than 60% of local governments in Korea, more than 8,000 units nationwide) 
• Technology development and business partnership with Microsoft (Microsoft Startups Founders Hub Level 4)
• Equipped with LTE (Cat. 4). Can use anywhere in Korea where telecommunication service is available
• Utilizing global SIM (Vodafone, Telenor, etc.), it can communicate globally, including the United States, the Netherlands, and Japan
• Proven effectiveness with 9 domestic and 4 international studies (Reduced depression, suicidal thoughts, improved life quality, reduced caregiving burden, improved cognitive function, and more)
• English version Hyodol is available in Netherlands
• Hyodol in different languages (English, Japanese, Chinese and Dutch)
• Developing a smart home environment based on care robots with various research institutions (Korea: Yonsei University College of Health Sciences, EU: Dutch/Italian HAAL project team)
• Completed a pilot study with Korean American seniors in KCS (The Korean Community Services of Metropolitan New York): Featured in TED x Talks
• Developing seniors friendly robot: uses LTE (no internet connection required), plush doll appearance, 7-year-old grandchild dialog, and easy to use
• 24/7 emotional, daily life, health, and emergency monitoring system using sensors, voice call and VoIP(Voice over Internet Protocol)
• Personalized health advice with daily health questionnaires. Hyodol asks users’ conditions (ex. sleep, mood, pain)
• Provide customized healthcare services such as identifying depression and dementia precursors through data analysis

• Smart & remote welfare service using mobile apps for guardians and web monitoring systems

 Main Function 

1. Personalized custom daily life (medication, meals, etc.) reminder alarms

2. Touch-voice interaction 

3. Senior contents such as music/exercises/quiz

4. Remote monitoring of senior activity

5. Voice and schedule alarm message

 More about Hyodol 

1. Website

English: http://en.hyodol.com

Korean: http://hyodol.com

2. Youtube

https://www.youtube.com/

3. Instagram

@hyodol_lover

4. Facebook

www.facebook.com/love.hyodol