Programmable by means of anyone

The enterprise model of LuxAI is growing and constructing so-known as social robots. Such robots can be used, for example, within the instructional or fitness device, wherein they could assist trainers and therapists of their paintings. The robots can be programmed to practice vocabulary with kids or to make rehabilitation exercises with stroke patients.

The "AI" in LuxAI stands for artificial Intelligence. "Robots which are speculated to interact with human beings ought to system a awesome deal of records very quickly, and adapt their behaviours in line with the interplay," says the CEO of LuxAI, Dr. Pouyan Ziafati. Ziafati wrote his doctoral thesis on synthetic intelligence and robotics on the SnT -- and based LuxAI based on it. "Our robot is the primary social robot to pop out of Luxembourg," says Ziafati: "we've got already run the prototype through practical checks. It acquired amazing ratings for its social expressiveness, emotionality and ease of use."

The coronary heart of each robotic is its programming -- the software program. LuxAI's social robotic is based totally on a so-called robot Agent Programming Language, which Ziafati designed for his doctorate and adapted to the needs of social robots. Such programming, however, is best available to IT professionals. "Practitioners who want to train a robotic a way to teach stroke sufferers, for instance, can't study their manner into it," says Ziafati. "They want an interface by which they could software the robot intuitively and naturally"

LuxAI in cooperation with the self sustaining robot Lab of the laptop science and Communications research Unit (CSC) of the university of Luxembourg has advanced this very interface. it's miles based totally on the identical Android platform as is enormous on smartphones, and might make social robots appropriate for the mass market, as Ziafati assures. "Non-IT-expert people have made the first tests with our robots. They have been capable of program the robots for his or her reason inside 20 minutes. Our software program we could all and sundry do it." Ziafati sees opportunities for plenty fields of utility: as learning assist for autistic youngsters, in colleges, within the enjoyment industry or in geriatric care.

"Social robots will in no way replace qualified employees -- but they are able to guide them, considering that they have unlimited time and can take over habitual responsibilities," says Ziafati. LuxAI is now working with Fondation Autisme Luxembourg and three departments within the university of Luxembourg on developing programs for autism remedy and behavioural regulation, geriatric medication and coaching foreign languages to kids in kindergartens.