I went to work as a telepresence robot to see if it can cure loneliness

Feb08

by Sindy Cator on February 8, 2018 at 10:08 am

While difficult to observe, loneliness and isolation are major social issues leading to problems like anxiety, depression, and a mortality rate four times higher than obesity, to name a few. One Norwegian startup, however, is on a mission to conquer this problem and believes telepresence robots could be the solution. Founded in 2015 by Karen Dolva, Matias Doyle and Marius Aabel, No Isolation — one of our residents here at TQ in Amsterdam – is a company on a mission to end loneliness across generations. AV1 is the company’s first product: a small robot built to be the “eyes, ears and…