Robots That Care, Teach, and Protect --- From Pandemic to Inclusive Classrooms: How Embedded AI and Companion Robots are transforming Healthcare and Education in Hong Kong (HKUKST RAE Impact Casebook)

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Key Highlights

• Developed cost-effective thermal sensing  systems with an accuracy of ±0.4°C, achieving a cost that is 1/30th of commercial alternatives.
• Deployed over 110 companion robots in 38 elderly homes and hospitals throughout Hong Kong.
• Enhanced the Chinese language proficiency of non-Chinese speaking (NCS) students by 56.1%.
• Founded Intelligent Design Technology Limited (IDT), a spin-off from HKUST, achieving HK4 million in sales.
• 601 students engaged in AI-assied learning programs
• 7,000 people screened daily using thermal sensing systems
• 53 care centers, hospitals, and schools served by IDT products