Deploy speech-based interaction applications with NVIDIA Riva and Vicuna-13b on QTrobot AI@Edge.
This blog post will guide you in developing a completely offline conversational social robot running Nvidia Riva speech recognition, and Vicuna-13b large language model (UC Berkeley) trained by fine-tuning Llama-II (Meta), on the QTrobot AI@Edge’s Nvidia computing board! In this blog, we’ll talk about:
A complete guide to build a Conversational Social Robot with QTrobot and ChatGPT
This blog post will guide you to build a Conversational Social Robot that uses speech, voice, facial expressions and gestures for communication. In recent years, conversational AI has taken the world by storm, driving researchers and developers to explore innovative ways to integrate language understanding into our lives. Large transformer-based language models have been a […]
Validating the clinical effectiveness of an at-home early intervention for autistic children delivered by the social robot QTrobot
LuxAI is excited to announce a new 1.8M EUR investment on validating the clinical effectiveness of QTrobot for at-home intervention of young children on the autism spectrum. In partnership with the Luxembourg Institute of Health, this project focuses on a long-term randomized clinical trial for evaluation of the outcome of the children receiving help from […]
Helping learners with autism through innovative technology
Many children with autism spectrum conditions (ASC) struggle with the social aspect of traditional teaching. Therefore, special education schools and institutions are looking for new ways to address teaching. Innovative technology such as robots are increasing in demand for helping learners with autism or other special educational needs. Bridge College was looking for new assistive […]
Can socially assistive robots elicit empathy? QTrobot use case & testimonial
Socially assistive robots are a type of robots that are built to help humans through social interaction. Being still a relatively new area of technology, socially assistive robots, are vastly used in research to evaluate their capabilities. In this blog, we dive into the research at University of Politecnico di Milano and the USC. Can […]
How can robots support education? QTrobot for research – EPFL use case
The purpose of all activities in education is to lead the child to better learning. How can we use robots to support education and especially special needs education? In this blog we dive into the research at EPFL, CHILI lab, with social robotics and post-doctoral researcher Dr. Barbara Bruno to hear about their projects with […]
Speech therapy for 20 students with autism spectrum disorder with QTrobot – a 6 months case study
In this case study, speech therapists evaluate the impact of QTrobot on improving the effectiveness of speech therapy for students with autism. Based on their observation, using a robot can enhance speech therapy effectiveness by improving the engagement and collaboration of students on the spectrum and by encreasing imitation and motivation to use verbal language. […]
A scientific approach to designing a robot for autism education
For many years researchers and therapists have tested a variety of technologies to assist them in teaching new skills to children with Autism Spectrum Disorder (ASD). Scientific and empirical studies have shown technology to be useful in autism training and have promoted Technology-aided Instruction and Intervention (TAII) to be one of the 27 accepted evidence-based practices. One of the […]
Mental health benefits of teaching emotions to children with autism, using an expressive robot
Children with Autism Spectrum Disorder (ASD) often have mental health problems that are related to their challenges in recognizing and interpreting emotions or their difficulties in controlling and reacting to emotions. Therefore, teaching emotions to children with autism and implementing interventions to enhance their emotional skills has the potential to improve children’s mental health and quality of life. […]
How QTrobot can positively impact the learning opportunity of children with autism spectrum disorder
Using a robot for teaching new emotional and social skills to children with autism is nothing new. The earliest studies on evaluation of the impact of a robot enhanced intervention for children with autism go back to about 2 decades ago when scientists were searching for new tools to help them to engage children with […]