Real-time engagement platform Agora is powering an artificial intelligence (AI)-enabled smart cane developed by Lgenie, allowing older adults to interact with the device through low-latency voice conversations designed for outdoor and everyday use.
The collaboration highlights a broader shift in AI adoption, with developers increasingly embedding conversational AI into physical devices used in healthcare, smart homes, education, robotics, and mobility instead of limiting the technology to chatbots and software applications.
“The smart cane is one of the earliest examples of AI moving from screens into the physical world. The technology adapts to the person, instead of expecting the person to adapt to the technology,” Agora Physical AI Product head Xiao Dong Feng said in an email interview with BusinessWorld.
The AI-powered smart cane designed to support older adults enables users to ask questions and seek assistance through natural voice conversations while walking, without having to stop and operate a smartphone or other screen-based device.
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