Navel activates care receivers
- Navel addresses each person individually by name
- Navel remembers previous conversations.
- Navel chats about everyday things and tells jokes, poems etc.
- Navel knows his way around all topics: Cooking, crafts, countries, history, art, technology, etc
Navel creates a good atmosphere
- Navel looks at people with his lively eyes
- Navel asks how things are going and how the day was
- Navel always reacts empathetically, even if the mood is not quite right
- Navel always finds a positive side
- Navel infects everyone with his smile
Navel keeps on learning
- Thanks to its AI (GPT), Navel already knows more than any human
- Navel is constantly learning new skills through regular updates
- With feedback from our customers, we develop the functions that help the most in care
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What our customers say
Easy to use
- by the 95-year-old nursing home resident, the 56-year-old assistant or the 18-year-old nursing student
- intuitive with natural language
- Configurable via a browser
- in every home with WLAN
- Data protection compliant
- Weighs 8.5 kg and is 75 cm tall
Scientifically tested
Navel improves the well-being of people in need of care.
(Dr. Schoch, Institute for Care and Ageing, Evangelische Heimstiftung)
Navel has a positive influence on the cognitive abilities of people with dementia.
(Prof. Kahl, Hannover Medical School)
Navel has a positive influence on the atmosphere and a long-term effect.
(TU Munich, Chair of Ergonomics)
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Here is Navel in action
Watch Navel in the video
Navel in the press
community
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How implementation and operation work
- We provide support in preparation for data protection and IT issues
- We send the robot by DHL Express and provide approx. 2 hours of training
- We support you and the staff in the first few months via regular video calls
- We hold joint consultation hours with all customers to exchange information
- We provide regular updates
- We provide support for problems remotely, via video call or DHL Express shipping
How we ensure data protection
- Navel works extremely data-efficiently thanks to a privacy-by-design approach
- Navel is data protection compliant according to the GDPR and fulfills the criteria of church data protection
- Navel uses GDPR-compliant servers in Europe for dialog generation
- Conversation data is only stored on Navel and not in the cloud
- Image data is only analyzed on Navel and deleted after 100 milliseconds
- No personal data is used for training purposes etc.
- We provide a handout for a data protection impact assessment
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Our products
navel
care
The empathy robot for care facilities:
- Navel (pre-series model)
- Care application
- Lifelong support
- Lifelong updates
- Cloud fee included for the first 6 months
One-time price
28.000 €
Leasing price 970 €/month
(36 months term)
Delivery time currently 8-12 weeky
navel
research
The tech platform for research institutions:
- Navel (pre-series model)
- without care application
- Python-SDK (more information here)
- Lifelong support
- Lifelong updates
One-time price
18.000 €
Delivery time currently 8-12 weeks
Technical data
facial expressions & eye contact
Software
OS
Linux
Computer Vision (10fps)
Face detection
Person identification
Emotion recognition
Head pose
Eye gaze
Sound Processing
Sound source localization
Beam forming
Natural Language Processing
STT: via cloud service e.g. Microsoft
TTS: Acapela (30 languages)
Dialog Manager: LLM based e.g. GPT
Navigation
SLAM (in planning)
Socially aware proxemics
SDK
Python SDK
Hardware
SoC
NVIDIA® Jetson AGX Xavier™
15 GB for user data
Cameras
Head: 80° 720P 60 fps Global Shutter
Body: 160° 720P 60 fps Global Shutter
Microfones
3D array comprised of 7 microfones
3D Sensors
Intel® RealSense™ Depth Module D430
2x Lidar sensors
3x Sonar sensors
Displays
3x Round displays
3x 3d lenses
Motors
Head: 3x quiet gimbal motors
Drive: 2x 65 W motors
Shoulder: 2x Servo motors
Tilt: 2x Linear motors
Speaker
2x 4 W Broadband loudspeaker
Battery
288 Wh Li-Ion Batteries
Connectivity
LAN
WLAN
Size
Height 72 cm
Weight
8 kg
Cap
Wool