The robot Kompaï helps older, dependent or disabled people to live independently at home for as long as possible. Kompaï was designed to accommodate in particular people suffering from cognitive decline. People can be safe at home and stay in permanent connection to the outside world due to internet access and dedicated applications in Kompaï.

Kompaï has been developed by the French company Robosoft. EU's AAL Joint Programme funded the DOMEO project to design the first generation of Kompaï and have it tested by potential users. The robot recently received the Worldwide Innovation Challenge award launched by the French Government.

After extensive trials, Robosoft will be taking the prototype into production in 2017. The goal for 2020 is to produce 10.000 units a year at the selling price of €5.000. The company is also planning to enter the Far East market soon, as the demand is particularly strong there. Robosoft estimates the total market for the first generation of cognitive assistive robotics at 2,8 million units for Europe, 1,7 million for the USA and 1 million for Japan.

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• France
• Japan
• United States of America

• Older persons
• People with disabilities

In other regions

The main and more visible result of DOMEO is a modular assistant robot to help dependent persons staying longer and safer at home. It has been evaluated, at different levels, in its cognitive and physical assistance versions. These robots are called Kompaï and robuWALKER. The main technological innovation in DOMEO is the design of robots and robot mediated services were accepted by final and secondary users during long-term experimentations with real people in real conditions. The social innovation is tremendous: companion robots allow social link, by being available anywhere at any time in the home, and we demonstrated the acceptability (easy to use) by dependent persons.