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It's called QT and it's the first robot manufactured in Luxembourg. QT's "parents" are two Iranians, Aida Nazarikhorram and Pouyan Ziafati, who founded the LuxAI company in 2016.

Aida is a doctor and Pouyan holds a doctorate in artificial intelligence and robotics. They have both been working on QT for two years, but only last year gained the support of the Luxembourg state, through the 'Fonds National de la Recherche' (FNR) scheme, and the University of Luxembourg, allowing them to found their company, LuxAI, and start producing their robot.

Social robot

"Given our areas of competence, we thought we would create a 'social robot' for the health sector. Then we realised that we could extend its applications to other sectors, such as education and training, it can also be used for leisure, entertainment or as a companion for children and the elderly," Aida explained in an interview with Contacto during ICT Spring.

The startup LuxAI was created following a research project at the Interdisciplinary Centre for Security, Reliability and Trust (SnT) of the University of Luxembourg, funded by the Luxembourg National Research Fund (FNR) under its Proof of Concept scheme. The business model of LuxAI is developing and constructing so-called social robots.

Such robots can be used, for example, in the educational or health system, where they would support trainers and therapists in their work. The robots can be programmed to practice vocabulary with children or to make rehabilitation exercises with stroke patients.

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