Applications

Start where presence, continuity and follow-through matter.

Care and supported living are the first focus. The same underlying capabilities may later fit other supervised premises and service settings.

Selection principle

Useful, bounded, repeatable, observable and economically plausible.

First focus

Supported living and care settings.

These settings have real needs, recurring activities and people available to guide development. Patricia may complement human support with continuity, communication and a mobile presence.

Initial work should focus on non-clinical activities that can be clearly defined, supervised and measured.

Care and supported living

Continuity around everyday activities

Agreed routine prompts and follow-through
Communication with staff, family or approved contacts
Remote presence and participation
Orientation and accessible information
Small-item movement where hardware allows
Human handover when uncertain

Evidence needed: usefulness to residents and workers, reliability, dignity, privacy and safe boundaries.

Home and retirement

A familiar interface across robot and phone

Connection to family and services
Household routines and information
Telepresence and check-ins
Guidance within known environments

Evidence needed: sustained usefulness, easy setup, privacy controls and support model.

Community and health premises

Non-clinical guidance and connection

Reception and visitor orientation
Remote expert or interpreter connection
Routine information
Internal delivery

Evidence needed: navigation reliability, accessibility, workflow fit and staff acceptance.

Hospitality and residential buildings

Useful presence beyond care

Guest and resident requests
Room or internal delivery
Guidance and reception overflow
Connection to remote staff

Evidence needed: service economics, uptime, integration and maintainability.

Research and developer platform

Test agents across embodiments and simulations

Human–robot interaction studies
Procedure and memory evaluation
Robot-platform integrations
Patricia Town scenarios

Evidence needed: clear interfaces, reproducible evaluation and partner value.

How we choose the first tasks

Interesting is not enough.

Useful

Someone values the outcome, not merely the novelty.

Bounded

The activity has a clear scope and stop condition.

Repeatable

It occurs often enough to justify learning and integration.

Observable

Success and failure can be measured.

Supervised

A person can intervene and help improve the process.

Sustainable

There is a plausible path to paying for delivery and support.

Bring us a real setting

The best first application may come from someone doing the work today.

We welcome problems that are repetitive, under-supported and suitable for careful experimentation.

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