The Giraff, which stands just over 3 feet tall, is a motorized robot that can facilitate a two-way video call. It can be controlled remotely with an ordinary computer and allows carers or relatives to interact with the patient from a different location.
The robot is being piloted in remote Scottish islands as part of the European Union project called "RemoDem," which develops and tests various ways of helping people with dementia living in remote rural communities.