A user can create a kBot instantly for use as a personal assistant,
Such a Personal kBot provides the following benefits:
- Act as a conversational companion.
- Carry out tasks of information gathering and verification.
- Possess long-term memory on things that are important to the user.
- Ability to coordinate among a group of users.
- Monitor and alert of important events.
- Act as a secretary in a group chat.
An use case of a Personal kBot as a smart personal assistant
- Henry is a retired person who lives alone and has two children who live far away. He has difficulty remembering things and often forgets to take his medication on time. His children are worried about him and want to make sure he is safe and healthy.
- Personalization. Henry’s children have set up a Personal kBot for him to help with his daily life. This kBot is configured to interact with Henry in a warm and chatty manner, since Henry's children know that this style suits him the best.
This personal kBot is also given some information about family, so that it can act as a close helper of the family.
- Ease of use. This kBot is easy to use since Henry can access it simply by speaking casually, or from his smartphone or tablet.
Henry's children can also access this kBot to inquire about Henry's status without disturbing Henry, since Henry does not like to be "nagged."
- Companionship.
Henry can ask the kBot questions about his health or any other topic and get instant answers. He can also chitchat with the kBot on anything.
- Learning.
Henry took French in college a long time ago, and he always wishes he could speak better French. With the kBot, Henry is able to converse with it using both English and French, and improve his French in the process.
Henry is also able to ask the kBot to find video recipe for the ingredients that he has in his refrigerator, so that he can learn to cook from the video.
- Helping with routines.
The kBot reminds him to take his medication on time, helps him schedule appointments with his doctor,
and reminds him of important dates such as birthdays and anniversaries.
Henry can also verbally informing the kBot of the types of foods taken, aches and pains in his body, body mass and weight numbers of the day, etc.,
so kBot can record them for later references.
The chatbot also helps him order groceries online and provides him with recipes for healthy meals.
- Monitoring and alerting.
The kBot also sends alerts to his children if he misses taking his medication or if there is an emergency.
The kBot may also initiate conversion with Henry to check on his status, and inform Henry's children of unusual situation if needed.
- With the help of the his Kbot, Henry is able to live independently and his children are able to keep track of his health and well-being.