Furhat Robotics

Furhat Robotics develops the world's most customizable social robot, designed to advance research and innovation in human-robot interaction. The Furhat robot features a back-projected 3D face engine combined with voice synthesis libraries, enabling unlimited customization of age, ethnicity, and gender. The robot can track multiple individuals simultaneously in real time using face tracking, allowing for multi-party interactions. Furhat provides a comprehensive suite of development tools including the Furhat SDK for creating, debugging, and deploying applications on desktop, the Furhat Realtime API for live-streaming data between the robot and external applications, and FurhatAI Creator for prototyping cases using large language models. The platform supports integration of custom AI models and agentic workflows. Founded in 2014 and headquartered in Stockholm, Sweden, Furhat Robotics has raised $4.5 million in seed funding from investors including Qualgro, European Research Council, Balderton Capital, LocalGlobe, EIC Fund, Europa, and 5G Open Innovation Lab. The robot is used by a global community of researchers and innovators across institutions including Karolinska Institutet, Translational Research Centre for Digital Mental Health, Karlstad Business School, and Tampere University of Applied Sciences, with applications spanning clinical training, mental health, transportation, and front desk operations.

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