A New Approach to Inclusive Educatio

Creating inclusive learning environments is one of today’s greatest educational challenges. The SQYpi Project introduces Buddy as an interactive classroom companion that helps students participate more confidently while supporting teachers in their daily practice.

Using conversational AI, expressive emotions, facial expressions and natural interactions, Buddy creates a reassuring environment where students feel comfortable learning and communicating. As a result, the robot becomes a valuable educational partner that encourages participation, strengthens confidence and supports meaningful social interactions.

Buddy, the robot for inclusion that brings families closer together

Behind each photo in this gallery lies much more than a technological innovation: a story of connection, presence, and hope. During weeks of isolation in a sterile room, Buddy becomes the eyes, ears, and sometimes even the very presence of the child within their family.

Thanks to this inclusion robot, young patients can continue to share the small, everyday moments that matter so much. Like attending a family meal, chatting with their siblings, participating in an activity at home, or simply being present with their loved ones despite the distance imposed by medical treatment.

Buddy helps reduce the feelings of exclusion and isolation experienced by hospitalized children while preserving the family bonds essential to their emotional well-being. It also allows siblings and parents to maintain a more natural relationship with the child, despite the constraints of hospitalization.

Through these images, discover how technology can become a true tool for humanity, serving the inclusion, well-being, and support of children facing leukemia. Every smile, every exchange and every moment shared thanks to Buddy reminds us that no child should have to face illness alone.

Buddy: as a robot for children with autism focused on social interaction

Buddy is an emotional robot designed to support people with neurodevelopmental disorders, including autism.

Equipped with emotional artificial intelligence, it is capable of:

A closer look at the Buddy telepresence system

Buddy allows remote users to experience an immersive connection by transcending physical distance and fostering a sense of emotional connection with others.

Its sleek and streamlined design, with its gently curved body, large, sparkling eyes, and radiant smile, evokes empathy and a desire to interact.

Equipped with a multitude of sensors, cameras, speakers, and microphones, Buddy can move, detect obstacles, and even feel touch, enabling natural interaction.

Indeed, Buddy’s telepresence function can instantly place the user anywhere in the world at a remote location. It thus offers a physical presence through virtual engagement, connecting the user with others in a unique way.

Buddy’s features are varied. For example, they give students with disabilities the ability to:

• Raise your hand to ask to speak,
• Express yourself orally and in writing by typing short texts,
• Look in all directions while controlling the robot’s head,
• Approach the board and take pictures of the teaching materials.

Buddy allows the child to interact with others through audio and video feedback.