New robot from Pillo Health, Black+Decker offers in-home monitoring, medication dispensing

Black+Decker has partnered with tech company Pillo Health to launch a new robot assistant named Pria to help with in-home adherence to medication.

Launched just months after Pillo closed an $11 million series A round led by Stanley Black & Decker’s corporate arm and Samsung Ventures, the company announced its device can schedule up to 28 medication doses, provide alerts and dispense proper dosages through the use of voice command and a built-in camera. Pria uses facial recognition and artificial intelligence to maintain security and shares all information via a mobile app that can be monitored by a caregiver from a distance.

And, perhaps most notably, the robot looks friendly.