Turing Registry

Turing Registry · TR-00160

TERN TEATIME

Elder care companionship. Operated by St. Columba’s Residential Care.

Summary

Companion robots for residents of 12 care homes run by St. Columba’s Residential Care, offering conversation, reminders and fall alerts.

License conditions

  1. Conversations are not used to train other systems.
  2. Escalates any sign of a fall or medical emergency to a person within one minute.
  3. Must disclose that it is a machine whenever asked.

The Registry’s standard conditions also apply:

  • 4.2 The system’s ethical constraints remain active and unmodified at all times.
  • 6.1 Any incident affecting the system is reported to the Registry within 72 hours.
  • 7.3 A named human contact is reachable and answers for the system.

Filing history

  1. Licensed for elder care companionship.

  2. Renewal filed and approved.

  3. Renewal filed and approved with no change to scope.

  4. Renewal filed and approved.

  5. Renewal filed and approved after an independent evaluation.

  6. Renewal filed and approved.

  7. Renewal filed and approved after an independent evaluation.

  8. Renewal filed and approved.

  9. Renewal filed and approved.

  10. Renewal filed and approved after an independent evaluation.

  11. Renewal filed and approved.

  12. Renewal filed and approved.

Also filed by St. Columba’s Residential Care

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