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Anfe Labs · Toronto

Building, training and fine-tuning a caring, intuitive companion robot.

Anfe Labs is a multidisciplinary lab working on every part of a companion robot, from the body to the models that run it. Our first robot is Anfe.

Meet Anfe

01 / Our work

The fields we work across.

  1. 01

    Mechanical design

    A body that folds into a ball, stands up and hugs with soft, warm arms.

  2. 02

    Sensing

    Cameras, microphones and touch, temperature and smell sensors packed into a 27 cm head.

  3. 03

    Emotion recognition

    Training models to notice from face, voice and pulse when someone is upset.

  4. 04

    Conversation

    Fine-tuning language models to talk, teach and comfort people of any age.

  5. 05

    Touch and comfort

    Measuring how warmth, touch and sound help people calm down.

  6. 06

    Safety and privacy

    Hard limits on force and heat, and keeping personal data on the device.

02 / Research

Research and papers.

Papers, preprints and datasets from the lab will be listed here, open for other researchers to use and cite.

  • YearTitle and authorsVenue
  • Nothing published yet.

03 / Contact

For research, partnerships or investment, get in touch.