Leka APF France handicap
Leka provides a ludo-educational tool combining an iPad application with a robotic companion to help professionals support people with disabilities. The system offers adaptive educational content with progressive difficulty levels and sensory stimulations to develop skills like communication, emotion recognition, and social interaction.
- Robotics
- Education Technology
- Healthcare Technology
- Hardware
Funding
Funding not disclosed
Founders
Founder details are not available yet.
Product
Problem
Professionals supporting people with disabilities often struggle to maintain engagement and provide personalized, adaptable educational content. Traditional tools frequently fail to address diverse sensory needs or sustain motivation, limiting opportunities for skill development and social interaction among exceptional individuals.
Solution
Leka provides a ludo-educational tool that combines an iPad application with a robotic companion to help professionals support exceptional people. The iPad app offers a vast library of educational content organized into pathways, games, stories, and controllers, with progressive difficulty levels that adapt to each individual's pace and needs. The robot enhances engagement through sensory stimulations like colored lights, vibrations, and movements, serving as a motivational tool and an intermediary between caregivers and users. Together, the system targets numerous skills including association, attention, communication, emotion recognition, social interactions, and self-regulation.
Target Audience
Primary customers are professionals in the medico-social, education, and healthcare sectors who support people with disabilities in schools, care institutions, home settings, or day hospitals.
Features
- iPad application with adaptive educational content organized into thematic pathways with progressive difficulty levels from 1 to 6 response options
- Robotic companion featuring colored lights, rotations, vibrations, movements, and an expressive screen for visual instructions
- RFID magic card reading capability enabling interaction with themed accessories covering colors, shapes, numbers, and emotions
- Fully smooth, shock-resistant, and safe robotic surface with no sharp edges
- Rechargeable via induction base with sufficient autonomy for daily use
- Robot mobility in all directions (forward, backward, left, right) to support dynamic activities
- Skills curriculum spanning 20+ areas including association, attention, empathy, inhibition, sensory integration, and turn-taking