Dignified special-needs care,
powered by a bionic hand.
The SMERT Special Needs Cobot with Bionic Hand brings the LinkerBot LinkerHand L20 adaptive dexterous hand, on-device computer vision and voice control into the daily routines of elderly people and people with disabilities — at home or in care facilities.
The care crisis is here.
Families and facilities can no longer find enough trained carers. Personal hygiene — the most intimate and time-consuming task — is the first routine to suffer. Our cobot restores it, with dignity and consistency.
people worldwide will be 60+ by 2030 — WHO estimate
global care worker shortage projected by 2030 — WHO
of adults say dignity in personal care is their #1 concern
Meet the LinkerBot LinkerHand L20 dexterous hand.
A bionic hand with the reach, precision and softness required for hygiene routines. The LinkerHand L20 (21 DoF: 16 active + 15 passive, linkage transmission) replaces rigid grippers with human-like manipulation of soft objects: sponges, cloths, cups, medication and toothbrushes.
Sub-mm precision
0.5 mm repeatability
Grip strength
Adaptive 0.5–40 N
Use environment
Dry use; no published IP rating
Lead time
30–40 days from PO
LinkerBot is the component supplier. The ordered lab hands require SMERT mechanical, software and safety integration before physical care-task validation.
Eight skills. Add more anytime.
Your cobot ships with the skills you activate at install. During the pre-install site survey our integration team confirms which scenarios can proceed for your specific setup — because eligibility depends on safety standards, available space, furniture layout, free-standing-cell clearance, tooling, privacy controls and the person's priorities. Wet-care remains gated, manikin-only R&D. Approved dry scenarios use local safety controls and human sign-off.
Bathing & Shower Research
A gated manikin-only research scenario using protected tools and disposable barriers; not a current care capability.
Toileting Support Research
A complete-or-nothing manikin scenario for studying privacy, protected tooling and caregiver hand-back.
Oral & Skin Hygiene
Tooth brushing, denture care, face wash and moisturizing with sub-mm precision.
Grooming
Hair combing, shaving assistance, nail file — every skill adapted to the person's rhythm.
Medication Reminder & Handover
Nurse Rose can issue reminders and request an approved, pre-authorized item handover; no dose selection or clinical verification.
Hydration & Feeding
Cup and spoon handling with tremor-safe motion; pauses on cough or turn detection.
Exercise & Muscle Activation
Assisted range-of-motion, gentle stretches and light-resistance sessions to keep bed-bound patients muscularly awake.
Gaming, Learning & Entertainment
Chess, cards, memory games, guided philosophy/language sessions, storytelling and music — the mind stays sharp.
Skills are modular — add or remove any skill, anytime.
Every SMERT Cobot skill is available on a monthly subscription. Turn skills on or off from your dashboard — no hardware change, no engineer visit, no waiting. New skills are released regularly and pushed OTA to your cobot.
Coming soon
Not sure which skills fit your home or facility? Book a free 20-minute site survey — we'll confirm the eligible skills before you order.
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LIVENurse Rose
"Hi love, I'm Rose. Tell me what you need — and I'll ask the arm to help."
What she does
- Warm, patient conversation in 14 languages
- Personalized per patient: name, tone, pronouns, age
- Family voice cloning from a 60-second sample
- Safety rails, escalation phrase, do-not-say list
Connected to the Cobot arm
Rose isn't just talk. Every request she hears is sent as an intent to the SMERT arm over MQTT/HTTP. The arm executes it.
🎙️ Meet Nurse Rose — the voice assistant inside the Cobot. Talk to her now (60-second demo).
Try the voice agentA representation of what the Cobot can do.
Illustrative AI-generated visualization of the assistive functions the Cobot performs — not real pilot footage.
Illustrative visualization — AI-generated. Not real pilot footage.
Not just hygiene — keep them active and strong.
Immobility is the silent killer for elderly and disabled patients — muscle mass drops within days. The SMERT Cobot runs daily assisted gymnastics right at the bedside: gentle stretches, joint mobilisation and light resistance sessions, personalised to each patient and voice-coached in their own language.
Assisted range-of-motion cycles
Shoulder, elbow, wrist, hip, knee and ankle mobilisation — force-limited joints, ISO/TS 15066 compliant.
Muscle activation & light resistance
Progressive sessions that keep bed-bound patients muscularly awake and prevent contractures.
Voice-coached, patient-paced
Choose any voice — or clone your own. Counts reps, cues breathing, pauses instantly on command.
Every session logged
Duration, range achieved and patient response push to the family app and care-home dashboard.
Keep the mind sharp and curious.
From chess, cards, Risk and Monopoly to guided conversations on philosophy, physics and literature — the SMERT Cobot adapts difficulty in real time to keep every user challenged, entertained and connected.
Board & card games
Chess, checkers, Risk, Monopoly, poker, mahjong — the bionic hand moves pieces and adapts to any skill level.
Cognitive workouts
Memory, logic and trivia across 5 difficulty levels — clinically-inspired sessions to slow cognitive decline.
Companion learning
Talk philosophy, physics, literature or a new language — the on-board LLM turns downtime into private tutoring.
Story & music time
Read-aloud sessions, curated playlists and guided reminiscence for calmer evenings and better sleep.
Built for the most intimate room in the house.
Personal hygiene is where trust is won or lost. Every layer of the SMERT cobot — mechanical, electronic, software — is designed around dignity and privacy first, efficiency second.
ISO 10218 & ISO/TS 15066
Force- and speed-limited collaborative operation.
On-device Computer Vision
No cloud video. Patient footage never leaves the room.
Privacy by deployment
Role-based access, agreed retention and EU-region or qualifying on-premise options.
Staged assurance
Site-specific safety assessment and acceptance before any commissioned workflow.
Real-time reporting
- Every skill session logged with duration, outcome and patient response
- Family app: daily summary, alerts, video-free updates
- Care-home dashboard: multi-patient view, shift handover notes
- Fall detection & inactivity alerts push to phone in < 3 seconds
- Weekly PDF report auto-generated for family or clinician
24/7 online assistance &
technical escalation.
SMERT provides 24/7 online assistance and a global technician network across APAC, Europe and the Americas. Site monitoring, alerts and permitted remote diagnostics are configured per installation; SMERT does not replace local emergency services.
Permissioned diagnostics
Authorized technicians review configured telemetry and logs; remote joint takeover is not a default care function.
Real-time malfunction alarms
Torque, sensor, vision, network and battery anomalies escalate the moment they cross threshold.
Human escalation
Configured alerts notify the designated site or family contact; local emergency procedures remain authoritative.
Consent-first observation
Local prototypes can create configured, neutral event flags; no identity, diagnosis or clinical certainty is inferred.
Stop & safe-park target
A detected anomaly stops the task and requests the defined safe state; <200 ms remains a validation target.
Configured event log
Permitted alerts, task outcomes and authorized support actions are timestamped under the site's retention settings.
Packages & pricing
Same worldwide price — pick the level of assistance you need. Import duties depend on destination country and are quoted separately.
Essential
Home / single patient
+ $299 / month SMERT Care
Arm: SMERT E05 cobot (5 kg payload)
Hand: LinkerHand L20 dexterous hand
Deploy: 3-day on-site setup
Warranty: 12-month warranty
- Computer vision — safe-touch & fall detection
- Voice control in any language (100+ supported — every major European, Asian, Middle-Eastern & African language, plus regional dialects)
- Family app: schedule, logs, alerts
- Force-limited joints — ISO/TS 15066
- Includes HK→destination technician travel
- First month of SMERT Care free
Advanced
Multi-patient / small facility
+ $399 / month SMERT Care
Arm: SMERT E12 cobot (12 kg payload)
Hand: LinkerHand L20 dexterous hand
Deploy: 7-day setup + 3-day training
Warranty: 24-month warranty
- Full CV suite — hygiene skills, gait analysis
- Real-time reporting dashboard for carers
- Multi-user scheduling (up to 6 patients)
- Dry-use L20 hand; wet-care remains gated R&D
- Priority remote assistance 24/7
- First 3 months of SMERT Care free
Clinical
Care homes & hospitals
+ $549 / month SMERT Care
Arm: SMERT S30 cobot (30 kg payload)
Hand: LinkerHand L20 dexterous hand
Deploy: 14-day setup + staff certification
Warranty: 36-month warranty
- Consent-first local observation and event logging
- EHR/HIS integration hooks
- Multi-patient scheduling (12+)
- On-device processing — HIPAA/GDPR ready
- Priority OTA vision updates
- First 6 months of SMERT Care free
Deployment
From Hong Kong to your bedroom.
A SMERT technician travels with the cobot on every package — assembly, calibration, training and go-live handled in your home or facility.
Day 0
Order confirmed
5k refundable deposit or full payment. Delivery slot locked in HK.
Day 15–35
Assembly & QA in Hong Kong
Cobot + LinkerHand dexterous hand + CV calibration on your patient profile.
Ship + Tech dispatch
SMERT technician travels to you
Travel and 3–14 days on-site included in every package.
Go-live
Family / staff training
Live-in training, printed guide, certification. 24/7 support from day one.
Frequently asked
Full 16-page brochure
Spec sheets, safety details, pricing, payment terms & FAQ.
Bring dignified care home.
Tell us a little about the person who will benefit and we'll come back within 24 hours with a tailored deployment plan and formal quote.
Optional bimanual upgrade — HDUO
For research into coordinated two-hand assistance, pair two 7-axis arms with the same hand and edge stack. Human transfer and full-body bathing are excluded from current capability claims.
