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E-clinics and AI-powered chatbots are increasing rapidly in the healthcare sector. These new technologies ease the burden on medical professionals by streamlining patient pathways and medication management, and providing immediate assistance during emergencies. However, they cannot analyze the patient’s body language, level of distress, and other signs that contribute to an accurate diagnosis.
Wakeb, an AI and Big data firm specializing in machine learning (ML), Robotic Process Automation, and Natural Language processing, plays an instrumental role in developing solutions that overcome these limitations and improve the patient experience.
“Saudi Arabia recently hosted the second edition of the Global AI summit, themed ‘AI for the Good of Humanity,’ which echoes the vision of the nation’s leadership. Wakeb resonates with its home country by undertaking their vision as the firm’s mission,” says Majed Algarni, CEO of Wakeb.
The firm offers chatbot and e-clinic solutions to hospitals, leveraging automated communication tools and ML to analyze the underlying emotions of patients through video, audio, and text. Designed by its in-house team of professionals, these solutions support user interactions in Arabic and English, benefiting the citizens of Saudi Arabia.
Its chatbot solution, Mujib Chatbot, allows user interactions in both languages. Powered by natural language processing (NLP), it reacts to text data, similar to human comprehension, enabling the bot to automatically distinguish between emotions and determine the level of urgency for allocating emergency medical services.
To connect physicians to people from all over the country, Wakeb’s clients can employ Virtual Clinic, the firm’s e-clinic solution. Its computer vision integration and voice-to-text-to-voice features identify and decode the main behavioral traits and emotions of patients from video and audio, allowing doctors to provide precise diagnosis and holistic patient care services. Patients can also access their medical records and appointment schedules through Wakeb’s chatbot.
In one instance, the solutions provider offered the e-clinic solution to The Charitable Society of Autism Families in Riyadh. Developmental pediatricians from the association utilized Virtual Clinic to treat their patients, regardless of their location. It also enabled them to keep track of common symptoms and reactions shown by individuals on the spectrum, and determine future treatment plans.
Hospitals can manage their facilities and employees using the customizable dashboard built into the e-clinic solution. Accessible from any device, the dashboard contains predictive geographical and spatiotemporal analytics functions that let the clients review seasonal consumption of medical treatments. This feature assists healthcare centers in forecasting trends and optimizing their medical supply chain as needed, avoiding shortages.
Saudi Arabia recently hosted the second edition of the Global AI summit, themed ‘AI for the Good of Humanity,’ which echoes the vision of the nation’s leadership. Wakeb resonates with its home country by undertaking their vision as the firm’s mission
Going beyond appointments and healthcare assistance, Wakeb assists physicians in reinforcing their diagnosis through AI-driven insights, utilizing Aware, Wakeb’s computer vision product. The solution leverages computer vision to identify and analyze objects in videos and images, such as X-rays, making it easier for hospitals to detect fractures and other ailments. Though this does not replace a physician’s expertise, the collective effort of human and machine intelligence can enhance the accuracy and quality of healthcare.
Wakeb has a long list of new solutions to enhance healthcare, such as robot processing automation and drones. These new technologies can undertake the manual responsibilities of a healthcare supply chain and data management processes, allowing hospitals to better allocate human resources to save lives. Through the introduction of novel solutions like Mujib Chatbot, Virtual Clinic, and Aware, the firm aims to fulfill its vision reflecting Saudi Arabia’s plan for the future: AI for the good of humanity.
Company
Wakeb
Management
Majed Algarni, CEO, Wakeb
Description
Wakeb is a Saudi Arabian AI firm providing an intuitive portfolio of digital solutions that assists healthcare providers in improving and delivering high-quality treatments and services. Designed and developed by in-house professionals from scratch, its solutions employ natural language processing, robotic process automation, machine learning and drones.
Wakeb News
WDS 2024 – Wakeb unveils its new Khataf UAS and showcases its AI capabilities
In its booth at the Riyadh exhibition Wakeb was exhibiting most of its UAS portfolio, among which the 13 kg maximum take-off weight (MTOW) Tairat Shalwa long range reconnaissance VTOL airframe capable to carry a 5 kg payload with an endurance of 10 hours, as well as its evolution, the Tairat Shalwa 2, with a different aerodynamics and a lesser endurance, the short range Nashmiah quadcopter being also on stage.
However, the new member of the family unveiled at WDS was the Khataf long range VTOL system which features a peculiar aerodynamic architecture.
The 13 kg MTOW aircraft has an aerodynamic fuselage with two rear struts, carrying each one half the tailplane, angled to obtain a V-shape. It has a straight mid wing with a 3.3 metres span, which can be disassembled for transport. Ahead of the wing we find a canard, with a span of around 0.7 metres, which carries at each wingtip a two-blade rotor providing the VTOL capability. These being the only systems providing vertical lift thrust, it is to assume they should be located at the centre of gravity. To move forward and fly aerodynamically, the Khataf is fitted with a shrouded turbine-like 12-blade propeller moved by an electric motor and installed halfway between the two rear struts. In horizontal flight the three aerodynamic surfaces should ensure the right balance as the wing is backwards compared to the centre of gravity. No information was provided on power generation. According to data available the powerplant solution adopted on the Khataf makes it the fastest UAS within the Wakeb portfolio, as it can reach 250 km/h, compared to the 150 km/h of the aforementioned fixed wing VTOL UAS.
The new UAS can fly at a 4,000 ft altitude and has an up to 10-hour endurance, 8-9 hours being the usual endurance, flight distance being 800 km. Maximum payload is 5 kg; this can be a day night electro-optic gimbal, RGB camera and LiDAR, these probably providing sensor fused images based on deep learning, international mobile subscriber identity-catcher and E/O gimbal, or other types of payloads, the system having an open electronic architecture. Sensors are acquired from third parties, a Wakeb representative told EDR On-Line, underlining however that the software was developed by the company, a specialty of the house, both for the air vehicle control as well as for exploiting the data provided by sensors.
At the Wakeb booth it was possible to witness one of the IA-based products, the MESBAR, capable among other modes to provide automatic target recognition of land, naval and aerial targets. It can provide target distance and speed, can track multiple objects at the same time, and ensures full sensor fusion, all this also in low visibility and challenging atmospheric conditions.
According to our source, Wakeb is focusing on autonomy and is dealing with swarm capabilities, which might be added to the Khataf as well as to other company UAS.