DELFT, THE NETHERLANDS — A group of robotics and engineering students from the Netherlands have created a robot pillow that they say improves sleep quality and could be an alternative to medication. <br /> <br />Dubbed Somnox by its inventors at Delft University of Technology, the pillow is equipped with multiple high-sensitivity sensors and an artificial intelligence algorithm. <br /> <br />The pillow interprets whether the user is awake or in a deep sleep and uses the data to create a breathing rhythm that can induce the user to sleep within minutes, according to the Somnox website. <br /> <br />The pillow emits a gradually increasing light to wake up the user in the morning. <br /> <br />Somnox is still in the prototype phase and it is not yet known when it will be available to the market.
