Russian School Students Use an AI Assistant to Help People Trapped in Elevators
An educational program at the Sirius center has launched work on a voice-based AI assistant designed to help elevator passengers contact dispatch services during emergency stops.
The project is being developed with the participation of DOM.RF and the Shcherbinsky Elevator Plant. The program brings together 100 students in grades 8–11 from regions of the Urals and Siberia. Among the projects selected by an expert council is an “Intelligent Voice Assistant for Elevator Emergency Communication Systems,” proposed by the DOM.RF Technologies team in partnership with an elevator equipment manufacturer.
A Full-Cycle Task
The students will work on a full-cycle engineering task. The assistant is expected to recognize passenger speech, automatically relay critical information to dispatchers, and help people cope with the stress caused by an elevator stoppage. In the long run, this could reduce dispatcher response times and ease the workload on call-center operators.
Adapting Global Experience
Similar technologies are already used in the modern elevator industry. Voice-based emergency communication systems make it possible to transmit information without pressing buttons and to maintain contact with passengers until help arrives. The work carried out by students at Sirius will make it possible to adapt these solutions to Russian conditions and tailor them to real-life operating scenarios.
The team will present the final version of the assistant to an expert jury made up of representatives from universities and business. For the participants, this is not a classroom simulation but a practical development project with the potential for real-world deployment.
