Nadine is a socially intelligent robot which returns a greeting, makes eye contact, and can remember all the conversations had with it.

It is able to answer questions autonomously in several languages, simulate emotions both in gestures and facially, depending on the content of the interaction with the user.

[9][10] It can assist people with special needs by reading stories, showing images, put on Skype sessions, send emails, and communicate with other members of the family.

Nadine software platform which has been developed at the Institute for Media Innovation in Singapore's Nanyang Technological University is able to show emotions, speak naturally, understand some gestures, and remember and retrieve facts during dialogue sessions.

The design of Nadine platform with objectives of maintaining human-like natural conduct even in complex situation, be generic to handle any kind of data and place of operation, multi-lingual support etc.

Perception layer is composed of independent sub-modules that operate on different input streams of the above-mentioned devices to recognize faces,[35] emotions,[13] gestures,[36][37] user location, intention, comportment etc.

[13] Nadine's memory model[42] also allows her to remember specific facts about the user and context of current conversation in order to provide appropriate responses.

Proclaimed as one of the world's most realistic humanoid robot,[43] Nadine made her first public appearance as a key highlight at the “Human+: The Future of Our Species” exhibition held in Singapore's ArtScience Museum.

[44] She has interacted with many people from corporate companies across various industries such as Dentsu Aegis Network (DAN), Credit Suisse[45] and Deutsche Bank.

[46] Nadine also interacted with Prime Minister of India, His Excellency Narendra Modi during his historic visit to NTU Singapore, on 1 June 2018, which was one of the innovations he took special interest in.

[49] In late 2020 and until April 2021, Nadine has spent 6 months at Bright Hill Evergreen Home in Singapore to assist elderly in playing Bingo and interacting with them.

With the ethical committee agreement of NTU, a thorough study has been done for the first time on the interaction of Nadine social robot with light dementia patients.