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Case Study · Public Sector

Worcester & Wychavon Bin Collection Bot

Navigating many pages of a website to find up-to-date information can be a chore - often leading to frustration, and sometimes a phone call. “Bertie”, the Bin Collection Bot, uses Conversational AI to help over 250,000 citizens of Worcester and Wychavon get to their bin collection dates in just a few seconds.

Bertie asks questions to help users get to the information they need. The more detail given up front, the fewer questions Bertie needs to ask.

Public data sources are interrogated and enriched in real time to return only what was asked for. Only interested in your garden bin? Tell Bertie, and you simply get garden bin information.

Worcester Council Bin Collection Bot

Bertie Enhanced

Bertie has also been expanded to handle questions around “Report It” and “Recycling”. This more intelligent version gives citizens the ability to:

  • Report information such as a missing bin
  • Find recycling centre opening times, directions and recycling facilities

See Bertie in action

Bertie's key features

Bertie greeting the user with examples

Easy to navigate

Bertie gives examples at the start of each conversation to help and guide the user.

Bertie returning up to date information

Always up to date

Accesses public data sources in real time, so answers are always current.

Bertie disambiguating a query

Disambiguation

Not specific enough in your answer? Bertie will try to help with some potential answers.

Bertie giving a focused answer

Less is more

Bertie doesn't flood you with information. Only want to know about your recycling bin? Bertie responds with just that.

Bertie across multiple channels

Multi-channel capabilities

Simple interactions lend themselves to many channels. Bertie could easily be deployed across SMS, WhatsApp and Facebook Messenger.

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