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Toward Personal Robots and Daily Life
Speaker
Cynthia Breazeal
MIT
Abstract
In this informal talk, I will present an overview of the research program of the Personal Robots Group at the Media Lab. In particular, I will highlight a number of projects where we are developing, fielding, and assessing social robots over repeated encounters with people in real world environments such as the home, schools, or hospitals. We develop adaptive algorithmic capabilities for the robot to support sustained interpersonal engagement and personalization to support specific interventions. We then examine the impact of the robot’s social embodiment, non-verbal and emotive expression, and personalization on sustaining engagement, learning, behavior, and attitudes. I will also touch on the commercialization of social robots as a mass consumer product and developer platform, with opportunities to support research in long-term human-robot interaction in the context of daily life. In a time where citizens have the opportunity to live with intelligent machines, we have the opportunity to explore, develop and assess humanistic design principles to support and promote human flourishing at all ages and stages.
Bio
Dr. Cynthia Breazeal is an Associate Professor at MIT where she founded and directs the Personal Robots Group at the Media Lab. She is also founder and Chief Scientist of Jibo, Inc. Dr. Breazeal is recognized as a pioneer of Social Robotics and Human Robot Interaction. She is also internationally recognized as an award winning innovator, designer, and entrepreneur such as Technology Review’s TR35 Award, TIME magazine’s Best Inventions, and the National Design Awards in Communication.
In this informal talk, I will present an overview of the research program of the Personal Robots Group at the Media Lab. In particular, I will highlight a number of projects where we are developing, fielding, and assessing social robots over repeated encounters with people in real world environments such as the home, schools, or hospitals. We develop adaptive algorithmic capabilities for the robot to support sustained interpersonal engagement and personalization to support specific interventions. We then examine the impact of the robot’s social embodiment, non-verbal and emotive expression, and personalization on sustaining engagement, learning, behavior, and attitudes. I will also touch on the commercialization of social robots as a mass consumer product and developer platform, with opportunities to support research in long-term human-robot interaction in the context of daily life. In a time where citizens have the opportunity to live with intelligent machines, we have the opportunity to explore, develop and assess humanistic design principles to support and promote human flourishing at all ages and stages.
Bio
Dr. Cynthia Breazeal is an Associate Professor at MIT where she founded and directs the Personal Robots Group at the Media Lab. She is also founder and Chief Scientist of Jibo, Inc. Dr. Breazeal is recognized as a pioneer of Social Robotics and Human Robot Interaction. She is also internationally recognized as an award winning innovator, designer, and entrepreneur such as Technology Review’s TR35 Award, TIME magazine’s Best Inventions, and the National Design Awards in Communication.