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Encyclopedia > Cynthia Breazeal
Breazeal as seen in an episode of NOVA scienceNOW.

Prof. Cynthia Breazeal is an Associate Professor at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology. She developed the robot Kismet as a doctoral research project looking into expressive social exchange between humans and humanoid robots. Image File history File links No higher resolution available. ... Image File history File links No higher resolution available. ... NOVA ScienceNOW is a newsmagazine version of the venerable PBS science program NOVA. This new series is in its second season. ... “MIT” redirects here. ... Kismet now resides at the MIT Museum in Cambridge, MA Kismet is a robot at MIT with auditory, visual and expressive systems intended to participate in human social interaction and to demonstrate simulated human emotion and appearance. ... Hondas ASIMO, an example of a humanoid robot A humanoid robot is a robot with its overall appearance based on that of the human body. ...


Prof. Breazeal has developed:

  • planetary micro-rovers
  • upper-torso humanoid robots
  • expressive robotic faces

She is currently (2004) the lead researcher on the Sociable Machines project focusing on social interaction and socially situated learning between people and humanoid robots. Prof. Breazeal also had a prominent role as a virtual participant in a popular exhibit on robots at the Boston Museum of Science, interacting with a real C-3PO and R2-D2 as she spoke to the audience through a pre-recorded message displayed on a large plasma flat-screen display. Hondas ASIMO, an example of a humanoid robot A humanoid robot is a robot with its overall appearance based on that of the human body. ... Year 2004 (MMIV) was a leap year starting on Thursday of the Gregorian calendar. ... Hondas ASIMO, an example of a humanoid robot A humanoid robot is a robot with its overall appearance based on that of the human body. ... C-3PO (pronounced IPA: []., often shortened to Threepio) is a fictional character from the Star Wars universe, who appears in both the original Star Wars films and the prequel trilogy. ... R2-D2 (called R2, or Artoo for short), is a fictional character in the Star Wars universe. ...


She is also the director of the Robotic Life Group at the MIT Media Laboratory. The MIT Media Lab engages in education and research in the digital technology used for expression and communication. ...


See also: Rodney Brooks Rodney Allen Brooks (b. ...


Books

  • Breazeal, Cynthia (2002). Designing Sociable Robots. The MIT Press. ISBN 0-262-02510-8. 
  • Brown, Jordan (2005). Robo World: The Story of Robot Designer Cynthia Breazeal. The Joseph Henry Press. ISBN 0-309-09556-5. 

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Cynthia Breazeal - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia (159 words)
Cynthia Breazeal is an Associate Professor at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology.
She is currently (2004) the lead researcher on the Sociable Machines project focusing on social interaction and socially situated learning between people and humanoid robots.
Breazeal also had a prominent role as a virtual participant in a popular exhibit on robots at the Boston Museum of Science, interacting with a real C-3PO and R2-D2 as she spoke to the audience through a pre-recorded message displayed on a large plasma flat-screen display.
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