Prof. Cynthia L Breazeal
Head, Personal Robots Group
Primary DLC
Areas of Interest and Expertise
Autonomous Robotics
Artificial Intelligence
Human Robot Interaction
Robot Learning
Autonomous Robots
Affective Computing
Research Summary
Her seminal book, Designing Sociable Robots, is recognized as a landmark in launching the field of Social Robotics and Human-Robot Interaction. She is an international award-winning innovator, designer, and entrepreneur. She has spoken at prominent venues such as TED, the World Economic Forum, the UN, SXSW, CES, and she has keynoted at numerous top academic conferences. She is a recipient of the National Academy of Engineering's Gilbreth Lecture Award, Technology Review's TR35 Award, TIME magazine's Best Inventions where her Jibo robot was featured on the cover. She has received numerous design awards including recognition by the National Design Awards, Fast Company Design Award, Core 77. She has also been recognized as a rising entrepreneur by Fortune and Entrepreneur Magazine.
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Projects
December 11, 2017MIT Media Lab
Dormio: Interfacing with Dreams to Augment Human Creativity
Principal Investigator Cynthia Breazeal
December 11, 2017MIT Media LabPredicting Trust Between People
Principal Investigator Cynthia Breazeal
December 11, 2017MIT Media LabArtificial Listener with Social Intelligence
Principal Investigator Cynthia Breazeal
December 11, 2017MIT Media LabData of Children Storytelling
Principal Investigator Cynthia Breazeal
December 11, 2017MIT Media LabRealtime Detection of Social Cues
Principal Investigator Cynthia Breazeal
December 11, 2017MIT Media LabDesigning Social Robots for Elders
Principal Investigator Cynthia Breazeal
December 11, 2017MIT Media LabRelational AI: Creating Long-Term Interpersonal Interaction and Shared Experiences with Social Robots
Principal Investigator Cynthia Breazeal
December 11, 2017MIT Media LabEmotionally Aware Robot Teammates
Principal Investigator Cynthia Breazeal
December 11, 2017MIT Media LabIntentional Inference of Emotions
Principal Investigator Cynthia Breazeal
May 24, 2017MIT Media LabPersonalized Robot Storyteller Companion
Principal Investigator Cynthia Breazeal
January 10, 2017MIT Media LabEthics and Governance of Artificial Intelligence
Principal Investigator Cynthia Breazeal
December 21, 2016MIT Media LabA Personalized Storyteller Companion to Promote Preschooler Language Skills
Principal Investigator Cynthia Breazeal
November 7, 2016MIT Media LabCurious Learning: Understanding Learning Behaviors for Early Literacy
Principal Investigator Cynthia Breazeal
November 7, 2016MIT Media LabRobot Expressiveness Affects Children's Learning
Principal Investigator Cynthia Breazeal
March 18, 2016MIT Media LabAn Autonomous Curious Social Robot with a Mindset for Long-Term Interaction
Principal Investigator Cynthia Breazeal
May 8, 2015MIT Media LabTega: A New Robot Platform for Long-Term Interaction
Principal Investigator Cynthia Breazeal
May 8, 2015MIT Media LabRobots as Informants: Learning with Social Robots
Principal Investigator Cynthia Breazeal
May 8, 2015MIT Media LabStorytelling Companion: Learning Language Skills with a Social Robot
Principal Investigator Cynthia Breazeal
May 8, 2015MIT Media LabLearning from the Wizard: Autonomous Social Robots through Teleoperated Demonstrations
Principal Investigator Cynthia Breazeal
May 8, 2015MIT Media LabPANDA: Parental Affective Natural Driving Assistant
Principal Investigator Cynthia Breazeal
May 8, 2015MIT Media LabParle: Curious Robots and Children
Principal Investigator Cynthia Breazeal
May 8, 2015MIT Media LabLight Swarm: Projected Light Robotic Pets
Principal Investigator Cynthia Breazeal
May 28, 2013MIT Media LabMind-Theoretic Planning (MTP) for Robots
Principal Investigator Cynthia Breazeal
January 17, 2012MIT Media LabTofulandia: Explorations into the Future of Children’s Media
Principal Investigator Cynthia Breazeal
January 17, 2012MIT Media LabDragonBot: Android Phone Robots for Long-Term HRI
Principal Investigator Cynthia Breazeal
November 18, 2008MIT Media LabCenter for Future Storytelling
Principal Investigator Cynthia Breazeal
October 22, 2007MIT Media LabHuggable: A Social Robot for Pediatric Care (Pediatric Companion)
Principal Investigator Cynthia Breazeal
March 14, 2006MIT Media LabSophie and Teachable Characters: Understanding How People Teach Reinforcement-Based Learning Agents
Principal Investigator Cynthia Breazeal
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Video
10.25.23-Digital- Lightning-Breazeal
Lightning Talk
