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Prof. Cynthia L Breazeal
Dean for Digital Learning
Professor of Media Arts and Sciences
Head, Personal Robots Group
Primary DLC
MIT Media Lab
MIT Room:
E15-449
(617) 452-5601
cynthiab@media.mit.edu
https://orgchart.mit.edu/leadership/dean-digital-learning
Assistant
Polly Guggenheim
(617) 253-5112
pobs@media.mit.edu
Areas of Interest and Expertise
Personal Robots
Autonomous Robotics
Artificial Intelligence
Human Robot Interaction
Robot Learning
Autonomous Robots
Affective Computing
Research Summary
Breazeal is a pioneer of social robotics and human robot interaction. Her work balances technical innovation in AI, UX design, and understanding the psychology of engagement to design personified AI technologies that promote human flourishing and personal growth. Her recent work focuses on the theme of "living with AI" and understanding the long-term impact of social robots that can build relationships and provide personalized support as helpful companions in daily life. Her research group actively investigates social robots applied to education, pediatrics, health and wellness, and aging.
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.
Recent Work
Projects
December 11, 2017
MIT Media Lab
Dormio: Interfacing with Dreams to Augment Human Creativity
Principal Investigator
Cynthia Breazeal
December 11, 2017
MIT Media Lab
Predicting Trust Between People
Principal Investigator
Cynthia Breazeal
December 11, 2017
MIT Media Lab
Artificial Listener with Social Intelligence
Principal Investigator
Cynthia Breazeal
December 11, 2017
MIT Media Lab
Proactive, Connected Spaces
Principal Investigator
Cynthia Breazeal
December 11, 2017
MIT Media Lab
Data of Children Storytelling
Principal Investigator
Cynthia Breazeal
December 11, 2017
MIT Media Lab
Realtime Detection of Social Cues
Principal Investigator
Cynthia Breazeal
December 11, 2017
MIT Media Lab
Designing Social Robots for Elders
Principal Investigator
Cynthia Breazeal
December 11, 2017
MIT Media Lab
Relational AI: Creating Long-Term Interpersonal Interaction and Shared Experiences with Social Robots
Principal Investigator
Cynthia Breazeal
December 11, 2017
MIT Media Lab
Emotionally Aware Robot Teammates
Principal Investigator
Cynthia Breazeal
December 11, 2017
MIT Media Lab
Intentional Inference of Emotions
Principal Investigator
Cynthia Breazeal
May 24, 2017
MIT Media Lab
Personalized Robot Storyteller Companion
Principal Investigator
Cynthia Breazeal
January 10, 2017
MIT Media Lab
Ethics and Governance of Artificial Intelligence
Principal Investigator
Cynthia Breazeal
December 21, 2016
MIT Media Lab
A Personalized Storyteller Companion to Promote Preschooler Language Skills
Principal Investigator
Cynthia Breazeal
November 7, 2016
MIT Media Lab
Curious Learning: Understanding Learning Behaviors for Early Literacy
Principal Investigator
Cynthia Breazeal
November 7, 2016
MIT Media Lab
Robot Expressiveness Affects Children's Learning
Principal Investigator
Cynthia Breazeal
May 31, 2016
MIT Media Lab
Robot Mindset and Curiosity
Principal Investigator
Cynthia Breazeal
March 18, 2016
MIT Media Lab
An Autonomous Curious Social Robot with a Mindset for Long-Term Interaction
Principal Investigator
Cynthia Breazeal
May 8, 2015
MIT Media Lab
Tega: A New Robot Platform for Long-Term Interaction
Principal Investigator
Cynthia Breazeal
May 8, 2015
MIT Media Lab
Human-Robot Trust
Principal Investigator
Cynthia Breazeal
May 8, 2015
MIT Media Lab
Social Robot Toolkit
Principal Investigator
Cynthia Breazeal
May 8, 2015
MIT Media Lab
Robots as Informants: Learning with Social Robots
Principal Investigator
Cynthia Breazeal
May 8, 2015
MIT Media Lab
Storytelling Companion: Learning Language Skills with a Social Robot
Principal Investigator
Cynthia Breazeal
May 8, 2015
MIT Media Lab
Learning from the Wizard: Autonomous Social Robots through Teleoperated Demonstrations
Principal Investigator
Cynthia Breazeal
May 8, 2015
MIT Media Lab
PANDA: Parental Affective Natural Driving Assistant
Principal Investigator
Cynthia Breazeal
May 8, 2015
MIT Media Lab
Solero: Socially Learning Robot
Principal Investigator
Cynthia Breazeal
May 8, 2015
MIT Media Lab
Parle: Curious Robots and Children
Principal Investigator
Cynthia Breazeal
May 8, 2015
MIT Media Lab
Light Swarm: Projected Light Robotic Pets
Principal Investigator
Cynthia Breazeal
May 8, 2015
MIT Media Lab
Computational Trust Model
Principal Investigator
Cynthia Breazeal
July 14, 2014
MIT Media Lab
Global Literacy Tablets
Principal Investigator
Cynthia Breazeal
May 28, 2013
MIT Media Lab
Mind-Theoretic Planning (MTP) for Robots
Principal Investigator
Cynthia Breazeal
December 19, 2012
MIT Media Lab
Socially Assistive Robots
Principal Investigator
Cynthia Breazeal
January 17, 2012
MIT Media Lab
Playtime Computing
Principal Investigator
Cynthia Breazeal
January 17, 2012
MIT Media Lab
Tofulandia: Explorations into the Future of Children’s Media
Principal Investigator
Cynthia Breazeal
January 17, 2012
MIT Media Lab
RoCo
Principal Investigator
Cynthia Breazeal
January 17, 2012
MIT Media Lab
DragonBot: Android Phone Robots for Long-Term HRI
Principal Investigator
Cynthia Breazeal
July 26, 2011
MIT Media Lab
Calliope
Principal Investigator
Cynthia Breazeal
January 20, 2010
MIT Media Lab
Tofu
Principal Investigator
Cynthia Breazeal
November 18, 2008
MIT Media Lab
Center for Future Storytelling
Principal Investigator
Cynthia Breazeal
October 22, 2007
MIT Media Lab
Personal Robots
Principal Investigator
Cynthia Breazeal
October 22, 2007
MIT Media Lab
Huggable: A Social Robot for Pediatric Care (Pediatric Companion)
Principal Investigator
Cynthia Breazeal
May 15, 2007
MIT Media Lab
AUR: Robotic Desk Lamp
Principal Investigator
Cynthia Breazeal
March 14, 2006
MIT Media Lab
Symon and Fluent Teamwork
Principal Investigator
Cynthia Breazeal
March 14, 2006
MIT Media Lab
Sophie and Teachable Characters: Understanding How People Teach Reinforcement-Based Learning Agents
Principal Investigator
Cynthia Breazeal
July 12, 2001
MIT Media Lab
Public Anemone
Principal Investigator
Cynthia Breazeal
Video
10.25.23-Digital- Lightning-Breazeal
October 25, 2023
Conference Video
Duration: 15:46
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Lightning Talk
10.25.23-Digital-Lightning-Talks
October 25, 2023
Conference Video
Duration: 87:47
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Lightning Talks
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