Principal Investigator Cynthia Breazeal
Project Website http://robotic.media.mit.edu/portfolio/solero/
Can a robot learn how to engage people on its own? SoLeRo learns how to capture people’s attention and keep them engaged by trying out many of its facial expression and seeing people’s response. Guess what? SoLeRo learned, that “no one leaves a sad robot”. SoLeRo learned this engagement strategy by itself, just like babies, that making a sad face makes people not want to leave.