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Nova Science Now: Sociable Robots: Profile of Cynthia Breazel

  • A daring engineer designs robots to communicate and interact the way people do.

James McLurkin of MIT is one of the world's leading designers of robot "swarms"—groups of robots that work together for a greater purpose.

 

 

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MIT's MDS Nexi Robot: First Test of Expression

Wall-E Theatrical Trailer

Lego Sociable Robot

NAO Robot- Weston

NAO Video Gallery

A robot is like a person- it takes in information from sensors(inputs), processes it with a program, then takes actions( outputs)

WALL-E expresses the full range of human emotions using eyes, tilt of the head-

 
 
Revised January 2011 by Jonathan Dietz, dietzj@mail.weston.org