Cynthia breazeal biography

Cynthia Breazeal is an Associate Professor of Media Arts and Sciences at the MIT Media Lab. She is Director of the Robotic Life Group and holds the LG Group career development chair.

Cynthia has been building autonomous robots for over a decade ranging from insect-like planetary micro-rovers, to robotic terrariums and gardens of interative flowers, to highly expresssive anthropomorphic robots, and more.

Her work is informed by scientific theories of natural behavior and incorporates artistic insights to create capable and appealing robot creatures that can socially interact and communicate with people in a manner that intrigues us intellectually and touches us emotionally.

Her current research extends these themes in the area of human-robot relations to create cooperative anthropomorphic robots that work and learn in partnership with people.

She has published extensively in journals, conference proceedings, books, and magazines.

Her first book, Designing Sociable Robots,