Cynthia Breazeal
Personal Information
Born: 1967
Country of Birth: USA
Nationality: USA
Ethnicity: White
Education
1989, BS Electrical Engineering/Computer Science, University of California, Santa Barbara; 1993, SM, 2000 PhD, Electrical Engineering/Computer Science, MIT
Professional Life
Field of Study: Robotics; Artificial Intelligence
Institution/Corporation: MIT; Stan Winston Studio
Degrees & Memberships: Member: 2020, Association of Advancement of Artificial Intelligence (AAAI) Fellow;
Awards & Achievements
Awards: 2008, National Academy of Engineerings Gilbreth Lecture Award; Technology Review TR35 Award; 2008, Time Magazine Best Inventions for Robot NEXT; National Designers Award; Fast Company Design Award; Core 77; 2003, named by MIT Technology Review TR100 One of the Top 100 Innovators in the World Under 35; 2014, L Oreal USA Women in Digital NEXT Award; 2014, George R. Stibiltz Computer & Communications Pioneer Award; 2015, named by Entrepreneur magazine as 1 of the Women to Watch; Office of Naval Research (ONR) Young Investigators Award
Achievements: founder & director of Personal Robots group at Media Lab at MIT; 2012, cofounded JIBO (devlopment of personal robots company); pioneer of social robotics & human-robot interaction; developed robot Kismet; co-developed upper torso humanoid robot Cog, insect-like robot Hannibal; worked on robots Leonard, Aida, Autom & Huggable; Associate Director of Bridge:MIT Quest for Intelligence; works on implimenting AI through grade schools
2012, co-founded Jibo, a company that develops personal assistant robots
Developed robot Kismet as a doctoral thesis; also developed the upper torso humanoid robot Cog & insect-like robot Hannibal
In the early 2000s she worked on robots Leonard, Aida, Autom, & Huggable
Developed Next robot that is MDS (mobile, dexterous, & social)
Holds 8 patents