How Can Robotics Help People?

In the past few decades, society is particularly interested in robotics engineering. Programs like Jasons are predicting that the future will be the world in which robots play a role in everyday life. In addition, it stimulated a lot of people to work for this future. Every day, society is approaching this future world. Robotics engineering is a rapidly changing field and there is a possibility to actively support society. In 2005, Boston Dynamics conducted military funded research to develop a robot that can work side by side with soldiers.

I am a doctoral student at the Personal Robotics Group. We are working on the field of Human Computer Interaction (HRI). Research subject of HRI as follows: How do people think and react about robots? How do you create a robot to support people in various fields of life, such as manufacturing, medical, education? How do you construct an autonomous robot including algorithms for perception, social interaction, and learning? In the broadest sense, HRI includes everything human beings and robots touch and approach each other.

Breazeal is a pioneer of social robotics and human computer interaction. Her latest research is investigating the impact of social robots to achieve personal goals that help to improve the quality of life in areas such as education, health, happiness, emotional connection, participation, etc. . Her work understands the human psychology of balancing innovation and design, interacting with social robots and maximizing its useful role. The book "Designing Social Robots" in 2002 relates to expressive humanoid robot Kismet. She has published over 150 peer-reviewed papers, award-winning innovators, designers and entrepreneurs. Breazeal graduated from the Institute of Artificial Intelligence at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology and in 2000 acquired a doctorate in electrical engineering and computer science from the Massachusetts Institute of Technology.