Designing Sociable Robots
$60.52
- Paperback
282 pages
- Release Date
20 August 2004
Summary
Cynthia Breazeal here presents her vision of the sociable robot of the future, a synthetic creature and not merely a sophisticated tool. A sociable robot will be able to understand us, to communicate and interact with us, to learn from us and grow with us. It will be socially intelligent in a humanlike way. Eventually sociable robots will assist us in our daily lives, as collaborators and companions. Because the most successful sociable robots will share our social characteristics, the effort…
Book Details
| ISBN-13: | 9780262524315 |
|---|---|
| ISBN-10: | 0262524317 |
| Author: | Cynthia Breazeal |
| Publisher: | MIT Press Ltd |
| Imprint: | MIT Press |
| Format: | Paperback |
| Number of Pages: | 282 |
| Release Date: | 20 August 2004 |
| Weight: | 544g |
| Dimensions: | 229mm x 178mm x 17mm |
| Series: | Intelligent Robotics and Autonomous Agents series |
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“Magisterial.” Peter Skinner Foreword
“Magisterial.” - Peter Skinner, Foreword; “Dr. Cynthia Breazeal of the Massachusetts Institute of Technology is famous for her robots, not just because they are programmed to perform specific acts, but because they seem to have emotional as well as physical reactions to the world around them…. Dr. Breazeal [writes] about her adventures as a modern-day Mary Shelley in her book Designing Sociable Robots.” - Claudia Dreifus, the New York Times
About The Author
Cynthia Breazeal
Cynthia L. Breazeal is Assistant Professor of Media Arts and Sciences at the MIT Media Lab.
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