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Cynthia Lynn Breazeal (born November 15, 1967 in Albuquerque, New Mexico)[1] is a Professor of Media Arts and Sciences at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology, where she is director of the Personal Robots group at the MIT Media Lab,[2] and is associate director of the Media Lab.[3] She also served as associate director of strategic initiatives for The Bridge, part of the MIT Quest for Intelligence, and as co-director of the Center for Future Storytelling at the Media Lab.[4] She is best known for her work in robotics, where she is recognized as a pioneer of social robotics and human–robot interaction.[5] |