Social Robots Engineer (Friendly) NOVA Takeover

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Atlanta, GA | Posted: February 24, 2011

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Simon, the kinder, gentler robot "with a face that's easy to love," is just one of the social robots featured on NOVA's March 24 episode of "What's the Next Big Thing?" Creator Andrea Thomaz (Interactive Computing) explains the intention behind Simon's cute features (video). Source: PBS.org

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Andrea Thomaz, robotics, School of Interactive Computing
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  • Created By: Mike Terrazas
  • Workflow Status: Draft
  • Created On: Feb 24, 2011 - 11:42am
  • Last Updated: Oct 7, 2016 - 11:08pm