Cynthia Breazeal

Dell Technologies and MIT explore AI’s evolving business impact—offering insights and advice from top industry thought leaders.

She is recognized for her distinguished contributions in the field of artificial intelligence education.

The March 2025 cover story for Science Robotics highlights a recent study conducted by researchers in the Media Lab’s Personal Robots group.

Sometimes, it might be better to train a robot in an environment that’s different from the one where it will be deployed.

She was recognized for her significant contributions in establishing the field of social robotics and human-robot interaction.

The three-day, hands-on conference hosted by the MIT RAISE Initiative welcomed youths and adults from nearly 30 countries.

Explore the Media Lab community’s PanelPicker proposals!

Professor Cynthia Breazeal, head of the Personal Robots research group, is among the honorees.

Their paper won the award in the Theory + Methods category.

The Media Lab is honored to have had its research and researchers highlighted in two 2023 end-of-year lists prepared by MIT News.

An evolving list of IAP activities hosted by members of the Media Lab community in collaboration with other MIT departments during 2024.

Building intelligent personified technologies that collaborate with people to help them learn, thrive, and flourish.

Project shares ways to create community around design equity, ethics, and justice.

The 27 finalists will explore the technology’s impact on democracy, education, sustainability, communications, and much more.

Cynthia Breazeal, head of the Personal Robots research group, makes the 2023 Forbes 50 Over 50 list in the Innovation category

Cynthia Breazeal and Pattie Maes awarded seed grants for projects exploring AI and workplace management.

Kohler and the MIT Media Lab share the vision of a better future by, with, and for all.We share the belief that remarkable outcomes can be …

Global participation in MIT RAISE’s free K-12 program more than doubles in its second year.

View photos from the Day of AI event this year, which happened on May 18.

This event congregated a community of educators around the world to celebrate and share class content using the Day of AI curriculum.

MIT RAISE’s flagship local events focus on human rights and data policy.

The following winners and honorable mentions include members of the Media Lab community, and were selected from more than 70 nominees.

Congratulations to Tejal Reddy, Randi Williams, and Professor Cynthia Breazeal!

We're thrilled to welcome our friends at the Museum to Kendall Square!

Mayor’s youth employment program brought local high schoolers to MIT this summer.

Enjoy these recent titles from Institute faculty and staff.

How do we meaningfully engage with topics such as ethics, equity, and justice in our design processes?

For the paper "Escape!Bot: Social Robots as Creative Problem-Solving Partners."

Thousands of children participate in MIT-developed artificial intelligence curriculum.

The IDSS/SSRC Combatting Systemic Racism Seed Fund Program supports innovative, early-stage cross-disciplinary research projects.

The programs are designed to foster an understanding of how artificial intelligence technologies work, including their social implications.

Alongside her other roles, Breazeal will focus on the future of digital technologies + their applications in education at MIT Open Learning.

The more social behaviors a voice-user interface exhibits, the more likely people are to trust it, engage with it, and think it competent.

Tech titans and upstarts alike are working to deepen our relationships with their robots.

Congratulations to Media Lab professor Cynthia Breazeal on her joint appointment as senior associate dean of MIT Open Learning.

Artificial intelligence is top-of-mind as Governor Baker, President Reif encourage students to “see yourself in STEM.”

For the paper, “Long-Term Co-Design Guidelines: Empowering Older Adults as Co-Designers of Social Robots"

Responsible AI for Social Empowerment and Education (RAISE) seeks to empower more people to participate in, and benefit from, AI.

Established in 1999, the Harold Horowitz (1951) Student Research Fund makes awards on an annual basis to students in SA+P.

Cynthia Breazeal has been chosen as one of two recipients of this award for the paper, "Emotion and Sociable Humanoid Robots."

By Carolyn “CC” Song, High School Senior and Personal Robots Intern “What do you want to be when you grow up?”

This session features four conversations between Media Lab researchers and guest speakers on expanding more equitable research.