Hae Won Park

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

Four out of eleven selected research projects were from the Media Lab community.

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

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

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.

For the paper: "A Robotic Positive Psychology Coach to Improve College Students’ Wellbeing"

Labber Hae Won Park talks to NBC News Learn about how social robots can help children develop language skills.

When they’re valued as design research partners, older adults feel empowered to contribute to technology design.

Hae Won Park, PhD, is a research scientist at the MIT Media Lab and a principal investigator of the Social Robot Companions Program. H…

Researchers present a user-centered design approach to creating intelligent social technologies to empower and help older adults at home.