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MIT’s Nexi: The Cartoonish, Emotional Robot

Apr 3 2008, Desh

Here, we have a next-generation tiny humanoid robot called Nexi. It’s an ‘emotional robot’ designed by roboticist Cynthia Breazeal’s group at the MIT Media Lab. They call it an MDS (Mobile/Dexterous/Social) robot that can move its body, hands,...

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