PROFILE: Cynthia Breazeal
November 20, 2006 | Source: PBS Nova
On Nov. 22, MIT researcher Cynthia Breazeal will introduce viewers to some of her seminal inventions: the famous toddler-like robotic head named Kismet; Leonardo, a million-dollar joint project with Stan Winston, legendary in Hollywood for The Terminator robots; and a touch-sensitive teddy bear called the Huggable, which may someday comfort patients and assist caregivers in hospital pediatric wards.