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Maja Matarić and PR2 |
She is an internationally recognized socially assistive robotics expert. She’s a professor and Chan Soon-Shiong Chair in Computer Science, Neuroscience and Pediatrics. She is the founding director of the USC Robotics and Autonomous Systems Center, co-director of the Robotics Research Lab and vice dean for research at the USC Viterbi School of Engineering. Maja Matarić wants to improve the lives of millions with robots.
Listen as she explains how she first became interested in engineering, what she thinks the future of robotics holds, what children really want from robots and what her favorite robot movies are.
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Nao robots demonstrating range of movement |
