The next frontier in robotics: social, collaborative robots | Andrea Thomaz | TEDxPeachtree

Roboticist Andrea Thomaz gives us an under-the-hood peak at what is coming in the field of Robotics where robots will eventually be able to function and collaborate with humans as naturally as humans do with each other in social situations.

Andrea Thomaz knows robots. Her work developing robots that don't need programming to perform every task and that can collaborate side by side with humans as assistants, domestic help, etc. has been recognized by the National Science Foundation and the Office of Naval Research. Her work with social robots “Simon” and “Curi” has been featured in the New York Times and on NOVA Science Now.

In 2012, Thomaz was named to Popular Science Magazine’s “Brilliant 10” and she was named an “Innovator under 35” by MIT Technology Review in 2009. She is an Associate Professor of Interactive Computing at the Georgia Tech and director of the Socially Intelligent Machines lab. She earned a B.S. in Electrical and Computer Engineering from the University of Texas at Austin in 1999, and Sc.M. and Ph.D. degrees from MIT in 2002 and 2006. Thomaz has published in the areas of Artificial Intelligence, Robotics, and Human-Robot Interaction.

[tgny]

Roboticist Andrea Thomaz is poised and articulate. She should be commended
for tenaciously maintaining a straight face while engaging the unsightly gadget.

[FreeFromReign]

But C3P0 isn't from the future he's from a long time ago.

[petarparchev]

This is great! I cant wait for this to happen

[kareldegreef]

This Robot seems depressed => next time get Chucky ;-]

[WukongTheMonkeyKing]

The robot, Curie, made me think of the Fallout 4 robot CVRIE. A Mr. Handy has a similar form factor as well. Makes me want one around even more!

[belikelambo]

I hope the people giving negative comments below can make better robot than this.

[andrewenderfrost]

A roomba doesn't need eyes. It just needs a cat to ride it.

[sevdev]

Really great, and this was 2015. I also like the voice very much, wondering about the program for it.

[xlombardo]

Yeah, that's what I need in my life...

[admiralgeneralnn]

I don't want a toaster with face . It works without it! The voice and gives it it's own personality.

[raulcarreras]

When is the Thomaz English Muffin toast version going to be release?

[topolino]

That is robot child labor. No wonder the robot seem so depressed.

[mikeb]

Terminator walks on to the stage with a huge guns and says "Sarah Connor" ? ...

[jessbarr]

It's like talking to a massive toddler. I'm good with that.

[contrafax]

I am secretly thinking, "What kind of decent paying jobs will be left for humans?" or not so secretly.

[riggledappstudios]

Why does the robot have a kids voice if they want to use it for manual labor? 🤔

[xplusx]

I don't like being interrupted during conversation, therefore I do not interrupt other people.

[MindChamber]

I think before we can have Robots that can socially interact with humans, we need scientist that can do it first.

[GiulerPowerGamer]

before this I saw a Robotic Desklamp that had more personality then this creepy thing!

[liveonthesun]

The issues that she mentioned really should be dealt by the big guys ok Ike Google or Boston dynamics. This robot was very poor at it no doubt but these issues should be researched fast by the big guys if we want to expedite our robot maid delivery 😀