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Cynthia Breazeal named Media Lab associate director | MIT News | Massachusetts Institute of Technology
![Cynthia Breazeal, director of the Personal Robots Group at the MIT Media Lab, is building robots that understand human emotions and make people healthier. Cynthia Breazeal, director of the Personal Robots Group at the MIT Media Lab, is building robots that understand human emotions and make people healthier.](http://www.slate.com/content/dam/slate/archive/2011/07/1_123125_2298553_2299785_110726_tr_cynthiab_tn.jpg.CROP.original-original.jpg)
Cynthia Breazeal, director of the Personal Robots Group at the MIT Media Lab, is building robots that understand human emotions and make people healthier.
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