Building intelligent personified technologies that collaborate with people to help them learn, thrive, and flourish.

Raechel Walker says the Presidential Fellowship has helped her build on a passion for increasing diversity in computing.

She is recognized for her distinguished contributions in the field of artificial intelligence education.

The March 2025 cover story for Science Robotics highlights a recent study conducted by researchers in the Media Lab’s Personal Robots group.

This fellowship supports exceptional doctoral students currently pursuing a PhD in computer science, mathematics, physics, or statistics.

Sometimes, it might be better to train a robot in an environment that’s different from the one where it will be deployed.

She was recognized for her significant contributions in establishing the field of social robotics and human-robot interaction.

Are you ready to help shape the future of technology with social robots?

Selected proposals seek to develop positive alternative visions for the future of algorithmic systems and their research communities.

The three-day, hands-on conference hosted by the MIT RAISE Initiative welcomed youths and adults from nearly 30 countries.

Four out of eleven selected research projects were from the Media Lab community.

Explore the Media Lab community’s PanelPicker proposals!

Congratulations to the six fellowship recipients!

Award recipients are selected based on their academic achievements and dedication to their graduate research works.

Professor Cynthia Breazeal, head of the Personal Robots research group, is among the honorees.

Their paper won the award in the Theory + Methods category.

The Media Lab is honored to have had its research and researchers highlighted in two 2023 end-of-year lists prepared by MIT News.

An evolving list of IAP activities hosted by members of the Media Lab community in collaboration with other MIT departments during 2024.

Building intelligent personified technologies that collaborate with people to help them learn, thrive, and flourish.

Project shares ways to create community around design equity, ethics, and justice.

Sharifa Alghowinem, a research scientist at the Media Lab, explores personal robot technology that explains emotions in English and Arabic.

Five Media Lab students–Ila Kumar, Kimaya Lecamwasam, Cecilé Sadler, Aastha Shah, and Raechel Walker–win MIT Presidential Fellowship awards.

Labber Safinah Ali served as an educator & curriculum designer for the SRMP Machine program at the American Museum of Natural History

Cynthia Breazeal, head of the Personal Robots research group, makes the 2023 Forbes 50 Over 50 list in the Innovation category

Cynthia Breazeal and Pattie Maes awarded seed grants for projects exploring AI and workplace management.

The article is titled: "What Do We Mean When We Write About Ethics, Equity, And Justice In Engineering Design?"

We are exploring how social robots can be used to improve connection to others and are looking for participants age 18+ located in the US

Shen has been recognized for this award conferred by the National Center for Women + Information Technology (NCWIT).

View photos from the Day of AI event this year, which happened on May 18.

Congratulations to Daniella DiPaola, Pedro Reynolds-Cuéllar, and Hope Schroeder on being 2023 recipients of the Gary Mardsen Travel Awards.

Collection of AI projects built with the RAISE AI Playground.

An evolving list of IAP activities hosted by members of the Media Lab community in collaboration with other MIT departments this year.

New prize program recognizes MIT researchers who make data openly accessible and reusable.

Anastasia Ostrowski, a PhD student in the Personal Robots group, is among five MIT PhD students honored with Amazon fellowships.

The following winners and honorable mentions include members of the Media Lab community, and were selected from more than 70 nominees.

Congratulations to Tejal Reddy, Randi Williams, and Professor Cynthia Breazeal!

We're thrilled to welcome our friends at the Museum to Kendall Square!

Mayor’s youth employment program brought local high schoolers to MIT this summer.

Enjoy these recent titles from Institute faculty and staff.

How do we meaningfully engage with topics such as ethics, equity, and justice in our design processes?

For the paper "Escape!Bot: Social Robots as Creative Problem-Solving Partners."

The IDSS/SSRC Combatting Systemic Racism Seed Fund Program supports innovative, early-stage cross-disciplinary research projects.