Rosalind Picard

Professor
Massachusetts Institute of Technology

Rosalind Picard is professor of media arts and sciences at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology and director of the Affective Computing Research Group at the MIT Media Lab.

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Spectrum

By Rosalind Picard, Ognjen Rudovic

13 November 2018

6 min read

Drawing shows robot making a surprised face to mimic human emotion.

Intelligent robots could prove to be a boon for autism therapies

Robots may one day help therapists analyze behaviors and devise personalized sessions for autistic children.

Spectrum

Intelligent robots could prove to be a boon for autism therapies

By Rosalind Picard, Ognjen Rudovic

13 November 2018 | 6 min read

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