Tega, social robot, Personal Robots Group, MIT Media Lab, Cambridge, Massachusetts, USA

Conceptual animation for a new social robotics research platform, Tega, at the Personal Robots Group, MIT Media Lab. by Fardad Faridi

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A conceptual trailer for Tega, a new platform robot for socially assistive robotics reasearch at the Personal Robots Group, MIT Media Lab. by Fardad Faridi

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A preliminary solidworks rig of Tega, a new robot platform for social robotics research. Personal Robots Group, MIT Media Lab.

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Tega is the newest social robot platform designed and built by a diverse team of engineers, software developers, and artists at the Personal Robots Group at the MIT Media Lab. This robot, with its furry, brightly colored appearance, was developed specifically to enable long-term interactions with children.

This video showcases the Tega robot’s design and implementation. It is a first look at the robot’s capabilities as a research platform. The video highlights the robot’s motion, expressive capabilities, and its use in ongoing studies of child-robot interaction.

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