64526 news 1298565749 1475896090 <![CDATA[Social Robots Engineer (Friendly) NOVA Takeover]]> 2011-02-24T00:00:00-05:00 Simon, the kinder, gentler robot "with a face that's easy to love," is just one of the social robots featured on NOVA's March 24 episode of "What's the Next Big Thing?" Creator Andrea Thomaz (Interactive Computing) explains the intention behind Simon's cute features (video). Source: PBS.org

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