She is also founder and Chief Scientist of Jibo, Inc., a robotics and AI startup developing a social robot for the home. Her research focuses on the design and impact of highly personalized social robots that build a relationship with people to help them achieve meaningful goals Author of the book ‘Designing Sociable Robots,’ she speaks at venues such as TED, the Computer Electronics Show, South by Southwest, the World Economic Forum, and the United Nations on topics related to AI, innovation, and society. She is a recipient of the National Academy of Engineering’s Gilbreth Lecture Award and a Young Investigator Award from the Office of Naval Research. She has received Technology Review’s TR100/35 Award and the George R. Stibitz Computer & Communications Pioneer Award, and was honored for TIME magazine’s Best Inventions of 2008.