Tega: A Social Robot

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, a