Melrose seniors do ‘the robot;' Nexi expresses emotions through human-like face (Melrose Free Press)

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Nexi raises her large gray eyebrows and asks, says, “May have the ball?” She then extends her black, pointy, three-fingered hand toward the curious elderly woman across from her. She’s not a witch or some kind of monster. And she’s not technically a “she,” though a woman’s voice is used for her speech. Nexi is a robot developed by a team at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT). Nexi's ...
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