Robotics Legend Ayanna Howard On The Future Of Human-Robot Interactions

When roboticist Ayanna Howard was a little girl, she was inspired by TV to pursue a career in science. Growing up in the 1970s, she was particularly captivated by the TV show The Bionic Woman. "I wanted to be the bionic woman," she said. "The rest of my life has been about figuring out what that means." Today, the focus of her work is the way humans and robots work together to augment each other's capabilities.