Alexander Reben
Alexander Reben (born 1985) is an American artist, researcher and roboticist. He is best known for his artworks created in collaboration with artificial intelligence, and his research in robotics. Reben's work has been exhibited widely in the United States and Western Europe, including the Museum of Applied Arts, Vienna and the Charlie James Gallery. His work is included in permanent collection of the MIT Museum. He currently serves as Director of Technology and Research at Stochastic Labs, a Berkeley, California-based nonprofit incubator for artists, scientists and engineers. Biography Alexander Reben studied Robotics and Applied Math at the State University of New York, graduating with a BS in 2008. In 2008 he moved to MIT Media Lab, where he completed an MS in Media Arts and Sciences. He currently lives in California, USA. Career While at MIT Media Lab, Reben designed a social robot and autonomous filmmaker Boxie which specialized in interviewing people. and inspired the design of Baymax in Big Hero 6. The idea later led to the establishing of BlabDroid Inc., in 2013, a company specializing in developing social robots to interact with humans around the world and create documentaries based on collected interviews. His BlabDroids filmed interviews at