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Dr Fitness and the Fat Guy Interview Dr Cory Kidd Inventor of Autom The First Robot Weight Loss Coach

Published: May 14, 2008, 10:10 a.m.

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On\ntonight\u2019s show, Dr Fitness and the Fat Guy learn all about Autom, the world's first robot weight loss coach from one of the smartest people we have ever met Autom's creator, Dr Cory Kidd.\n

Cory\nrecently completed his Ph.D. in human-robot interaction at the MIT\nMedia Lab and is known as leading researcher in the field. His\nexperience in human-robot interaction and developing novel technology\nfor healthcare applications for the last ten years is a key to\nIntuitive Automata\u2019s success.

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Prior to his graduate studies at the Media Lab,\nCory was a research scientist as part of the Aware Home project at the\nGeorgia Institute of Technology.

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Autom was designed to help people who are trying to lose weight keep\nit off by encouraging them to stick with their diet and exercise\nprogram. Autom verbally asks dieters to input data about what they ate\non a touch screen then she provides encouragement and advice. Autom\nwill be available for purchase in a year or so, but they will be\nneeding testers sooner than that so if you are interested please go to\nCory\u2019s website and sign up www.intuitiveautomata and www.myautom.com

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