Phil Duffy

Chief Product Officer | Embodied

Phil Duffy is the Chief Product Officer at Embodied, where he is tasked with executing on the vision to build socially and emotionally intelligent companions that improve care and wellness and enhance our daily lives. Previously, he was the former VP of Product at Brain Corp, a commercial robotic A.I. developer, and Forbes Top 50 A.I. company, and has been in the children’s robotics space since 1999. Duffy has led product design and strategy for Turtle Beach and WowWee and served as an Adjunct Professor at Hong Kong Polytechnic University. He holds an MBA in Marketing & Innovation from Questrom School of Business, Boston University.

All Sessions by Phil Duffy

  • May 11, 2022


  • 9:00 AM  - 9:45 AM
    In this engaging presentation, Paolo Pirjanian, CEO at Embodied, will discuss how the relationship between humans and machines is evolving, including how robots and robotic technology can be applied for social good. Specifically, he will review the development of Moxie, a companion for children designed to help promote social, emotional, and cognitive development through everyday play-based learning and content. He will describe how machine learning was employed to so that Moxie platform could perceive, process and respond to natural conversation, eye contact, and facial expressions, as well as recognize and recall people, places, and things. He will also highlight how this sensory input can be used to help children learn and safely practice essential life skills such as turn taking, eye contact, emotion regulation, relationship management, and problem solving.
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