Join us to hear how we created Kuri, the world’s most adorable home robot, and how cuteness and machine learning algorithms come together in creating a robot that people are excited to bring into their homes. Kuri uses embedded, deep-learning-based algorithms for face, pet, and person detection, as well as for place recognition (for mapping and localization). Such algorithms are crucial for enabling her endearing interactions with people, as well as her ability to be the family videographer and entertainer. Cute behaviors also enable Kuri to subtly and smoothly gather necessary data for training and inference, providing a significant benefit in improving core functionality for adorable home robots.