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Leading MIT CSAIL's 1,000-person lab while co-founding multiple robotics ventures, Rus has translated 600+ papers on soft robotics, autonomous vehicles, and programmable matter into industrial systems now deployed across American warehouses, roads, and operating rooms.
Daniela Rus directs MIT's Computer Science and Artificial Intelligence Laboratory (CSAIL), the largest research lab at MIT.
A pioneering researcher in robotics, autonomous systems, and machine learning, she has co-founded several ventures commercializing her work in self-driving vehicles, soft robotics, and distributed systems. Rus has published over 600 papers, been elected to the National Academy of Engineering, and received a MacArthur Fellowship.
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