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Prof. Daniela L Rus
Andrew (1956) and Erna Viterbi Professor of Electrical Engineering and Computer Science
Deputy Dean of Research, MIT Schwarzman College of Computing
Director, Computer Science and Artificial Intelligence Laboratory (CSAIL)
Primary DLC
Computer Science and Artificial Intelligence Laboratory
MIT Room:
32-374
(617) 258-7567
rus@csail.mit.edu
http://people.csail.mit.edu/rus/
Areas of Interest and Expertise
Robotics
Mobile Computing
Sensor Networks
Information Organization
Information Access
Research Summary
Professor Rus is a world leader in the area of self-organizing systems, which may be comprised of mobile robots, mobile or stationary sensors and actuators. She has built novel hardware devices, invented new algorithms and developed many of the first reconfiguring robots.
Recent Work
Projects
December 1, 2020
Computer Science and Artificial Intelligence Laboratory
RoboGrammar
Principal Investigator
Daniela Rus
June 5, 2019
Computer Science and Artificial Intelligence Laboratory
MachineLearningApplications@CSAIL
Principal Investigator
Daniela Rus
June 18, 2018
Computer Science and Artificial Intelligence Laboratory
CSAIL-iFlyTek Collaboration
Principal Investigator
Daniela Rus
January 19, 2017
Computer Science and Artificial Intelligence Laboratory
Enabling Secure and Private Cloud Computing Using Coresets
Principal Investigator
Daniela Rus
September 13, 2016
Computer Science and Artificial Intelligence Laboratory
Decision Making for Parallel Autonomy in Clutter
Principal Investigator
Daniela Rus
October 15, 2015
Computer Science and Artificial Intelligence Laboratory
WiFi Based Indoor Positioning Platform
Principal Investigator
Daniela Rus
September 29, 2015
Computer Science and Artificial Intelligence Laboratory
An Expedition in Computing for Compiling Functional Physical Machines
Principal Investigator
Daniela Rus
September 29, 2015
Computer Science and Artificial Intelligence Laboratory
Programmable Origami for Integration of Self-Assembling Systems in Engineered Structures
Principal Investigator
Daniela Rus
September 8, 2015
Computer Science and Artificial Intelligence Laboratory
Toyota-CSAIL Joint Research Center
Principal Investigator
Daniela Rus
February 18, 2014
Computer Science and Artificial Intelligence Laboratory
Autonomous Underwater Vehicles
Principal Investigator
Daniela Rus
February 18, 2014
Computer Science and Artificial Intelligence Laboratory
Networked Robotics
Principal Investigator
Daniela Rus
February 18, 2014
Computer Science and Artificial Intelligence Laboratory
Self-Organizing Robots
Principal Investigator
Daniela Rus
May 22, 2013
Computer Science and Artificial Intelligence Laboratory
Congestion-Aware Routing for Urban Mobility
Principal Investigator
Daniela Rus
January 2, 2013
Computer Science and Artificial Intelligence Laboratory
Soft Compliant Robotic Augmentation for Human-Robot Teams
Principal Investigator
Daniela Rus
January 2, 2013
Computer Science and Artificial Intelligence Laboratory
An Expedition in Computing for Compiling Printable Programmable Machines
Principal Investigator
Daniela Rus
January 2, 2013
Computer Science and Artificial Intelligence Laboratory
Programmable Origami for Integration of Self-Assembling Systems in Engineered Structures
Principal Investigator
Daniela Rus
October 23, 2012
Computer Science and Artificial Intelligence Laboratory
Computer Science Research Program
Principal Investigator
Daniela Rus
April 13, 2012
Computer Science and Artificial Intelligence Laboratory
Precision Agriculture: Sustainable Farming in the Age of Robotics
Principal Investigator
Daniela Rus
August 17, 2011
Computer Science and Artificial Intelligence Laboratory
Sticker Computer Architecture
Principal Investigator
Daniela Rus
August 17, 2011
Computer Science and Artificial Intelligence Laboratory
Sticker Programming
Principal Investigator
Daniela Rus
August 17, 2011
Computer Science and Artificial Intelligence Laboratory
Collision Avoidance for Persistent Monitoring in Multi-Robot Systems with Intersecting Trajectories
Principal Investigator
Daniela Rus
August 17, 2011
Computer Science and Artificial Intelligence Laboratory
Distributed Control Algorithms for Networked Mobile Robots
Principal Investigator
Daniela Rus
August 17, 2011
Computer Science and Artificial Intelligence Laboratory
Pursuit Evasion: Environment Characterization for Swarm Robotics
Principal Investigator
Daniela Rus
August 17, 2011
Computer Science and Artificial Intelligence Laboratory
Patroling: Markov Model Policy for Decentralized Patroling
Principal Investigator
Daniela Rus
August 17, 2011
Computer Science and Artificial Intelligence Laboratory
Planning to Fold Multiple Objects from a Single Self-Folding Sheet
Principal Investigator
Daniela Rus
August 11, 2011
Computer Science and Artificial Intelligence Laboratory
Baking Cookies with the WillowGarage PR2
Principal Investigator
Daniela Rus
July 26, 2011
Computer Science and Artificial Intelligence Laboratory
Self-Folding Origami Paper
Principal Investigator
Daniela Rus
December 9, 2010
Computer Science and Artificial Intelligence Laboratory
Hex Roller: Locomotion Through Programmable Stiffness
Principal Investigator
Daniela Rus
December 9, 2010
Computer Science and Artificial Intelligence Laboratory
Tracking Objects at Sea
Principal Investigator
Daniela Rus
December 9, 2010
Computer Science and Artificial Intelligence Laboratory
Coordinated Construction
Principal Investigator
Daniela Rus
December 9, 2010
Computer Science and Artificial Intelligence Laboratory
Robot Pebbles
Principal Investigator
Daniela Rus
December 9, 2010
Computer Science and Artificial Intelligence Laboratory
Eye-in-Hand Visual Servoing Curriculum
Principal Investigator
Daniela Rus
December 9, 2010
Computer Science and Artificial Intelligence Laboratory
Deployment and Optimization of Wireless ad-hoc Communication Networks
Principal Investigator
Daniela Rus
December 9, 2010
Computer Science and Artificial Intelligence Laboratory
Chembots Project
Principal Investigator
Daniela Rus
December 9, 2010
Computer Science and Artificial Intelligence Laboratory
The Distributed Robotics Garden
Principal Investigator
Daniela Rus
December 9, 2010
Computer Science and Artificial Intelligence Laboratory
SMARTS
Principal Investigator
Daniela Rus
December 9, 2010
Computer Science and Artificial Intelligence Laboratory
Networked Quad-Rotor Flying Robots in Multi-Agent Systems
Principal Investigator
Daniela Rus
October 7, 2008
Computer Science and Artificial Intelligence Laboratory
Self-Folding Sheets ( Programmable Matter by Folding )
Principal Investigator
Daniela Rus
October 7, 2008
Computer Science and Artificial Intelligence Laboratory
EFRI Project
Principal Investigator
Daniela Rus
October 7, 2008
Computer Science and Artificial Intelligence Laboratory
TrafficInfo: Traffic Information System
Principal Investigator
Daniela Rus
May 24, 2007
Computer Science and Artificial Intelligence Laboratory
The Self-Reconfiguring Crystal Robot
Principal Investigator
Daniela Rus
May 24, 2007
Computer Science and Artificial Intelligence Laboratory
Cow Herding with Virtual Fences
Principal Investigator
Daniela Rus
May 24, 2007
Computer Science and Artificial Intelligence Laboratory
Generic Distributed Self-Reconfiguration Algorithms with Cellular Automata
Principal Investigator
Daniela Rus
May 24, 2007
Computer Science and Artificial Intelligence Laboratory
Guiding People and Robots with Sensor Networks
Principal Investigator
Daniela Rus
May 24, 2007
Computer Science and Artificial Intelligence Laboratory
Shady3D: Modular Reconfiguring Structures with Shady 3D\n
Principal Investigator
Daniela Rus
May 24, 2007
Computer Science and Artificial Intelligence Laboratory
AMOUR (Autonomous Modular Optical Underwater Robot)
Principal Investigator
Daniela Rus
May 24, 2007
Computer Science and Artificial Intelligence Laboratory
The Inchworm Robot for Navigating 3D Steel Web Environments
Principal Investigator
Daniela Rus
May 24, 2007
Computer Science and Artificial Intelligence Laboratory
Miche: Modular Self Disassembly
Principal Investigator
Daniela Rus
May 24, 2007
Computer Science and Artificial Intelligence Laboratory
Distributed Manipulation with Touch Sensitive Rope
Principal Investigator
Daniela Rus
May 24, 2007
Computer Science and Artificial Intelligence Laboratory
Visolate: Voronoi Toolpaths for PCB Mechanical Etch
Principal Investigator
Daniela Rus
May 24, 2007
Computer Science and Artificial Intelligence Laboratory
Flood Early Warning System
Principal Investigator
Daniela Rus
May 24, 2007
Computer Science and Artificial Intelligence Laboratory
LaserSystem: A Novel Positioning System for Accurate Tracking in Indoor Environments
Principal Investigator
Daniela Rus
May 24, 2007
Computer Science and Artificial Intelligence Laboratory
Paper Manipulator
Principal Investigator
Daniela Rus
May 24, 2007
Computer Science and Artificial Intelligence Laboratory
Distributed Robotics Lab (DRL)
Principal Investigator
Daniela Rus
March 1, 2007
Computer Science and Artificial Intelligence Laboratory
The IMARA Project
Principal Investigator
Daniela Rus
December 6, 2005
Computer Science and Artificial Intelligence Laboratory
Shady: Vertical Truss Climbing with Shady
Principal Investigator
Daniela Rus
December 6, 2005
Computer Science and Artificial Intelligence Laboratory
The Self-Reconfiguring Robotic Molecule\n
Principal Investigator
Daniela Rus
December 6, 2005
Computer Science and Artificial Intelligence Laboratory
Adaptive Architectures for Modular Robots
Principal Investigator
Daniela Rus
December 6, 2005
Computer Science and Artificial Intelligence Laboratory
MultiShady: Modular Reconfiguring Structures with MultiShady
Principal Investigator
Daniela Rus
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