Principal Investigator David Mindell
Professor Mindell’s research group, the Laboratory for Automation, Robotics, and Society, continued to grow, with initial funding from a gift by an MIT alumnus. Research examines a host of issues that arise with automated and robotic systems, with a comparative perspective across several domains, including human spaceflight, commercial aviation, general aviation, air force unmanned vehicles, undersea exploration, and surgery. Research continued apace in collaboration with Lufthansa, FedEx, the US Air Force, and the Woods Hole Oceanographic Institute, and is being extended to other institutions.
A paper describing preliminary results was presented at the American Institute of Aeronautics and Astronautics Aerospace Sciences meeting in Orlando, in January 2011.