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MIT civil engineering assistant professor Cathy Wu explains how a robot named Putzputz launched her career in robotics, what makes human-robot interactions so challenging, and why robots trained to smoothly navigate warehouse floors might one day reduce car crashes and clear city streets of traffic jams and smog.
MIT Provost Martin Schmidt has been named as the 19th president of Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute. Schmidt, who earned his BS in electrical engineering at RPI in 1981, has spent more than 40 years at MIT as a student, faculty member, and administrative leader.
Professors Daniel Hastings and Maria Yang have been named associate deans of MIT’s School of Engineering. Their new roles took effect August 1.Hastings is the Cecil and Ida Green Education Professor of Aeronautics and Astronautics, and head of the De