Home People Daniela Rus People FacultyFaculty AI+DFaculty CSFaculty EEFaculty EmeritusLecturers Leadership Staff Instructors Director, CSAIL; Panasonic Professor, [AI+D and CS] rus@csail.mit.edu (617) 258-7567 Office: 32-374 Website Research Areas Artificial Intelligence + Machine LearningRobotics Latest News More News June 24, 2026 Exploring the societal impacts of AI During the AI and Society Forum, leading MIT researchers examined critical questions about AI’s influence on employment and democracy. April 9, 2026 New technique makes AI models leaner and faster while they’re still learning Researchers use control theory to shed unnecessary complexity from AI models during training, cutting compute costs without sacrificing performance. February 10, 2026 New control system teaches soft robots the art of staying safe MIT CSAIL and LIDS researchers developed a mathematically grounded system that lets soft robots deform, adapt, and interact with people and objects, without violating safety limits. September 17, 2025 2025-26 EECS Faculty Award Roundup This ongoing listing of awards and recognitions won by our faculty is added to all year, beginning in September. July 28, 2025 Robot, know thyself: New vision-based system teaches machines to understand their bodies Neural Jacobian Fields, developed by MIT CSAIL researchers, can learn to control any robot from a single camera, without any other sensors.
