Daniela Rus

Awarded jointly by the Bavarian State Government and the Bavarian Academy of Sciences and Humanities, it is the most highly endowed award for technology and engineering in Germany.

MIT researchers developed FloatForm, a swarm of small aquatic robots that snap together like ants forming a raft, assembling into reconfigurable structures on the water.

During the AI and Society Forum, leading MIT researchers examined critical questions about AI’s influence on employment and democracy.

Researchers use control theory to shed unnecessary complexity from AI models during training, cutting compute costs without sacrificing performance.

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.