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Dr. Daniela Rus, Director of MIT Computer Science and AI Lab

Behind The Tech with Kevin Scott

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The Future of Industrial Robots

The first industrial robot was introduced in 19 61, and it was invented to do industrial pick and place operations. The robots of the past 60 years have been made mostly by hard plastics and metal. But what about machines that are made out of all materials available to us? And so we can consider plastic and silicon and wood and paper, even food. I think there is so much opportunity to create a whole new type of machine that will be a good team mate for people,. That will be a more capable tool for people who need physical, incognitive work.

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