MacArthur Fellows Science Series, Presenting Dr. Daniela Rus: Building Bodies and Brains for Robots

Date: Tue. November 10, 2009

Time: 6:00 pm

Location:
Harold Washington Library Center
Cindy Pritzker Auditorium
400 S. State Street
60605

About this event:
Dr. Daniela Rus, 2002 MacArthur Fellow, professor at MIT and leading expert in the field of robotics, envisions a world in which robots co-exist with and work side by side to support humans.  These systems will be capable of carrying out tasks that are unachievable by conventional machines or even by humans working with conventional tools.

The next logical step in the evolution of computers and computation intelligence may be a movement from personal computers to personal robots.  This robotics revolution will broaden the scope of robotics technologies from the predominantly industrial to increased automation in environments such as deep space and the underwater world.  Dr. Rus will appear in conversation with Gabriel Spitzer, Science Reporter for WBEZ Chicago Public Radio.  Join us for a fascinating look at robotics and our future!

The MacArthur Fellows Science Series is presented in partnership with Science Chicago: Life's a Lab and in collaboration with the Illinois Science Council.  The series is made possible with generous support from the John D. and Catherine T. MacArthur Foundation through the Chicago Public Library Foundation.  More information is available at www.macfound.org.

These programs are free and the public is welcome.  For information or to arrange for a group, please call (312) 747-8184.

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