Seth Teller News Today

SuperUROP, an undergraduate research program, is celebrating its 10th year of existence at MIT. Four alumni of the program, each with different career paths, reflect on the ways their participation in SuperUROP helped them develop as scientists, researchers, entrepreneurs, and scholars.

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.