“You are doing the same thing as you would if you were in the room—it’s just that this robot is giving you a very long arm.”
Russell Taylor ’70, John C. Malone Professor, Department of Computer Science, talking about robots that can perform certain tasks in the intensive care unit to help human health care workers distance themselves from patients with COVID-19.
“That’s something where the robot really shines—precision, repeatability.”
9/10/20, THE WALL STREET JOURNAL
Axel Krieger, Department of Mechanical Engineering, on the use of robots and devices that can perform surgical tasks with minimal human oversight.
“Among all the different places where one can get infected, flights might actually be one of the safest places to be.”
10/15/20, ABC, “GOOD MORNING AMERICA”
Rajat Mittal, Department of Mechanical Engineering, on a Department of Defense and United Airlines study of the possible spread of virus-laden droplets during flights.
“There is a lot of old stuff and it is not bad just because it is old.”
Jason Eisner, Department of Computer Science, on the use of Datalog, a programming language based in symbolic artificial intelligence that was invented in 1972 to overcome some problems in AI work.
“If you’ve ever been around people laying asphalt, you smell it. It’s clear something is getting into the air when that happens.”
9/2/20, U.S. NEWS & WORLD REPORT
Peter DeCarlo, Department of Environmental Health and Engineering, on the role of sunlight in releasing chemical compounds in asphalt that contribute to air pollution.