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Imagine walking down the street. You step off a curb, walk up a ramp, maybe climb a few stairs. You don’t think about it, and don’t have to tell your legs, “Okay, switch to stair mode now.” For lower-limb exoskeletons, the experience is far less se...

Softening the boundaries: the human, the physical, and the computational
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Softening the boundaries: the human, the physical, and the computationalJason Corso, as part of the ceremony to establish him as the Toyota Professor of Artificial Intelligence, presents this talk titled ...

12/5/2025

Don't worry if you haven't paid attention this semester, here's your cheatsheet for what's happened this Fall! Including: - Soft origami robots - Scaling up microsurgery - Exploring Mars with ground penetrating radar https://t.co/jkNLzTdEKd

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