Welcome to the EECS PhD program

Russ Tedrake

Image credit: Boston Dynamics

2002-2004

2006-2009

2007-2010

2011-2014

2013-2016

2016-2018

2016-2018

2016-now

My MIT Timeline

PhD 2000-2004

Prof. Alex Megretski

Prof. Pablo Parrilo

American Controls Conference, 2012

Experiments by Andy Biewener's lab at Harvard

https://www.skydio.com/skydio-2

"Robotic Manipulation"

Consider the task of loading a dishwasher...

MIT is a special place

• People
• Intensity
  • Note: not at odds with being nice, and having fun.
• Thinking big
• Thinking rigorously
• A few MIT resources I love

MIT Sailing Pavilion