All people

Researcher · Academic · Founder

Daniela Rus

Daniela Rus portrait

Co-founder at Liquid AIDirector at MIT

🇷🇴🇺🇸 Romanian-American

Rus is one of the world's leading roboticists, advancing machines that are soft, self-reconfiguring and able to coordinate in groups. As director of MIT CSAIL and co-founder of Liquid AI, she connects physical intelligence with compact neural models designed to adapt safely in changing environments.

See something inaccurate or outdated?

Background

Current roles
Co-founder
Director
About this data

Work and education history is primarily focused on AI-relevant roles and may not be comprehensive.

Last editorial review: August 10, 2026

Citation Trend

5 snapshots
Citation history from Aug 25, '25 to Aug 1, '26104,80098,22991,658Aug 25, '25Jun 1, '26Jul 1, '26Aug 1, '26
104,800citations as of Aug 1, '26+1,093 since Jul 1, '26
For today’s citation count and citations per paper, visit Google Scholar.