<html xmlns:v="urn:schemas-microsoft-com:vml" xmlns:o="urn:schemas-microsoft-com:office:office" xmlns:w="urn:schemas-microsoft-com:office:word" xmlns:m="http://schemas.microsoft.com/office/2004/12/omml" xmlns="http://www.w3.org/TR/REC-html40">
<head>
<meta http-equiv="Content-Type" content="text/html; charset=us-ascii">
<meta name="Generator" content="Microsoft Word 15 (filtered medium)">
<style><!--
/* Font Definitions */
@font-face
{font-family:Calibri;
panose-1:2 15 5 2 2 2 4 3 2 4;}
/* Style Definitions */
p.MsoNormal, li.MsoNormal, div.MsoNormal
{margin:0in;
margin-bottom:.0001pt;
font-size:11.0pt;
font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;}
a:link, span.MsoHyperlink
{mso-style-priority:99;
color:#0563C1;
text-decoration:underline;}
a:visited, span.MsoHyperlinkFollowed
{mso-style-priority:99;
color:#954F72;
text-decoration:underline;}
span.EmailStyle17
{mso-style-type:personal-compose;
font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;
color:windowtext;}
.MsoChpDefault
{mso-style-type:export-only;
font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;}
@page WordSection1
{size:8.5in 11.0in;
margin:1.0in 1.0in 1.0in 1.0in;}
div.WordSection1
{page:WordSection1;}
--></style><!--[if gte mso 9]><xml>
<o:shapedefaults v:ext="edit" spidmax="1026" />
</xml><![endif]--><!--[if gte mso 9]><xml>
<o:shapelayout v:ext="edit">
<o:idmap v:ext="edit" data="1" />
</o:shapelayout></xml><![endif]-->
</head>
<body lang="EN-US" link="#0563C1" vlink="#954F72">
<div class="WordSection1">
<p class="MsoNormal">All,<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal">See this article about an interesting robotics project at Tufts.<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><a href="https://nam11.safelinks.protection.outlook.com/?url=https%3A%2F%2Fengineering.tufts.edu%2Fnews-events%2Fnews%2Frobot-serves-orders-tufts-pop-pub&data=05%7C02%7Ccaice-csse%40eng.auburn.edu%7Cd8b3bad0048d49d3112008dd874ac04f%7Cccb6deedbd294b388979d72780f62d3b%7C0%7C0%7C638815477294090781%7CUnknown%7CTWFpbGZsb3d8eyJFbXB0eU1hcGkiOnRydWUsIlYiOiIwLjAuMDAwMCIsIlAiOiJXaW4zMiIsIkFOIjoiTWFpbCIsIldUIjoyfQ%3D%3D%7C0%7C%7C%7C&sdata=Fcp27FKbn%2BpQQjBa3CwL0dk75UwbalUSSxuFRL93cO4%3D&reserved=0" originalsrc="https://engineering.tufts.edu/news-events/news/robot-serves-orders-tufts-pop-pub">https://engineering.tufts.edu/news-events/news/robot-serves-orders-tufts-pop-pub</a><o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><o:p> </o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal">Some of you may know that our faculty Rodrigo Sardinas owns a Thai restaurant in Opelika where a much less sophisticated robot sometimes comes around to tables.<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal">If any of you are interested in taking this on as a challenging research & development project, Rodrigo’s restaurant may provide a real-world testing ground!<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal">Gerry and I can try to find some internal funding for such a project if anyone is interested.<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal">- Hari<o:p></o:p></p>
</div>
</body>
</html>