Robert Platt Associate Professor, Khoury College of Computer Sciences r.platt@northeastern.edu Expertise artificial intelligence, business, computer vision, education, Engineering, Health, human-computer interaction, machine learning, manufacturing, Planning and Reasoning, robotics, Robotics and Autonomous Vehicles, Robotics Control/Perception, robust computer vision Robert Platt in the Press ‘Self-aware’ robots can learn complex tasks by watching humans. Is that a good thing? “It could be a turning point,” says Robert Platt, who studies engineering and robotics at Northeastern University.