Canal administrator Ricaurte Vásquez Morales spoke at the Northwestern University Transportation Center’s Patterson Lecture, outlining the past, present, and future of the waterway that handles around 5 percent of all maritime trade.
A team led by Professor Matthew A. Grayson have overcome a major barrier to achieving a low-cost solution for advanced robotic touch.
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