Texas A&M University highlighted professor emerita Robin R. Murphy’s selection to the 2026 Forbes 50 Over 50: Impact list in an Oct. 7 announcement.
Murphy, a retired faculty member in the Department of Computer Science and Engineering, helped establish disaster robotics. Through the Center for Robot-Assisted Search and Rescue, which she co-founded, she has helped deploy robots at more than 30 disasters, including the Sept. 11 attacks, Hurricane Katrina and Fukushima.
She now leads disaster research at a National Science Foundation artificial intelligence institute, using disaster imagery to help emergency agencies assess storm damage.
