Study: As a population gets older, automation accelerates
Economists find companies’ adoption of robots is partly due to shortages in middle-aged labor.
Making machines that make robots, and robots that make themselves
PhD student Martin Nisser wants to democratize hardware by making it easier to build and customize.
Magnets could offer better control of prosthetic limbs
System uses tiny magnetic beads to rapidly measure the position of muscles and relay that information to a bionic prosthesis.
Inflatable robotic hand gives amputees real-time tactile control
Prosthetic enables a wide range of daily activities, such as zipping a suitcase, shaking hands, and petting a cat.
System trains drones to fly around obstacles at high speeds
New algorithm could enable fast, nimble drones for time-critical operations such as search and rescue.
Reimagining an iconic design class
Faculty and staff of 2.007 reworked the mechanical engineering class and its famous final robot competition so students could participate remotely.
Life in space: Preparing for an increasingly tangible reality
The Space Exploration Initiative supports research across and beyond MIT in two microgravity flights this spring.
Contact-aware robot design
A novel method to represent robotic manipulators helps optimize complex and organic shapes for future machines.
Getting dressed with help from robots
A human-aware motion planning algorithm addresses the safety gap in collaboration between robots and humans.
Sertac Karaman named director of the Laboratory for Information and Decision Systems
Associate professor of aeronautics and astronautics will head MIT’s longest continuously-running lab.
Designing exploratory robots that collect data for marine scientists
“This is a really exciting time to be a roboticist who also cares about the environment,” says PhD student Victoria Preston.
Giving robots better moves
MIT alumnus-founded RightHand Robotics has developed picking robots that are more reliable and adaptable in warehouse environments.
MIT and U.S. Department of Defense team up to launch a new edX learning platform
MIT offers first courses on the platform, which aims to serve cutting-edge manufacturing education to more Americans.
Tackling air pollution with autonomous drones
Alumni of the MIT New Engineering Education Transformation Program (NEET) worked together remotely from across the globe to design thinking machines.
Developing drones to address pandemic-related challenges in Scandinavia
After meeting in an Advanced Study Program at MIT, three Norwegian students began working together to transport biological samples using autonomous vehicles.