Learning with — and about — AI technology
At Open Learning Talks, Cynthia Breazeal and Eric Klopfer discuss artificial intelligence education.
Designing customized “brains” for robots
A new system devises hardware architectures to hasten robots’ response time.
MIT to share in $3.2 million grant to create a statewide technician-training program in advanced manufacturing
MassBridge will create curriculum for the advanced manufacturing needs of today’s economy.
Computer-aided creativity in robot design
MIT researchers’ new system optimizes the shape of robots for traversing various terrain types.
3Q: Christine Walley on the evolving perception of robots in the US
Anthropologist touches on the history of tech-related job displacement and explores how other countries approach policies on robots, skills, and learning.
Why we shouldn’t fear the future of work
MIT task force wraps up with a final conference, sounds note of optimism that new ideas, better policies can help sustain good careers.
MIT forum examines the rise of automation in the workplace
Technologies like robots and artificial intelligence could partner with humans, not oust them from work, research and business leaders say.
Versatile building blocks make structures with surprising mechanical properties
The subunits could be robotically assembled to produce large, complex objects, including cars, robots, or wind turbine blades.
Report outlines route toward better jobs, wider prosperity
MIT Task Force on the Work of the Future identifies ways to align new technologies with durable careers.
An underwater navigation system powered by sound
New approach could spark an era of battery-free ocean exploration, with applications ranging from marine conservation to aquaculture.
Autonomous boats could be your next ride
Five years in the making, MIT’s autonomous floating vessels get a size upgrade and learn a new way to communicate aboard the waters.
“What to Expect When You’re Expecting Robots”
Book co-authored by Associate Professor Julie Shah and Laura Major SM ’05 explores a future populated with robot helpers.
Helping robots avoid collisions
Realtime Robotics has created a controller that helps robots safely move around on the fly.
Robot takes contact-free measurements of patients’ vital signs
Mobile system could reduce health care workers’ exposure to Covid-19 virus.
New US postage stamp highlights MIT research
For the robotics category in a new series celebrating innovation, the USPS chose the bionic prosthesis designed and built by the Media Lab's Biomechatronics group.