Personal robotics

Knowing the unknownResearchers work to build robots’ awareness of their own limitations.

Robotic assistants may adapt to humans in the factoryNew algorithm allows robots and humans to work side by side.

The robot revolution is just beginningRodney Brooks outlines his vision of the future to student entrepreneurs.

All in a day’s work: Design and print your own robotMIT project, funded with $10 million NSF grant, could transform robotic design and production

Honing household helpersMIT computer scientists work toward improving robots’ ability to plan and perform complex actions, domestically and elsewhere.

When the playroom is the computerA block-shaped robot that seems to roll onto a computer screen is part of an educational-media system that gets kids out of their chairs.