Robots
Researchers engineer light-activated skeletal muscle
August 30, 2012
Technique may enable robotic animals that move with the strength and flexibility of their living counterparts.
Connoisseur of chaos
August 29, 2012
Where other roboticists try to suppress the complex dynamics of mechanical systems, Russ Tedrake exploits them, to make control more efficient and versatile.
Soft autonomous robot inches along like an earthworm
August 10, 2012
Flexible design enables body-morphing capability.
Autonomous robotic plane flies indoors
August 10, 2012
New algorithms allow an autonomous robotic plane to dodge obstacles in a subterranean parking garage, without the use of GPS.
Also labeled: Aircraft, Algorithms, Autonomous vehicles, GPS-denied environments, Motion planning, State-estimation
Research update: SPHERES to get powerful magnets and goggles
August 2, 2012
New wireless power and camera setups will expand the mini-satellites’ vision and navigation capabilities.
New aircraft capable of fast, accurate and repeatable flight
July 26, 2012
CSAIL's Robot Locomotion Group unveils new computer-controlled aircraft that can perform knife-edge turns.
Autonomous robot scans ship hulls for mines
July 17, 2012
Algorithms enable robot to navigate and view propellers and other complex structures.
Mechanical engineers develop an ‘intelligent co-pilot’ for cars
July 13, 2012
Semiautonomous system takes the wheel to keep drivers safe.
All things big and small: the brain’s discerning taste for size
June 20, 2012
New research shows brain has distinct regions for identifying different sized objects.
Robotic assistants may adapt to humans in the factory
June 12, 2012
New algorithm allows robots and humans to work side by side.
Daniela Rus named CSAIL director
May 22, 2012
EECS professor to become new leader of MIT’s largest interdepartmental laboratory.
Whirr, click, hum: Robots go at it in 2.007 finale
May 11, 2012
Competition concludes mechanical design class, unleashing a wide variety of spinning, pumping and striking robots.
Woodie Flowers, a pioneer of hands-on engineering education
May 7, 2012
Flowers and his former student, David Wallace, have created a fun, teamwork-based approach to learning the art of mechanical design.
Also labeled: Alumni/ae, Education, teaching, academics, Emeritus, Faculty, Mechanical engineering, Students
Robots that reveal the inner workings of brain cells
May 7, 2012
New method offers automated way to record electrical activity inside neurons in the living brain.
Also labeled: Brain and cognitive sciences, Collaboration, McGovern Institute, Media Lab, Neuroscience, Research
The robot revolution is just beginning
April 24, 2012
Rodney Brooks outlines his vision of the future to student entrepreneurs.
All in a day’s work: Design and print your own robot
April 3, 2012
MIT project, funded with $10 million NSF grant, could transform robotic design and production
Self-sculpting sand
April 2, 2012
New algorithms could enable heaps of ‘smart sand’ that can assume any shape, allowing spontaneous formation of new tools or duplication of broken mechanical parts.
Guiding robot planes with hand gestures
March 14, 2012
MIT researchers are developing a system that would allow aircraft-carrier crews to direct autonomous planes using ordinary hand gestures.
Sometimes the quickest path is not a straight line
March 8, 2012
New methods and software developed at MIT can predict optimal paths for automated underwater vehicles.
New system allows robots to continuously map their environment
February 16, 2012
Algorithm to build 3-D maps requires a low-cost camera, no human input.
Robots go head to head, 250 miles above Earth
January 25, 2012
Third annual Zero Robotics competition pits robots against each other on the International Space Station.
Also labeled: Aeronautical and astronautical engineering, Algorithms, Alumni/ae, Astronauts, Contests and academic competitions, Education, teaching, academics, NASA, Space, astronomy and planetary science, Special events and guest speakers, Students, Video, Volunteering, outreach, public service, International Space Station
Speed limit for birds
January 20, 2012
MIT researchers find critical speed above which birds — and drones — are sure to crash.
Robots in reality
November 28, 2011
Nicholas Roy designs robots for real-world challenges.
CSAIL robots take center stage
November 14, 2011
Computer Science and Artificial Intelligence Laboratory Principal Investigator Daniela Rus collaborated with modern dance company Pilobolus this past year to bring flying robots to the stage.
Helping robots hold on
November 10, 2011
MIT researchers design a ‘controllable adhesion system’ for underwater robots.
Navigating blindfolded
November 8, 2011
Advanced mathematical techniques enable AUVs to survey large, complex and cluttered seascapes.
Using a phone to fly a drone
November 8, 2011
Pilotless planes at MIT controlled via iPhones in Seattle.
Smarter robot arms
September 21, 2011
A combination of two algorithms developed at MIT allows autonomous robots to execute tasks much more efficiently — and move more predictably.
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