Robots
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.
MIT part of $18.5 million effort to create mind-machine interface
July 14, 2011
New multi-institution center will work on robotic interaction with nervous system
A competition full of hacks
May 9, 2011
Annual 2.007 finale pits robots against MIT history.
Speeding swarms of sensor robots
May 3, 2011
A new algorithm ensures that robotic environmental sensors will be able to focus on areas of interest without giving other areas short shrift.
iRobot to the rescue
March 28, 2011
CSAIL spinoff sends robotic aid to Japan
Explained: Ad hoc networks
March 10, 2011
Decentralized wireless networks could have applications in distributed sensing and robotics and maybe even personal communications.
Going head to head
February 9, 2011
Mechanical-engineering competition set the stage for a variety of competitive classes and events at MIT and elsewhere.
MIT Sea Grant’s Sea Perch being tested at French university
May 18, 2010
Undergraduate course, created in collaboration with Total Corporation, will hold presentations on May 28.
Also labeled: Collaboration, Sea Grant
Slideshow: Mini robotic muscles
April 6, 2010
Shape-memory alloys yield mechanical devices that produce more torque but weigh much less than comparably sized electric motors.
Also labeled: Actuators, Shape memory
Nonlinear thinker
January 29, 2010
With techniques for translating complicated equations into ‘sums of squares,’ Pablo Parrilo helps make sense of previously insoluble problems.
Fish and chips
August 24, 2009
New robots mimic fish's swimming and could explore areas where traditional underwater autonomous vehicles can't currently go.
MIT developing first humanoid personal assistant
November 4, 2003
Subscribe
