Cutting the Cord Regret: How Rising Costs and Instability Hurt Streaming
TL;DR A recent cord‑cutter says the move from cable to streaming has proven messier than expected. Recurring price increases, intermittent…
Autonomous robotic probe rapidly maps photoconductance in new semiconductors
TL;DR MIT researchers built a fully autonomous robotic probe that images printed semiconductor samples, selects contact points using a domain-informed…
MIT AI pipeline redesigns underwater gliders into new hydrodynamic forms
TL;DR MIT CSAIL researchers built a machine-learning design pipeline that explores unconventional 3D shapes for small underwater gliders, simulating performance…
PhysicsGen: Simulation-driven pipeline that tailors robot training data
TL;DR MIT researchers created PhysicsGen, a simulation pipeline that expands a small set of VR demonstrations into thousands of robot-specific…
MIT handheld interface lets users teach robots with three demo modes
TL;DR MIT researchers built a handheld, sensor-equipped attachment that enables a collaborative robot to learn tasks via teleoperation, kinesthetic manipulation,…
Vision-Only Control: MIT’s Neural Jacobian Fields Teach Robots Self-Models
TL;DR MIT CSAIL researchers developed Neural Jacobian Fields (NJF), a vision-based system that lets robots learn their own geometry and…
MIT PhD Student Erik Ballesteros Builds Wearable ‘SuperLimbs’ for Astronauts
TL;DR MIT mechanical engineering PhD student Erik Ballesteros is developing wearable robotic arms called SuperLimbs to help astronauts work and…
New MIT framework incorporates component uncertainty into system design
TL;DR MIT researchers have created a modular design framework that folds uncertainty about individual components into the co-design of complex…
MIT method stitches small submaps to build fast, accurate 3D maps
TL;DR MIT researchers combined modern learning-based vision models with classical geometry to let robots build large-scale 3D maps by creating…
MIT engineers build hydrogel ‘tendons’ to boost muscle-powered robots
TL;DR Researchers at MIT created artificial tendons from tough, flexible hydrogel and attached them to lab-grown muscle to form modular…