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…
MIT symposium explores how generative AI might evolve and be governed
TL;DR Hundreds of researchers, industry leaders, and students gathered at MIT on Sept. 17 for the inaugural Generative AI Impact…
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’s generative AI diversifies virtual training grounds for robots
TL;DR Researchers at MIT CSAIL and the Toyota Research Institute built a generative system that assembles realistic 3D indoor scenes…
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…
MIT students study AI, autonomy and robotics for offshore aquaculture in Norway
TL;DR Two MIT undergraduates interned at SINTEF Ocean in Trondheim through an MIT Sea Grant–MISTI program to work on AI…