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…
MIT engineers design microrobot that flies as fast as a bumblebee
TL;DR MIT researchers built an insect-scale flying robot that matches key flight metrics of real insects by pairing a high-performance…
Warehouse Robots Take on Truck Unloading With AI and Heavy-Lift Arms
TL;DR The Pickle Robot Company, founded by MIT alumni, builds one-armed autonomous systems that unload trailers, handling packages up to…
MIT researchers develop speech-to-reality system that fabricates objects
TL;DR MIT engineers created a workflow that converts spoken prompts into physical objects by combining speech recognition, 3D generative models,…
Jennifer Lewis on 3D-printed soft matter: Octobot to patient-specific tissues
TL;DR At MIT.nano’s 2025 Mildred S. Dresselhaus Lecture, Jennifer Lewis outlined advances in 3D printing soft and living materials, from…