Robotic probe quickly measures key properties of new materials
Jul 4, 2025 · An MIT robotic probe quickly measures photoconductance in new semiconductor materials. By dramatically increasing the speed at which scientists can characterize these materials, this …
Robot, know thyself: New vision-based system teaches ... - MIT News
Jul 24, 2025 · A vision-based control system called Neural Jacobian Fields enables soft and rigid robots to learn self-supervised motion control using only a monocular camera. The system, developed by …
Robotics | MIT News | Massachusetts Institute of Technology
2 days ago · MIT researchers “speak objects into existence” using AI and robotics The speech-to-reality system combines 3D generative AI and robotic assembly to create objects on demand. December 5, …
Ping pong bot returns shots with high-speed precision
May 8, 2025 · MIT engineers are getting in on the robotic ping pong game with a powerful, lightweight design that returns shots with high-speed precision. The new table tennis bot comprises a …
Flocks of assembler robots show potential for making larger structures
Nov 22, 2022 · MIT researchers made significant steps toward creating robots that could practically and economically assemble nearly anything, including things much larger than themselves, from vehicles …
Using generative AI to help robots jump higher and land safely
Jun 27, 2025 · MIT CSAIL researchers use a generative AI model to improve particular parts of 3D robot designs, helping them jump higher and land safely. The system refines its ideas in simulation before …
AI helps robots manipulate objects with their whole bodies
Aug 24, 2023 · A new AI technique enables a robot to develop complex plans for manipulating an object using its entire hand, not just fingertips. This model can generate effective plans in about a minute …
Brain-controlled robots - MIT News
Mar 6, 2017 · A team from MIT and Boston University has created a feedback system that lets people correct robot mistakes instantly with nothing more than their brains.
MIT engineers are on a failure-finding mission
Nov 9, 2023 · MIT engineers developed a technique to quickly identify a range of potential failures in a system before they are deployed in the real world.
Eldercare robot helps people sit and stand, and catches them if they ...
May 13, 2025 · MIT engineers built E-BAR, a mobile robot designed to physically support the elderly and prevent them from falling as they move around their homes. E-BAR acts as a set of robotic …