Researchers at MIT’s CSAIL released an open-source simulation engine that can construct environments to test autonomous vehicles.
MIT researchers help robots navigate uncertain environments
MIT’s research team hopes that its findings could help autonomous robots explore remote exoplanets with unknown conditions.
MIT CSAIL develops robotic gripper that can feel what it grabs
CSAIL’s Perceptual Science Group created touch sensors for their gripper, allowing it to feel with the same sensitivity as human skin.
Cynthia Breazeal named dean of digital learning at MIT
The former Jibo founder and CEO is also a professor of media arts and sciences at MIT.
Soft actuators help MIT power nano drones
The robots could be used in swarms to pollinate a field of crops, or to search for survivors in disaster areas.
Meet Oystamaran, MIT’s oyster-flipping robot
Workers at Ward Aquafarms flip thousands of oyster bags that could weigh up to 70 lb, while dealing with rough waters and bad weather. MIT is building a robot to help.
Can blockchain secure communications for robot fleets?
Researchers hope to create new security systems for robots using transaction-based interactions as a way to build trust between humans and groups of robots.
Amazon, MIT establish Science Hub for robotics research
The primary goals are to ensure the benefits of AI and robotics are shared broadly and to promote participation in research.
Training drones to avoid obstacles at high speeds
MIT developed a high-speed flight-planning algorithm that combines simulations and experiments, in a way that minimizes the number of experiments required to identify fast and safe flight paths.
Researchers develop human-aware motion planning algorithm
To demo the algorithm, the robot helped put a jacket on a human, which could potentially prove to be a powerful tool in expanding assistance for those with disabilities or limited mobility.
Motional, MIT roboticists to examine the future of human-robot collaboration in RoboBusiness Direct
In their RoboBusiness Direct session moderated by MassRobotics Executive Director Tom Ryden, Motional CTO Laura Major and MIT Professor Julie Shah will examine the future of human-robot interaction.
Metamaterials could lead to transforming robots, say U.S. Army, MIT researchers
The U.S. Army and MIT are exploring how metamaterials can help form modular robotic building blocks for transforming robots that can be reconfigured into different shapes and functions.
The future of human-robot collaboration the subject of a new book, RoboBusiness Direct session
“What to Expect When You’re Expecting Robots” is a new book co-authored by MIT Associate Professor Julie Shah and Motional CTO Laura Major that explores a future populated with robot helpers.
Brigham and Women’s Hospital, MIT use Spot robot to measure patient vitals without contact
Researchers from MIT and Brigham and Women’s Hospital hope to reduce the risk to healthcare workers posed by Covid-19 by using robots to remotely measure patients’ vital signs.
MIT system improves robots’ spatial perception
MIT researchers have developed a representation of spatial perception for robots that is modeled after the way humans perceive and navigate the world.
MIT creates tactile-reactive robot gripper that manipulates cables
MIT CSAIL created a system that uses two robotic gripper with soft sensitive fingers to handle cables with unprecedented dexterity.
UVC robot built by MIT CSAIL disinfects Greater Boston Food Bank
Using ultraviolet light, a UVC robot developed by MIT and Ava Robotics can disinfect a warehouse floor in half an hour. It could one day be used in grocery stores, schools, and other public spaces
Vecna Robotics appoints AI expert Director Daniela Rus to its board of directors
MIT AI researcher Daniela Russ, who has two decades of experience developing human-machine collaboration, has joined Vecna Robotics’ board of directors.
RISE Robotics raises funding for high-performance linear actuators
The Engine has invested in RISE Robotics, which is developing electric and mechanical systems to displace hydraulics and reduce energy consumption.
Simulation engine from MIT trains self-driving cars before they hit real roads
A photorealistic simulation system enables autonomous vehicles to learn to drive in the real world and recover from near-crash scenarios.
MIT researchers look under the road to aid self-driving cars
Weather poses problems for self-driving car sensors, but ground-penetrating radar from MIT could be superior to cameras or lidar.
‘Sensorized’ skin enables soft robotic arm to feel its own way at MIT
A ‘sensorized’ soft robotic arm combines soft sensors and machine learning to know where it is in a 3D environment.