Two-legged robot mimics human balance while running and jumping
New control system may enable humanoid robots to do heavy lifting and other physically demanding tasks.
New control system may enable humanoid robots to do heavy lifting and other physically demanding tasks.
Passive device relies on a layer of material that blocks incoming sunlight but lets heat radiate away.
New adhesive that binds wet surfaces within seconds could be used to heal wounds or implant medical devices.
Developed at MIT’s Computer Science and Artificial Intelligence Laboratory, robots can self-assemble to form various structures with applications including inspection.
At the sixth annual Mechanical Engineering Research Exhibition, graduate students and postdocs sharpen their communication and presentation skills.
New partners will work with J-PAL to develop rigorous evaluations of policies related to criminal justice, health, housing stability, and economic security.
Materials could be useful for delivering drugs or imaging agents in the body; may offer alternative to some industrial plastics.
MIT geologists use paleomagnetism to determine the chain of events that resulted in the Himalayan mountains, with the support of MISTI-India.
A low-cost analog circuit based on synchronizing oscillators could scale up quickly and cheaply to beat out digital computers.
By sensing tiny changes in shadows, a new system identifies approaching objects that may cause a collision.
Modeling web traffic could aid cybersecurity, computing infrastructure design, Internet policy, and more.
Drones can fly at high speeds to a destination while keeping safe “backup” plans if things go awry.
Physicists simulate critical “reheating” period that kickstarted the Big Bang in the universe’s first fractions of a second.
The process could work on the gas at any concentrations, from power plant emissions to open air.
MIT-developed method may lead to portable devices for making the disinfectant on-site where it’s needed.