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Researchers at CSAIL are developing a remotely commandable, semi-autonomous robotic forklift designed to move cargo in dangerous places.

Robo-forklift keeps humans out of harm's way

Could allow military to handle supplies without risk to people

January 21, 2009

Digging out from piles of sticky notes

Computer scientists devise ways to organize details of everyday life

December 10, 2008

Awards and Honors: Dec. 3, 2008

December 3, 2008

From left are NAE members Subra Suresh, MIT dean of engineering; Irwin Jacobs '57 M.S., '59 Sc.D.; and professors Robert Armstrong and Arvind. Armstrong and Arvind were elected members in 2008.

National Academy of Engineering welcomes two from MIT

October 6, 2008

Schematic shows Odyssey IV, a small, inexpensive, MIT-designed robotic submarine that can hover in place like a helicopter.

MIT's new underwater robot can hover in place

Odyssey IV could be a boon for oil explorers, archaeologists and more

September 25, 2008

Nicholas Roy, left, assistant professor of aeronautics and astronautics, and Seth Teller, professor of computer science and engineering, stand next to the robotic wheelchair they co-designed, which can be navigated by vocal command.

Robot wheelchair finds its own way

MIT invention responds to user's spoken commands

September 19, 2008

<a href="http://cvcl.mit.edu/MM/demo.html" target="_blank">Demo of massive memory study</a>

MIT researchers find memory capacity much bigger than previously thought

September 8, 2008

Former professor, MIT alumnus Hammer dies at 60

September 4, 2008

MIT associate professor Josh Tenenbaum and his former student, Charles Kemp, have developed a computer algorithm that can select the best type of structure to fit a set of data. Such structures, shown here, include linear order, rings and clusters.

MIT model helps computers sort data more like humans

August 25, 2008

A sensible censor for sharing medical records

MIT-developed software helps protect patient privacy

July 23, 2008

Awards and Honors

July 16, 2008

Barbara Liskov named Institute Professor

July 1, 2008

MIT Institute Professor Robert Langer, winner of the Millennium Technology Prize for 2008.

Langer wins Millennium Technology Prize

June 11, 2008

Awards: Key to abbreviations

June 4, 2008

Awards & Honors