MIT’s FutureMakers programs help kids get their minds around — and hands on — AI
The programs are designed to foster an understanding of how artificial intelligence technologies work, including their social implications.
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Manipulating the future
A new robotic manipulation course provides a broad survey of state-of-the-art robotics, equipping students to identify and solve the field’s biggest problems.
Q&A: Climate Grand Challenges finalists on using data and science to forecast climate-related risk
Faculty leaders highlight innovations that can close longstanding knowledge gaps and reimagine how the world responds to the climate crisis.
Robots dress humans without the full picture
MIT researchers design a robot that has a trick or two up its sleeve.
School of Engineering welcomes Thomas Tull as visiting innovation scholar
Primary focus will be to advance and promote technology, innovation, and entrepreneurship across the school.
Generating new molecules with graph grammar
An efficient machine-learning method uses chemical knowledge to create a learnable grammar with production rules to build synthesizable monomers and polymers.
Solving the challenges of robotic pizza-making
A new technique could enable a robot to manipulate squishy objects like pizza dough or soft materials like clothing.
Q&A: Alberto Rodriguez on teaching a robot to find your keys
Associate professor and principal investigator with the MIT Schwarzman College of Computing’s Science Hub discusses the future of robotics and the importance of industry-academia collaborations.
3 Questions: How the MIT mini cheetah learns to run
CSAIL scientists came up with a learning pipeline for the four-legged robot that learns to run entirely by trial and error in simulation.
Handheld surgical robot can help stem fatal blood loss
The AI-Guided Ultrasound Intervention Device is a lifesaving technology that helps a range of users deliver complex medical interventions at the point of injury.
Learning to fly
Veteran and PhD student Andrea Henshall has used MIT Open Learning to soar from the Air Force to multiple aeronautics degrees.
Using nature’s structures in wooden buildings
A new approach enables architects to use discarded tree forks as load-bearing joints in their structures.
Chiamaka Agbasi-Porter: Inspiring futures in STEM
Lincoln Laboratory's K–12 outreach coordinator opens doors to opportunities and instills lasting confidence in students.
A new resource for teaching responsible technology development
The Social and Ethical Responsibilities of Computing publishes a collection of original pedagogical materials developed for instructional use on MIT OpenCourseWare.
How to help humans understand robots
Theories from cognitive science and psychology could help humans learn to collaborate with robots faster and more effectively, scientists find.