Soft robotic hand can pick up and identify a wide array of objects
Team from Computer Science and Artificial Intelligence Lab develops silicone rubber gripper and advanced object-identification algorithms.
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A week of celebration and inspiration — Boston-style
At Solve, MIT will host gathering of leaders to spur action on world problems.
Sand, sand everywhere
Senior Carrington Motley balances track and field with research on vehicle mobility in sand.
Middle schoolers get hands-on in summer engineering design course
Eighth graders from Boston, Cambridge, and Lawrence, Massachusetts, learn from recent MIT graduates as part of STEM Summer Institute.
Strandbeests stalk the MIT Media Lab
Celebrated artist Theo Jansen and his kinetic "Animaris Ordis" delight in a visit to MIT.
CSAIL joins with Toyota on $25 million research center for autonomous cars
Seeking to reduce traffic casualties, center will focus on robotics and artificial intelligence systems.
MIT European Club funds fellowships to promote cross-cultural understanding
Student group has donated $145K for MISTI student internships at non-profits in France, Germany, Italy, and Spain.
Self-driving golf carts
Autonomous vehicles share sidewalk space with pedestrians in six-day trial in Singaporean public garden.
MIT Technology Review announces seven innovators over 70
Professors emeritus Sidney Yip and Judith Jarvis Thomson honored for their continued innovations.
UAVs learn to fly solo
Nick Roy develops unmanned aerial vehicles that can operate autonomously in constrained spaces and unmapped environments.
“MultiFab” 3-D prints a record 10 materials at once, no assembly required
Printer from Computer Science and Artificial Intelligence Lab uses machine vision and 3-D scanning to self-correct and directly embed components.
Unveiling a maritime legacy
New MIT Museum exhibit to explore life and career of influential ship designer and alumnus Nathaniel Greene Herreshoff.
Programming materials for better designs
Skylar Tibbits creates smart materials that elegantly transform themselves to improve processes and products.