Giving bug-like bots a boost
A new fabrication technique produces low-voltage, power-dense artificial muscles that improve the performance of flying microrobots.
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New visions for better transportation
The MIT Mobility Forum showcases a breadth of approaches to analyzing and improving society’s transportation systems.
From “cheetah-noids” to humanoids
Benjamin Katz '16, SM '18 is applying the skills he gained working on MIT's mini cheetah robot to the ATLAS project at Boston Dynamics.
Q&A: Can the world change course on climate?
Political scientist Nazli Choucri discusses challenges and hopes for global coordination on climate issues — and the role of political science in the process.
Machine learning speeds up vehicle routing
Strategy accelerates the best algorithmic solvers for large sets of cities.
“Newer, nimbler, faster:” Venus probe will search for signs of life in clouds of sulfuric acid
Report led by MIT scientists details a suite of privately-funded missions to hunt for life on Earth's sibling planet.
Graduate students honored with national math prize
Travis Dillon and Alex Cohen are recognized with 2022 AMS-MAA-SIAM Frank and Brennie Morgan Prize for Outstanding Research in Mathematics.
Machine-learning system flags remedies that might do more harm than good
The system could help physicians select the least risky treatments in urgent situations, such as treating sepsis.
Climbing new heights across New England
Since 2014, MIT Outing Club members — new and advanced outdoor enthusiasts — come together for its annual School of Rock, a weekend program teaching and advancing outdoor rock-climbing skills.
Machines that see the world more like humans do
A new “common-sense” approach to computer vision enables artificial intelligence that interprets scenes more accurately than other systems do.
Meet the Oystamaran
Working directly with oyster farmers, MIT students are developing a robot that can flip heavy, floating bags of oysters, helping the shellfish to grow and stay healthy.
NASA selects three MIT alumni for astronaut training
Marcos Berríos ’06, Christina Birch PhD ’15, and Christopher Williams PhD ’12 make up a third of the 2021 NASA astronaut candidate class.
Q&A: More-sustainable concrete with machine learning
MIT-IBM Watson AI Lab researchers aim to design concrete mixtures that use AI to shrink environmental footprint and cost, while recycling byproducts and increasing performance.
A system for designing and training intelligent soft robots
“Evolution Gym” is a large-scale benchmark for co-optimizing the design and control of soft robots that takes inspiration from nature and evolutionary processes.
Six MIT students named 2023 Schwarzman Scholars
Sihao Huang, William Kuhl, Tingyu Li, Giramnah Peña-Alcántara, Sreya Vangara, and Kelly Wu will pursue graduate studies in global affairs at Tsinghua University in Beijing.