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MIT welcomes 49 CMI students from U.K.

September 11, 2002

The six-foot-long ORCA-V has two main thrusters at the side and two vertical thrusters at the bow and stern. There are two main dry compartments in the sub; the top one contains a computer that controls the sub, while the bottom one contains the batteries and the motor drivers.

Student sub waves aside competition

September 11, 2002

MIT materials science professor Linn Hobbs, right, chats with Cambridge University students Nicholas Mott, left, and Edmund Ward at a welcome brunch for Cambridge/MIT Institute students held at the MIT student center.

MIT welcomes 49 CMI students from UK

September 9, 2002

The six-foot-long ORCA-V has two main thrusters at the side and two vertical thrusters at the bow and stern. There are two main dry compartments in the sub; the top one contains a computer that controls the sub, while the bottom one contains the batteries and the motor drivers.

Student sub cruises to victory in AUV contest

September 3, 2002

As the moment of competition approaches, last-minute tweaking can be critical at the International Design Competition held at MIT on Aug. 16.

Team One is No. 1 in robot design contest

August 28, 2002

Left to right: Julien Barrier of France, MIT's Martin Jonikas of the United States and Alexandre Takeshi Ushima of Brazil collaborate on building a robot from scratch using a tablet PC as part of the International Design Contest.

Team One is No. 1 in global robot contest

August 20, 2002

Teaching assistant Guillermo Chicas (far left) watches the winning robot in action during the 2002 MITE2S robotics design competition. Team members who designed and built it were (left to right) Cherelle Walls, Oyinade Aderibigbe, Aaron Arizpe and Daniel Chaparro.

64 complete MITE2S program

August 14, 2002

Left to right: Julien Barrier of France, MIT's Martin Jonikas of the United States and Alexandre Takeshi Ushima of Brazil collaborate on building a robot from scratch using a tablet PC as part of the International Design Contest. Although Jonikas won the 2.007 contest, he isn't allowed to reuse his design.

MIT robot contest draws students from around the world

August 14, 2002

Teaching assistant Guillermo Chicas (far left), watches the winning robot in action at the 2002 MITE 2S Robotics Design Competition, held July 26. The team that designed and built the machine included (left to right, wearing white) Cherelle Walls, Oyinade Aderibigbe, Aaron Arizpe and Daniel Chaparro.

Sixty-four students complete MITE 2S program

August 8, 2002

MITES alumnus Michael Dixon (left) is mentoring Omar Trochez (right), who came to this summer's MITE2S program from Jeremiah Burke High School in Boston.

'83 MITES alumnus sends protege to program

July 17, 2002

Professor Seymour Papert started with a "cosmic question."

Papert misses 'Big Ideas' from early days of artificial intelligence

July 17, 2002

Professor Henry Paynter dies at home in Vermont at age 78

July 17, 2002

"It was just an awesome experience," Franklin Chang-Diaz said of his first walk in space.

Alum takes place among strollers in space

July 17, 2002

Professor Seymour Papert leads a symposium at the Media Lab on computers in education.

Papert misses 'Big Ideas' of the good old days in AI

July 10, 2002

Retired Professor Henry M. Paynter dies at home in Vermont at age 78

June 19, 2002