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In between two mountains, an illustrated drone is shown in various positions including a stable position at center. A digital gauge labeled "stability" has all 7 bars filled

Creating and verifying stable AI-controlled systems in a rigorous and flexible way

Neural network controllers provide complex robots with stability guarantees, paving the way for the safer deployment of autonomous vehicles and industrial machines.

July 17, 2024

Graphic showing the distribution of space debris, as seen as thousands of tiny light blue dots around planet Earth

MIT ARCLab announces winners of inaugural Prize for AI Innovation in Space

The challenge asked teams to develop AI algorithms to track and predict satellites’ patterns of life in orbit using passively collected data

July 11, 2024

Five students converse around a whiteboard.

Empowering future innovators through a social impact lens

The IDEAS Social Innovation Challenge helps students hone their entrepreneurship skills to create viable ventures for public good.

July 10, 2024

Thomas Varnish poses in the middle of PUFFIN, a large, stainless steel experimental facility.

Studying astrophysically relevant plasma physics

Thomas Varnish has always loved a hands-on approach to science. Research in lab-based astrophysics has enabled the PhD student to experiment in a heavily theoretical subject.

July 3, 2024

Books on a shelf spelling out MIT for MIT’s Summer Reading 2024 list

Summer 2024 reading from MIT

MIT News rounds up recent titles from Institute faculty and staff.

July 3, 2024

The tenured engineers of 2024

Twelve faculty members have been granted tenure in six units across MIT’s School of Engineering.

July 1, 2024

A person wears a prosthetic leg with a circuit board while walking up stairs in a lab.

A prosthesis driven by the nervous system helps people with amputation walk naturally

A new surgical procedure gives people more neural feedback from their residual limb. With it, seven patients walked more naturally and navigated obstacles.

July 1, 2024

In a darkened room, Katie Chun steps out of the Momo habitat, a geodesic dome-like structure.

Designing for outer space

With NASA planning permanent bases in space and on the moon, MIT students develop prototypes for habitats far from planet Earth.

June 23, 2024

Three images which shows rabbit on chair, dark scene diagrams of chair with different shadows, and a chair in infrared vision from four different angles.

Researchers leverage shadows to model 3D scenes, including objects blocked from view

This technique could lead to safer autonomous vehicles, more efficient AR/VR headsets, or faster warehouse robots.

June 18, 2024

Researchers use large language models to help robots navigate

The method uses language-based inputs instead of costly visual data to direct a robot through a multistep navigation task.

June 12, 2024

Eunice Aissi, left, and Alexander Siemenn each hold up a clear mat with dotted samples with gloved hand. They are wearing lab coats.

New computer vision method helps speed up screening of electronic materials

The technique characterizes a material’s electronic properties 85 times faster than conventional methods.

June 11, 2024

A rendering of the device, like a mouth retainer with a gold sensor on the palate

Mouth-based touchpad enables people living with paralysis to interact with computers

The startup Augmental allows users to operate phones and other devices using their tongue, mouth, and head gestures.

June 5, 2024

20 identical images in a four by five grid show a robotic arm attempting to grasp a cube. Eighteen squares are green, while two are red. At left is an illustration of a black robotic arm attempting to grab a black cube with a question mark on it.

Helping robots grasp the unpredictable

MIT CSAIL’s frugal deep-learning model infers the hidden physical properties of objects, then adapts to find the most stable grasps for robots in unstructured environments like homes and fulfillment centers.

June 3, 2024

Four photos show, on top level, a simulation of a robot hand using a spatula, knife, hammer and wrench. The second row shows a real robot hand performing the tasks, and the bottom row shows a human hand performing the tasks.

A technique for more effective multipurpose robots

With generative AI models, researchers combined robotics data from different sources to help robots learn better.

June 3, 2024

MIT Corporation elects 10 term members, two life members

The term members will serve between one and five years on MIT’s board of trustees.

May 31, 2024

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