‘Smart cars’ that are actually, well, smart
Mechanical engineers work to develop intelligent onboard transportation systems that can prevent car crashes.
Cookies, anyone?
Graduate student Mario Bollini of Professor Daniela Rus' Distributed Robotics Lab is currently programming the PR2 robot to bake chocolate chip cookies.
Honing household helpers
MIT computer scientists work toward improving robots’ ability to plan and perform complex actions, domestically and elsewhere.
Speeding swarms of sensor robots
A new algorithm ensures that robotic environmental sensors will be able to focus on areas of interest without giving other areas short shrift.
Flying like the birds
Multidisciplinary university research initiative, led by a CSAIL researcher, is developing a bird-sized UAV.
A hop, skip and a jump on the moon — and beyond
Team envisions robotic spacecraft that can explore hard-to-reach areas on the moon and other planetary bodies by hopping.
Shape-shifting robots
Self-folding sheets of a plastic-like material point the way to robots that can assume any conceivable 3-D structure.
3 Questions: Nicholas Roy on deploying drones in U.S. skies
MIT robotics expert discusses the logistical hurdles of regulating unmanned aircraft for civilian use.
A plane that lands like a bird
An innovative control system allows a foam glider to touch down on a perch or a wire like a pet parakeet.
Robotic therapy helps stroke patients regain function
MIT robots can deliver high-intensity interactive physical therapy.
In Profile: Missy Cummings
Former U.S. Naval fighter pilot aims to improve how humans and computers interact.
Explained: Linear and nonlinear systems
Much scientific research across a range of disciplines tries to find linear approximations of nonlinear behaviors. But what does that mean?
Flight of fancy
Using an autonomous mini-helicopter, an MIT team stunned the Association for Unmanned Vehicles International by solving one of its notoriously tough challenges on the first try.