MIT engineers design flexible “skeletons” for soft, muscle-powered robots
New modular, spring-like devices maximize the work of live muscle fibers so they can be harnessed to power biohybrid bots.
New modular, spring-like devices maximize the work of live muscle fibers so they can be harnessed to power biohybrid bots.
The realistic model could aid the development of better heart implants and shed light on understudied heart disorders.
Mathias Kolle’s color-changing materials take inspiration from butterflies and mollusks.
US Navy officer and recent MechE alumna who served on a nuclear aircraft carrier researches radiation detection.
Students learn about the complexity behind simple, everyday movement before experimenting with mechanical models.
Rather than start from scratch after a failed attempt, the pick-and-place robot adapts in the moment to get a better hold.
He conducted groundbreaking research into auditory physiology at MIT and Harvard Medical School, and was the founding director of the Eaton-Peabody Laboratories at Mass Eye and Ear.
The soft robotic models are patient-specific and could help clinicians zero in on the best implant for an individual.
A pandemic-fueled transformation of the MIT course MAS.S64 (How to Grow (Almost) Anything) leads to next steps in democratizing synthetic biology.
Researchers develop a comfortable, form-fitting fabric that recognizes its wearer’s activities, like walking, running, and jumping.
Embedding bacteria in soft material tests researchers’ theories.
Periodically catching up on sleep can improve gait control for the chronically sleep-deprived.
The method could be a route to quicker, less invasive cancer diagnoses.
MIT student Eeshan Tripathii is working with his sister to engineer an intuitive brain-controlled interface for upper-limb prosthetics.
Visualization software and hardware could offer new possibilities for coaching and sports training.