Giving robots a sense of touch
GelSight technology lets robots gauge objects’ hardness and manipulate small tools.
GelSight technology lets robots gauge objects’ hardness and manipulate small tools.
MIT graduate student connects the business, engineering, and human elements of producing aerospace technology.
Device provides information from a 3-D camera, via vibrating motors and a Braille interface.
Sanjay Sarma has focused his research on new uses for RFID and security for the internet of things.
Formula could help optimize construction vehicles, military tanks, and rovers on Mars.
Winningest pitcher in MIT history and baseball analytics ace will join Seattle Mariners’ operations office after graduation.
Ventilating flaps lined with live cells open and close in response to an athlete’s sweat.
Principal investigators will receive grants of up to $200,000 per year for two years, overhead free, for innovative research on food and water challenges.
Startup’s cloud-based system allows for project queuing by multiple users and automated part removal.
With new method, MIT engineers can control and separate fluids on a surface using only visible light.
Used in filtration membranes, ultrathin material could help make desalination more productive.
Twenty-five years after its founding, the first home of strobe photography has grown to include student clubs, workshops, and K-12 outreach.
New design cuts costs, energy needs for drip irrigation, bringing the systems within reach for more farmers.