A mechanical engineering rite of passage at MIT
Since the 1970s, Department of Mechanical Engineering course 2.007 has introduced undergraduate students to hands-on designing and building.
CSAIL shows off demos to 150 high-schoolers for “Hour of Code”
Robots, 3-D printers, and a surprise guest aim to get students excited about computer science.
Connecting, protecting, and informing the next generation of first responders
MIT Lincoln Laboratory is developing high-tech tools to improve situational awareness during emergency response operations.
Data, drones, and 3-D-printed hearts
Looking back on the year that was: Highlights from the Computer Science and Artificial Intelligence Lab in 2015.
NASA gives MIT a humanoid robot to develop software for future space missions
Team led by Professor Russ Tedrake of CSAIL to develop algorithms for 6-foot-tall “Valkyrie” robot to travel to Mars and beyond.
Artificial whisker reveals source of harbor seal’s uncanny prey-sensing ability
Study finds a whisker’s “slaloming” motion helps seals track and chase prey.
Enhancing movement with computational models
PhD student David Hill maps human locomotion in detail to improve rehabilitative and assistive robotics.
Soft robotic hand can pick up and identify a wide array of objects
Team from Computer Science and Artificial Intelligence Lab develops silicone rubber gripper and advanced object-identification algorithms.
CSAIL joins with Toyota on $25 million research center for autonomous cars
Seeking to reduce traffic casualties, center will focus on robotics and artificial intelligence systems.
Self-driving golf carts
Autonomous vehicles share sidewalk space with pedestrians in six-day trial in Singaporean public garden.
UAVs learn to fly solo
Nick Roy develops unmanned aerial vehicles that can operate autonomously in constrained spaces and unmapped environments.
A bipedal robot with human reflexes
New human-machine interface keeps robot balanced, with human reflexes.