Robotics

The Washington Post features the new soft robotic fish developed by MIT researchers. The fish echoes the movements of a real fish and is safe for humans to work with as it is made of soft materials, writes reporter Fred Barbash.

“A team of engineers at the university's Distributed Robotics Laboratory has developed a soft robot fish, which is not only capable of taking evasive manoeuvres at remarkable speed, but is also entirely self-contained and autonomous,” writes Wired’s Nicholas Tufnell of a new soft robotic fish developed at MIT.

Boston Magazine reporter Steve Annear spotlights the new soft robotic fish developed at MIT. “The life-like machine is so realistic—in both shape and feel—that it mimics the movements of a real underwater creature to a T. In a way, it even has built-in gills to help it survive,” writes Annear.

Amina Khan highlights the new soft robotic fish developed by MIT researchers in the Los Angeles Times. Khan explains that the design of the fish takes its cues from nature, while the specially designed motors allow the fish to move at high speeds and perform sharp turns.

Bloomberg Businessweek’s Tom Moroney reports on a new soft robotic fish developed by MIT researchers. The fish, he writes, “can shake its booty on computer command and escape from an anxious angler’s grip nearly as fast as the real thing.”

Los Angeles Times reporter Amina Khan writes that researchers from MIT have built, “a robotic clam that isn't edible but could be incredibly useful, because it easily outperforms other commercial digging devices.” The RoboClam was designed to mimic the digging technique of the Atlantic razor clam.

Paul Solman of the PBS NewsHour interviews MIT Professors Andrew McAfee and Eric Brynjolfsson on their new book The Second Machine Age. McAfee and Brynjolfsson argue that advances in automation are causing a radical industrial revolution.

Alex Beam of The Boston Globe interviews Kate Darling of the MIT Media Lab for this op-ed that examines the possible need for legal rights for robots in the future.