Robot, know thyself: New vision-based system teaches ... - MIT News
Jul 24, 2025 · A vision-based control system called Neural Jacobian Fields enables soft and rigid robots to learn self-supervised motion control using only a monocular camera. The system, developed by …
Eldercare robot helps people sit and stand, and catches them if they ...
May 13, 2025 · MIT engineers built E-BAR, a mobile robot designed to physically support the elderly and prevent them from falling as they move around their homes. E-BAR acts as a set of robotic …
Ping pong bot returns shots with high-speed precision
May 8, 2025 · MIT engineers are getting in on the robotic ping pong game with a powerful, lightweight design that returns shots with high-speed precision. The new table tennis bot comprises a …
Using generative AI to help robots jump higher and land safely
Jun 27, 2025 · MIT CSAIL researchers use a generative AI model to improve particular parts of 3D robot designs, helping them jump higher and land safely. The system refines its ideas in simulation before …
A better way to control shape-shifting soft robots - MIT News
May 10, 2024 · A new machine-learning technique can train and control a reconfigurable soft robot that can dynamically change its shape to complete a task. The researchers, from MIT and elsewhere, …
Robotics | MIT News | Massachusetts Institute of Technology
3 days ago · MIT researchers “speak objects into existence” using AI and robotics The speech-to-reality system combines 3D generative AI and robotic assembly to create objects on demand. December 5, …
How many jobs do robots really replace? - MIT News
May 4, 2020 · MIT professor Daron Acemoglu is co-author of a new study showing that each robot added to the workforce has the effect of replacing 3.3 jobs across the U.S.
Robotic probe quickly measures key properties of new materials
Jul 4, 2025 · An MIT robotic probe quickly measures photoconductance in new semiconductor materials. By dramatically increasing the speed at which scientists can characterize these materials, this …
Computer-aided creativity in robot design - MIT News
Nov 30, 2020 · RoboGrammar is a new system that automates and optimizes robot design. The system, developed at MIT, creates arthropod-inspired robots for traversing a variety of terrains. It could …
Flocks of assembler robots show potential for making larger structures
Nov 22, 2022 · MIT researchers made significant steps toward creating robots that could practically and economically assemble nearly anything, including things much larger than themselves, from vehicles …