MIT engineers have quietly solved one of the biggest bottlenecks in living-tissue robotics, creating synthetic tendons that let soft muscle pull on hard plastic with far more force and control. By ...
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Created by an engineering team at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology, and led by graduate student Fangzheng Liu and Principal Investigators Ariel Ekblaw and Joseph Paradiso, AstroAnts are ...
In its decades-long quest to mimic life, robotics has never had much trouble duplicating its brute force. Machines have long been capable of moving vehicles, assembling chips, and reaching the far ...
MIT's FluidLab has made significant progress in revolutionizing the fluid manipulation skills of robots, unlocking new potential for intricate tasks. While humans effortlessly interact with various ...
Artificial intelligence, robotics and gene sequencing are the stuff of headlines, science fiction and sometimes even our worst fears. It’s all on view at the new MIT Museum. A place where the latest ...
This week's report shows how robotics is evolving beyond isolated cells into integrated, intelligent manufacturing systems.