MIT engineers have built a paper-thin swimming robot powered by living muscle cells that respond to flashes of light, ...

Artificial intelligence is changing the capabilities of four-legged robots, allowing them to navigate difficult terrain, ...

Massachusetts Institute of Technology engineers developed a robot powered by living muscle cells that move in response to flashes of light.

A robot has assembled a working tabletop laser cavity in less than 30 minutes, handling the precise alignment usually done manually. Massachusetts Institute of Technology's (MIT's) researchers have ...

Researchers at MIT created an AI-powered simulator capable of generating limitless, realistic training data for robots. The system, named LucidSim, uses AI-generated images to train a robot dog in ...

PVC pipe, three motors and a tethered switch box. That’s the recipe for this underwater robot. It’s SeaPerch, launched by MIT Sea Grant in 2003 so school students could build their own. Along ...

Forbes contributors publish independent expert analyses and insights. I'm a senior tech contributor who writes about science and technology MIT CSAIL researchers have developed a new system that ...

Scientists around the world have been taking cues from the best technologist – nature – to design robots that can be helpful for areas where humans cannot reach. Massachusetts Institute of Technology ...

Why would you want a robot to see inside a sealed box? Digging deeper beyond the initial creepy thought, a new breakthrough from MIT could soon let warehouse robots do something pretty remarkable.

Engineers at MIT have devised an ingenious new way to produce artificial muscles for soft robots that can flex in more than one direction, similar to the complex muscles in the human body. The team ...