
Robot, know thyself: New vision-based system teaches machines …
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, …
Robotics | MIT News | Massachusetts Institute of Technology
Jul 24, 2025 · Robot, know thyself: New vision-based system teaches machines to understand their bodies. Neural Jacobian Fields, developed by MIT CSAIL researchers, can learn to …
Expanding robot perception | MIT News | Massachusetts Institute …
Jan 28, 2025 · “I have 2-year-old twin daughters, and I see them manipulating objects, carrying 10 different toys at a time, navigating across cluttered rooms with ease, and quickly adapting to …
New tool gives anyone the ability to train a robot - MIT News
Jul 17, 2025 · For instance, a person could remotely train a robot to handle toxic substances, while further down the production line another person could physically move the robot through …
Robotic system zeroes in on objects most relevant for helping …
Apr 24, 2025 · Overall, the robot was able to predict a human’s objective with 90 percent accuracy and to identify relevant objects with 96 percent accuracy. The method also improved a robot’s …
Hopping gives this tiny robot a leg up - MIT News
Apr 9, 2025 · The robot can jump about 20 centimeters into the air, or four times its height, at a lateral speed of about 30 centimeters per second, and has no trouble hopping across ice, wet …
Surgical robots take step towards fully autonomous operations
Jul 9, 2025 · The robot is powered by a two-tier AI system trained on 17 hours of video encompassing 16,000 motions made in operations by human surgeons. When put to work, the …
This fast and agile robotic insect could someday aid in mechanical ...
Jan 15, 2025 · “This new robot platform is a major result from our group and leads to many exciting directions. For example, incorporating sensors, batteries, and computing capabilities …
A flexible robot can help emergency responders search through …
Apr 2, 2025 · The robot has a built-in camera and motion sensors so that first responders could “scope out a site, before sending rescue teams in to save survivors.” The robot operates with a …
New system enables robots to solve manipulation problems in …
Jun 5, 2025 · A user could incorporate different skill types into the system to expand a robot’s capabilities automatically. In the future, the researchers want to leverage large language …