Robotics | MIT News | Massachusetts Institute of Technology
2 days ago · Generative AI improves a wireless vision system that sees through obstructions With this new technique, a robot could more accurately detect hidden objects or understand an indoor scene …
Eldercare robot helps people sit and stand, and catches them if they ...
May 13, 2025 · The robot consists of a heavy, 220-pound base whose dimensions and structure were optimized to support the weight of an average human without tipping or slipping. Underneath the …
Human-robot interaction is coming. Are we ready for it?
Oct 10, 2025 · Here, “human-robot interaction” is interpreted in the context of social robots, not industrial ones. Social robots are understood as physical machines that are autonomous (or semi …
“Robot, make me a chair” | MIT News | Massachusetts Institute of …
Dec 16, 2025 · A generative AI-driven system enables non-experts to design and build common objects like furniture simply by describing the objects with words.
A flexible robot can help emergency responders search through rubble
Apr 2, 2025 · SPROUT is a flexible robot built by MIT Lincoln Laboratory and Notre Dame researchers to assist in disaster response. Emergency responders can use the robot to navigate and map areas …
What is a robot? - New Scientist
The word “robot” was coined by the Czech writer Karel Čapek in a 1920 play called Rossum’s Universal Robots, and is derived from the Czech robota, meaning “drudgery” or “servitude”.
9 ways robots are helping humans: Robodogs to magnetic slime
Jul 10, 2025 · Robots are helping humans in a growing number of places – from archaeological sites to disaster zones and sewers. The most recent robotic inventions can entertain people in care homes …
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 …
The 25 best fictional robots – according to New Scientist
Jul 23, 2025 · From R2D2 to the Terminator via Bender and Johnny-5, we choose our favourite robots from books, films and television series
Expanding robot perception - MIT News
Jan 28, 2025 · MIT Associate Professor Luca Carlone works to give robots a more human-like perception of their environment, so they can interact with people safely and seamlessly.