For many people, household chores are a dreaded, inescapable part of life that we often put off or do with little care. But what if a robot assistant could help lighten the…
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MIT Designs Printable Autonomous Boats
Researchers from MIT have designed a fleet of autonomous boats that offer high maneuverability and precise control. These boats can be 3-D printed using low-cost hardware and materials, and could serve as…
Albatross Robot takes flight. The Glider can fly like an albatross and cruise like a sailboat.
MIT engineers have designed a robotic glider that can skim along the water’s surface, riding the wind like an albatross while also surfing the waves like a sailboat. In regions of high…
MIT Builds a Self-Driving Car for Unmapped Country Roads
Today’s autonomous vehicles require hand-labeled 3-D maps, but MIT CSAIL’s MapLite system enables navigation with just GPS and sensors. MapLite combines simple GPS data that you’d find on Google Maps with a…
Calcium-based MRI sensor enables more sensitive brain imaging
MIT neuroscientists have developed a new magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) sensor that allows them to monitor neural activity deep within the brain by tracking calcium ions. Because calcium ions are directly linked…