A better way to control shape-shifting soft robots
May 10, 2024 · Here, a reconfigurable robot learns to elongate and curve its soft body to weave around obstacles and reach a target. Image: Courtesy of the researchers “Such a robot could …
Robotics | MIT News | Massachusetts Institute of Technology
Nov 19, 2024 · MIT CSAIL researchers used AI-generated images to train a robot dog in parkour, without real-world data. Their LucidSim system demonstrates generative AI's potential for …
A faster, better way to train general-purpose robots
Oct 28, 2024 · At the same time, each robot is mechanically unique, with a different number and orientation of arms, grippers, and sensors. Plus, the environments where data are collected …
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”.
Designing customized “brains” for robots - MIT News
Jan 21, 2021 · The method, called robomorphic computing, uses a robot’s physical layout and intended applications to generate a customized computer chip that minimizes the robot’s …
Helping robots practice skills independently to adapt to unfamiliar ...
Aug 8, 2024 · The robot, which has an arm attached to its back, completed manipulation tasks after practicing for a few hours. In one demonstration, the robot learned how to securely place …
9 ways robots are helping humans: Robodogs to magnetic slime
Jul 19, 2023 · In Geneva, a social robot powered by AI – which looks uncannily like its creator, Nadia Magnenat Thalmann – has just been upgraded with ChatGPT-3 to improve its …
Flocks of assembler robots show potential for making larger …
Nov 22, 2022 · MIT researchers made significant steps toward creating robots that could practically and economically assemble nearly anything, including things much larger than …
Helping robots zero in on the objects that matter - MIT News
Sep 30, 2024 · A robot can then apply that neural network to spot a dog in a totally new scene. But a challenge still remains as to how to parse a scene in a useful way that is relevant for a …
Robots help patients manage chronic illness at home
Oct 10, 2019 · A portion of the patients were given a robotic weight-loss coach to take home, while another group used a computer running the same software. The tabletop robot …