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  1. Robotics | MIT News | Massachusetts Institute of Technology

    Oct 8, 2025 · Robotic probe quickly measures key properties of new materials Developed to analyze new semiconductors, the system could streamline the development of more powerful …

  2. Robots: Facts about these programmable and autonomous …

    Apr 30, 2025 · Robots include a wide variety of machines, such as the giant arms used to make cars, automatic vacuum cleaners, humanoid machines that look like people and do backflips, …

  3. Robotics news, features and articles - Live Science

    5 days ago · Discover how robots can help push the realms of science and engineering with the latest robotics news, features and articles.

  4. A new model offers robots precise pick-and-place solutions

    Aug 9, 2024 · Pick-and-place machines are a type of automated equipment used to place objects into structured, organized locations. These machines are used for a variety of applications — …

  5. Scientists create ultrapowerful, squishy robotic 'eye' that focuses ...

    4 days ago · A squishy robotic "eye" can focus automatically in response to light, without any external power. The ultrapowerful robotic lens is sensitive enough to distinguish hairs on an …

  6. This fast and agile robotic insect could someday aid in mechanical ...

    Jan 15, 2025 · New insect-scale microrobots can fly more than 100 times longer than previous versions. The new bots, also significantly faster and more agile, could someday be used to …

  7. Eldercare robot helps people sit and stand, and catches them if …

    May 13, 2025 · MIT engineers built E-BAR, a mobile robot designed to physically support the elderly and prevent them from falling as they move around their homes. E-BAR acts as a set …

  8. A prosthesis driven by the nervous system helps people with …

    Jul 1, 2024 · Instead, they rely on robotic controllers built into the prosthetic limb. These limbs also include sensors that can detect and adjust to slopes and obstacles. To try to help people …

  9. Natural language boosts LLM performance in coding, planning, …

    May 1, 2024 · MIT CSAIL researchers create three neurosymbolic methods to help language models build libraries of better abstractions within natural language: LILO assists with code …

  10. Robotic hand can identify objects with just one grasp

    Apr 3, 2023 · MIT-developed soft-rigid robotic fingers incorporate powerful sensors along their entire length, enabling them to produce a robotic hand that could accurately identify objects …