Systems of tiny robots may someday build high-performance structures, from airplanes to space settlements.

Proposed bridge would have been the world’s longest at the time; new analysis shows it would have worked.

New structural design could lead to self-deploying tents or adaptive robotic fins.

Computer Science and Artificial Intelligence Laboratory team creates new reprogrammable ink that lets objects change colors using light.

Low-cost “piezoelectric” films produce voltage when under strain, could be used for flexible electronic components and more.

New research from the Computer Science and Artificial Intelligence Laboratory uses machine learning to customize clothing designs.

When designing actuators involves too many variables for humans to test by hand, this system can step in.

Mobile motor could pave the way for robots to assemble complex structures — including other robots.

Techniques could lead to personalized wearable and implantable devices.

System could provide fine-scale meshes for growing highly uniform cultures of cells with desired properties.