A 3D printing system that controls the behavior of live bacteria could someday enable medical devices with therapeutic agents built in.

A new tool can design woodworking projects and then let carpenters know how to build them with materials and tools they already have.

Circuit design offers a path to “spintronic” devices that use little electricity and generate practically no heat.

Optimizing soft robots to perform specific tasks is a huge computational problem, but a new model can help.

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

New capabilities allow “roboats” to change configurations to form pop-up bridges, stages, and other structures.

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

A fake autonomous sink (with a researcher hidden behind a wall controlling things) proves there's potential for "smart sinks" to save water.

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