Robotic parts could be assembled into nimble spider bots for exploring lava tubes or heavy-duty elephant bots for transporting solar panels.

By keeping data fresh, the system could help robots inspect buildings or search disaster zones.

Saverio Cambioni discusses new results revealing the redirected asteroid Dimorphos to be a dust-trailing rubble-pile.

Study shows that if autonomous vehicles are widely adopted, hardware efficiency will need to advance rapidly to keep computing-related emissions in check.

The device could help scientists explore unknown regions of the ocean, track pollution, or monitor the effects of climate change.

The MIT Mobility Initiative welcomes five inaugural industry members to advance safe, clean, and inclusive mobility.

MIT scientists unveil the first open-source simulation engine capable of constructing realistic environments for deployable training and testing of autonomous vehicles.

A new general-purpose optimizer can speed up the design of walking robots, self-driving vehicles, and other autonomous systems.

A new technique can safely guide an autonomous robot without knowledge of its environmental conditions or the size, shape, or location of obstacles it might encounter.

Graduate student Sarah Cen explores the interplay between humans and artificial intelligence systems, to help build accountability and trust.