“Sensorized” skin helps soft robots find their bearings
Flexible sensors and an artificial intelligence model tell deformable robots how their bodies are positioned in a 3D environment.
Rob Matheson | MIT News Office | Feb. 12, 2020 | mit~7 mins
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Printing objects that can incorporate living organisms
A 3D printing system that controls the behavior of live bacteria could someday enable medical devices with therapeutic agents built in.
David L. Chandler | MIT News Office | Jan. 23, 2020 | mit~7 mins
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Toward more efficient computing, with magnetic waves
Circuit design offers a path to “spintronic” devices that use little electricity and generate practically no heat.
Rob Matheson | MIT News Office | Nov. 28, 2019 | mit~7 mins
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How to design and control robots with stretchy, flexible bodies
Optimizing soft robots to perform specific tasks is a huge computational problem, but a new model can help.
Rob Matheson | MIT News Office | Nov. 22, 2019 | mit~7 mins
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Objects can now change colors like a chameleon
Computer Science and Artificial Intelligence Laboratory team creates new reprogrammable ink that lets objects change colors using light.
Rachel Gordon | CSAIL | Sept. 10, 2019 | mit~6 mins
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MIT’s fleet of autonomous boats can now shapeshift
New capabilities allow “roboats” to change configurations to form pop-up bridges, stages, and other structures.
Rob Matheson | MIT News Office | Aug. 29, 2019 | mit~8 mins
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Ultrathin 3-D-printed films convert energy of one form into another
Low-cost “piezoelectric” films produce voltage when under strain, could be used for flexible electronic components and more.
Rob Matheson | MIT News Office | Aug. 28, 2019 | mit~8 mins
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Computer-aided knitting
New research from the Computer Science and Artificial Intelligence Laboratory uses machine learning to customize clothing designs.
Rachel Gordon | CSAIL | Aug. 6, 2019 | mit~7 mins
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Microfluidics device helps diagnose sepsis in minutes
When time matters in hospitals, automated system can detect an early biomarker for the potentially life-threatening condition.
Rob Matheson | MIT News Office | July 23, 2019 | mit~7 mins
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Autonomous boats can target and latch onto each other
Fleet of “roboats” could collect garbage or self-assemble into floating structures in Amsterdam’s many canals.
Rob Matheson | MIT News Office | June 5, 2019 | mit~9 mins
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