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, …
Robotics | MIT News | Massachusetts Institute of Technology
3 days ago · Vine-inspired robotic gripper gently lifts heavy and fragile objects The new design could be adapted to assist the elderly, sort warehouse products, or unload heavy cargo.
Robotics news, features and articles - Live Science
Nov 18, 2025 · Discover how robots can help push the realms of science and engineering with the latest robotics news, features and articles.
Robot, know thyself: New vision-based system teaches ... - MIT News
Jul 24, 2025 · A 3D-printed robotic arm holds a pencil as it trains using random movements and a single camera — part of a new control system called Neural Jacobian Fields (NJF). Rather …
Artificial tendons give muscle-powered robots a boost
Dec 1, 2025 · MIT engineers developed artificial tendons that could connect robotic skeletons and biological muscle tissue. Made from tough and flexible hydrogel, the tendons could be used in …
Robotic system zeroes in on objects most relevant for helping …
Apr 24, 2025 · MIT roboticists developed a way to cut through data noise and help robots focus on the features in a scene that are most relevant for assisting humans. The system could be …
Robots that spare warehouse workers the heavy lifting
Dec 5, 2025 · The company’s robotic arm is made by the German industrial robotics giant KUKA. The robots are mounted on a custom mobile base with an onboard computing systems so they …
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 — …
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 …
MIT builds swarms of tiny robotic insect drones that can fly 100 …
Feb 10, 2025 · Scientists have built a new type of robotic insect that can fly 100 times longer than previous generations.