New memory system helps robots interact and work side-by-side with humans

A robot on a factory floor can carry parts, scan shelves, and move around people with growing skill. What it still struggles ...
MIT Technology Review

Heads in the game

The MIT Sports Lab helped develop a tool referees used to make clutch calls at the last World Cup, but their ongoing work ...
MIT Technology Review

Ultrasound imaging turns a robot hand into a skillful mimic

By moving their own hand and fingers, users wearing a remote-control wristband can manipulate objects in a virtual ...
Interesting Engineering

MIT’s 6 mW chip lets tiny drones see and map their surroundings in real time

New MIT chip enables tiny drones and robots to create detailed 3D maps while using minimal power.
Tech Xplore

Mouse moves unlock realistic AI video control with no extra computing cost

A technology developed at the Technion enables ordinary users to create realistic video clips intuitively, without the need ...

All the world’s a robot-staging ground for tech entrepreneurs building ‘physical AI’

Smarter robots aren’t the only end game for world models. Castricato started Overworld last year and the tiny Rhode ...
Interesting Engineering

US computer model could slash bridge material use by up to 90% and cut emissions

A new computer model developed by US researchers could reduce the amount of material for bridges and buildings by up to 90 percent and make future structures far more efficient. The approach was ...