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New Algorithm Helps Household Robots Identify Objects

It is 2015 already, so why can’t robots clean our houses and prepare our meals? Researchers at MIT’s Computer Science and Artificial Intelligence Laboratory say that despite extensive research, Artificial Intel... Read More...

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Engineers Developing Liquid Metal Batteries

A team of engineers from MIT developed a battery comprised of three molten metals that could be scaled for use in renewable energy applications. The liquid battery contains a dense mixture of lead and antimon... Read More...

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Robotic Cheetah Runs Across MIT’s Killian Court

Researchers at MIT have developed a bounding algorithm that was demonstrated using a robotic cheetah. The bounding algorithm causes the robot’s legs to use a precise amount of force in the split second it tou... Read More...

Researchers Make Progress on Powerful New Method to Generate Electricity

MIT researchers found a new way to generate electricity using a short piece of yard made of carbon nanotubes with Trinitrotoluene (TNT) that was lit with a laser in 2010. For four years, the research team h... Read More...

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Study Shows Robot Bosses Make Workers Happier

A research study at MIT has found that human manufacturing workers prefer management by robots over humans. The study used two groups of 24 participants and one robot to test three different working conditi... Read More...

Researchers Use Recycled Car Battery Materials to Make Solar Cells

MIT researchers have proposed a new system that uses recycled car battery materials to make low-cost photovoltaic solar cells. Lead from old car batteries is currently being recycled for new batteries, but the production of new lead-acid batteries will likely decline due to new battery technologies, leaving a surplus of lead.

Researchers Create Origami Robots

A team of researchers from MIT and Harvard University have developed an origami robot made of parts manufactured from a laser cutter that can fold itself up and move when batteries are attached to it. The co... Read More...

New Theory Describes Motion of Magnons

Researchers at MIT created two new equations to describe magnon transport and have developed a theory of how quasi-particles in magnets spin to predict a new cooling effect.

“WiTricity” Brings Nikola Tesla’s Vision of a Wireless Power System to Life

Over 100 years ago, Nikola Telsa planned for a system that would offer wireless electricity, but many researchers have struggled with the losses from transferring power over long distances. A group of MIT researchers are working to make Telsa’s vision of a system that offers wireless electricity a reality.

Researchers Develop Material that can Change Between Hard and Soft States

A team of MIT researchers created a phase-changing material built from wax and foam that could be used to build deformable surgical robots. These robots could switch between hard and soft states without damaging organs or vessels as it travels through the body.

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