MIT engineers have developed a thin, magnetically controlled soft robotics device coated in a slippery skin to pass through tight pathways. A tiny worm-like robot capable of gliding through narrow, ...

Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT) researchers are building swarms of tiny robots that have built-in intelligence, allowing them to build structures, vehicles, or even larger versions of ...

Remember Mickey Mouse summoning the brooms in Fantasia? According to Daniela Rus, Professor and Director of the Computer Science and Artificial Intelligence Laboratory (CSAIL) at MIT, this is a future ...

From reproductive rights to climate change to Big Tech, The Independent is on the ground when the story is developing. Whether it's investigating the financials of Elon Musk's pro-Trump PAC or ...