Robot, know thyself: New vision-based system teaches machines …
2025年7月24日 · A vision-based control system called Neural Jacobian Fields enables soft and rigid robots to learn self-supervised motion control using only a monocular camera. The …
Hopping gives this tiny robot a leg up - MIT News
2025年4月9日 · A hopping, insect-sized robot can jump over gaps or obstacles, traverse rough, slippery, or slanted surfaces, and perform aerial acrobatic maneuvers, while using a fraction of …
Robotics | MIT News | Massachusetts Institute of Technology
2025年12月19日 · Robot, know thyself: New vision-based system teaches machines to understand their bodies Neural Jacobian Fields, developed by MIT CSAIL researchers, can learn …
What is a robot? - New Scientist
The word “robot” was coined by the Czech writer Karel Čapek in a 1920 play called Rossum’s Universal Robots, and is derived from the Czech robota, meaning “drudgery” or “servitude”.
Robotic system zeroes in on objects most relevant for helping …
2025年4月24日 · 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 …
Expanding robot perception - MIT News
2025年1月28日 · MIT Associate Professor Luca Carlone works to give robots a more human-like perception of their environment, so they can interact with people safely and seamlessly.
A flexible robot can help emergency responders search through …
2025年4月2日 · SPROUT is a flexible robot built by MIT Lincoln Laboratory and Notre Dame researchers to assist in disaster response. Emergency responders can use the robot to …
Eldercare robot helps people sit and stand, and catches them if …
2025年5月13日 · The robot consists of a heavy, 220-pound base whose dimensions and structure were optimized to support the weight of an average human without tipping or slipping. …
New tool gives anyone the ability to train a robot - MIT News
2025年7月17日 · A new training interface allows a robot to learn a task in several different ways. This increased training flexibility could help more people interact with and teach robots — and …
New system enables robots to solve manipulation problems in …
2025年6月5日 · A new system enables a robot to “think ahead” and consider thousands of potential motion plans simultaneously, allowing the robot to solve a multistep problem in a few …