Marc Raibert is showing off the friendlier side of automation while his research institute cranks on robotics and AI.

How far, and for how long, a robot can navigate depends on how much power it consumes over time. Robot navigation systems are especially energy hungry.

The graphics processing unit (GPU) did not begin as a pillar of supercomputing or the engine behind artificial‑intelligence chatbots.

Researchers have demonstrated a technique that geometrically models organic objects and creates photorealistic, ...

A team of researchers have designed a robot module that "consume" other robots to sustain itself and build bigger robots.

For three years running, construction has held the grim distinction of being one of the deadliest jobs in America. According ...

A project-based learning unit asks second-grade students this and other questions in an engaging hands-on experience.

Nanyang Technological University, Singapore (NTU Singapore) scientists have built the world's first automated cyborg insect ...

In an office at MIT's Computer Science and Artificial Intelligence Laboratory (CSAIL), a soft robotic hand carefully curls ...

The name “metabolism” comes from the Greek word “metabolē” which means “change.” Wyder’s robots can assemble, grow, ...

MIT researchers developed Neural Jacobian Fields, enabling robots to learn body control via vision, echoing organic ...

MIT CSAIL researchers said Neural Jacobian Fields can learn to control any robot from a single camera, without any other ...