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DribbleBot From MIT Designed to Play Soccer on Varied Terrains
April 3, 2023
DribbleBot is a quadruped system MIT trained in simulation to dribble a soccer ball in varied terrains as a step toward robots that could help in disaster response.
A Look at 5 U.S. Universities That Have a Strong Focus on Robotics
February 11, 2023
From Carnegie Mellon University and MIT to Georgia Tech and Stanford, here are a few universities in the U.S. that stand above the rest when it comes to robotics...
Robots Continue to Permeate the Modern Supply Chain
October 27, 2022
Robotic technologies continue to make inroads in the global supply chain, encountering some resistance but bringing efficiency and sustainability to many operations.
VulcanForms Raises $355M for Digital, Additive Manufacturing
July 5, 2022
VulcanForms, which combines proprietary digital thread and additive manufacturing systems, said it is now worth more than $1 billion. It opened two production facilities for metal parts and assemblies.
RISE Robotics Awarded $1.25M to Design Ultra-Light Loading Machine for the U.S. Air Force
May 30, 2022
With support from the U.S. Air Force, RISE Robotics is building lightweight technology to help load and unload heavy cargo.
Cybernetix Ventures Launches $50M Fund for Robotics, Automation, and AI Startups
May 4, 2022
Cybernetix Ventures was created by MassRobotics co-founder Fady Saad and sensor industry executive Mark Martin and already has $25 million committed. It said it is the first of its kind.
MIT Team Develops Teleoperated Robot to Treat Endovascular Patients Within Stroke’s ‘Golden Hour’
April 17, 2022
Engineers developed a telerobotic system to help surgeons remotely treat patients experiencing stroke or aneurysm. With a modified joystick, surgeons may control a robotic arm at another hospital to operate...
Secretary Walsh Participates in MassRobotics Panel on the Influence of Robotics on the U.S. Job Market
March 18, 2022
MassRobotics hosted a panel with government, academic, and industry experts on the future of work coinciding with the release of its five-year impact report.
MIT Researchers Develop Learning Model to Teach Legged Robot to Run Faster
March 17, 2022
MIT's mini-cheetah quadruped robot can now run faster than ever, thanks to a new learning model developed by researchers at the university.
Robotics Promises to Help People With Disabilities
March 6, 2022
The Paralympics are a good occasion to look at robotics, exoskeletons, prosthetics, and other assistive technologies in development.
MIT CSAIL Designs Dexterous Robot Hands to Easily Manipulate Multiple Objects
November 5, 2021
MIT CSAIL has built a model-free framework that can learn to reorient more than 2,000 geometrically different objects from above or below, with implications for logistics and manufacturing.
MIT-PITT-RW Team Faces Obstacles at Indy Autonomous Challenge
October 24, 2021
The team from the University of Pittsburgh, MIT, the Rochester Institute of Technology, and the University of Waterloo was undaunted by challenges with fundraising, collaboration, and a crash on race...
Julia Computing Raises $24M Series A for Cloud Computing, Simulation
July 19, 2021
Julia Computing said its new funding will help scale production and development of open-source simulation tools, and former Snowflake CEO Bob Muglia will join its board.
MIT Motion-Planning Algorithm Enables Robot to Safely Dress a Person
July 16, 2021
To move safely and efficiently around people, robots need human-aware motion planning, as in a new algorithm developed at MIT's Computer Science and Artificial Intelligence Laboratory.
Mitsubishi Electric Research Laboratories and MIT Work to Bridge Gap Between Robot Vision, Touch
April 30, 2021
MERL and MIT researchers are working to apply machine learning, collaborative robots, sensors, and vision to help robots more dexterously manipulate items such as food.