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AI & Machine Learning

Artificial intelligence models fall short of predicting social interactions

Pranjal Malewar

A skill critical for systems to effectively navigate the real world.

hopping robot
Robotics

An insect-sized jumping robot navigates rough terrains and carries heavy payloads

Amit Malewar

Hopping gives this tiny robot a leg up.

artificial, muscle-powered structure
Robotics

MIT engineers grow multidirectional artificial muscles inspired by the human eye

Pranjal Malewar

The future of robotics: Muscle tissue that bends, twitches, and glides

Sepehr Samavi and Prof Angela Schoellig next to robot Jack
Robotics

Meet Jack: A robot that navigates crowds like a pro

Amit Malewar

Jack the Crowd-Navigating Robot: A new era in human-robot interaction

robotic arm
Robotics

New interactive system allows users to correct robot actions

Amit Malewar

Is your robotic helper making a mistake? New research offers a real-time fix

Caption:MIT researchers trained AI agents to play Atari games that were modified to include some unpredictability. Credits:Image: Jose-Luis Olivares, MIT
AI & Machine Learning

Understanding the indoor training effect for AI agents

Amit Malewar

New training approach could help AI agents perform better in uncertain conditions

concerned about the robot at the end of the hall.
Biology

The relationship between rats and anxiety

PLOS

Rats have brain cells that help them remember places to avoid after negative experiences.

A dedicated phenomics facility of LabEmbryoCam instruments will enable the simultaneous screening of more than 3,000 embryos to address pressing global research challenges.
Technology

An opensource phenotyping system for developing any aquatic species

Ashwini Sakharkar

Autonomous imaging robot plays a crucial role in assessing embryos' response to environmental change.

Dr Shelley Wickham (left) and Dr Minh Luu review an image via the transmission electron microscope at Sydney Microscopy and Microanalysis.
Technology

‘Velcro’ DNA origami helps build dancing robot and nano-dinosaur

Ashwini Sakharkar

Innovative structures pave the way for advanced robotics – and mini dinosaurs.

In this artist’s rendering, three “NanoGripper” hands wrap around a COVID-19 virus.
Technology

Nanorobotic hand made of DNA grabs viruses for detection or inhibition

Ashwini Sakharkar

It can even block viral particles from entering cells to infect them.

Robot BERT
Robotics

New technology mimics nature and makes effortless robot movements

Amit Malewar

It makes rhythmic movements calculable.

Offshore wind farm
Technology

Smart robots that predicts waves in real-time could cut green energy costs

Ashwini Sakharkar

New tool enables autonomous robots to maintain a steady position amid irregular.

Health

New plastic device to enhance robot-assisted heart surgery

Pranjal Malewar

Medical-grade plastic surgical device.

robot hugging man
Social Science

Humans show sympathy towards bullied AI bots

Ashwini Sakharkar

People also protected AI bots who were excluded from playtime.

MIT’s Clio runs in real-time to map task-relevant objects in a robot’s surroundings.
Robotics

MIT’s Clio enables robots to quickly map task-relevant objects

Ashwini Sakharkar

Helping robots zero in on the objects that matter.

The robotic leg jumps across different terrains.
Robotics

Artificial muscle-powered robotic leg jumps across different terrains

Amit Malewar

Artificial muscles propel a robotic leg to walk and jump.

robot with brain
Robotics

Brain-inspired navigation technology for mobile robots

Ashwini Sakharkar

The future of robotics!

warehouse robot
Robotics

Programming robots to complete tasks faster

Ashwini Sakharkar

By exhibiting patience and waiting for teammates, collaborative robots complete tasks faster.

green grasshopper on a dried leaf
Robotics

New, improved latch control helps build robots that leap like grasshoppers

Ashwini Sakharkar

The latch can be used to control jump performance across a wide range of terrains.

Dog-like robot sniffs hazardous gases in hard-to-reach areas.
Robotics

Dog-like robot sniffs hazardous gases in hard-to-reach areas

Ashwini Sakharkar

Demonstrations show its potential value in dangerous conditions.

The robot's segments can flatten and extend into cylinders.
Robotics

Soft Robotapillar crawls with ease through loops and bends

Ashwini Sakharkar

The soft robot bends and twists through mazes with ease.

Guillaume Bellegarda, Milad Shafiee and Auke Ijspeert
Robotics

EPFL robot notably learned to transition from trotting to pronking

Amit Malewar

Trotting robots reveal emergence of animal gait transitions.

Live dog stands beside a cuttingedge robot dog
Robotics

Why can’t robots outrun animals?

Amit Malewar

A detailed study of various aspects of running robots.

ZenRobotics 4.0 is now available on the Heavy Picker 4.0—a multipurpose waste sorting robot for bulky material.
Robotics

Meet ZenRobotics 4.0, an AI-powered waste-sorting robot

Ashwini Sakharkar

The robot is able to recognize over 500 waste categories.

Elisabetta Chicca and Thorben Schoepe with a robot they designed to test their model of insect's navigation.
Robotics

Robot inspired by insect brains can avoid obstacles with ease

Ashwini Sakharkar

Darting around with a tiny brain.

Each anthrobot
Robotics

Anthrobots: Tiny biological robots from human cells

Amit Malewar

The multicellular bots move around and help heal “wounds” created in cultured neurons.

Red Social Network
Health

Blood goes wireless

Dr. Prajakta Banik

Practical scaling of molecular networks.

3D printed in one go
Robotics

Scientists successfully printed a robotic hand with bones, ligaments, and tendons

Pranjal Malewar

Scientists have greatly expanded the possibilities of soft robotics.

Knee medical injection doctor hand holding syringe for injection to knee
Health

Injectable tissue prosthesis for muscle/nerve regeneration

Dr. Prajakta Banik

Instantaneous closed-loop rehab with injectable tissue prosthesis.

generative AI models
Robotics

AI models to solve multistep robot manipulation problems

Amit Malewar

New technique helps robots pack objects into a tight space

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