Srikanth Schelbert (MSR ‘24) turned his final project into a toolkit to help roboticists more quickly create autonomous robots to roam new frontiers. Now he's applying lessons learned from that ...

Funded by the National Science Foundation (NSF) as part of the National Robotics Initiative program, the team’s goal is to develop what they call “cobots,” or robots that can work collaboratively and ...

There are more than 340,000 wind turbines now spinning across the world, as countries increasingly invest in renewable energy to tackle climate change. Keeping those turbines running smoothly requires ...

On a metallic door in San Francisco’s Mission District, a single character—“π”—offers a cryptic clue as to the virtuous circle of labor taking place beyond. The door opens to reveal furious activity ...

Artificial intelligence (AI) and robotics are undoubtedly accelerating research, but are these tools helping scientists to advance new frontiers or are they simply optimizing solutions to existing ...

Teddy Warner, 19, has always been interested in robotics. His family was in the industry, and he says he “grew up” working in a machinist shop while in high school. Now Warner is building a robotics ...

Humans and animals move with remarkable economy without consciously thinking about it by utilizing the natural oscillation patterns of their bodies. A new tool can now utilize this knowledge for the ...

Computer scientist Peter Burke has demonstrated that a robot can program its own brain using generative AI models and host hardware, if properly prompted by handlers.… The project, he explains in a ...

Imagine for a moment that you’re in an auto factory. A robot and a human are working next to each other on the production line. The robot is busy rapidly assembling car doors while the human runs ...

Tesla released a flashy video of its Optimus humanoid robot in action, showing it wandering the company’s factory halls, picking up boxes, climbing stairs, and pouring visitors drinks at a bar. But ...

The head of Tesla’s Optimus humanoid robot program, Milan Kovac, is leaving the company. Kovac said Friday in a post on X that he “had to make the most difficult decision” of his life to leave. “I’ve ...