Resilient bug-sized robots keep flying even after wing damage
New repair techniques enable microscale robots to recover flight performance after suffering severe damage to the artificial muscles that power their wings.
New repair techniques enable microscale robots to recover flight performance after suffering severe damage to the artificial muscles that power their wings.
Robotic parts could be assembled into nimble spider bots for exploring lava tubes or heavy-duty elephant bots for transporting solar panels.
By keeping data fresh, the system could help robots inspect buildings or search disaster zones.
Senior Sylas Horowitz tackles engineering projects with a focus on challenges related to clean energy, climate justice, and sustainable development.
PhD students Lucy Du ’14, SM ’16 and Ginger Schmidt are crushing the competition — and gender barriers — in the world of televised robot combat.
The system’s simple repeating elements can assemble into swimming forms ranging from eel-like to wing-shaped.
Companies founded by MechE faculty and alumni solve a variety of health care challenges, from better drug delivery to robotic surgery.
Vecna Technologies, founded by a pair of MIT alumni, has followed a long and winding path to help people in health care settings.
A pandemic-fueled transformation of the MIT course MAS.S64 (How to Grow (Almost) Anything) leads to next steps in democratizing synthetic biology.
Study suggests a robot levy — but only a modest one — could help combat the effects of automation on income inequality in the U.S.
Whether building robots or helping to lead the National Society of Black Engineers, senior Austen Roberson is thinking about the social implications of his field.
Recent mechanical engineering alumna Emily Satterfield ’22 pursues passions that might seem unrelated but “actually go hand-in-hand.”
Researchers make progress toward groups of robots that could build almost anything, including buildings, vehicles, and even bigger robots.
James Rice discusses supply chain resilience and how organizations can prepare for the next big problem.
Simple microparticles can beat rhythmically together, generating an oscillating electrical current that could be used to power microrobotic devices.