Mar 18, 2026 · Autonomous robots have moved from labs to real-world industry, operating at scale in ports, warehouses and factories. In a recent episode of Radio Davos and in a session at the World …

The word “robot” was coined by the Czech writer Karel Čapek in a 1920 play called Rossum’s Universal Robots, and is derived from the Czech robota, meaning “drudgery” or “servitude”.

6 days ago · Generative AI improves a wireless vision system that sees through obstructions With this new technique, a robot could more accurately detect hidden objects or understand an indoor scene …

Apr 2, 2025 · SPROUT is a flexible robot built by MIT Lincoln Laboratory and Notre Dame researchers to assist in disaster response. Emergency responders can use the robot to navigate and map areas …

Jan 28, 2025 · MIT Associate Professor Luca Carlone works to give robots a more human-like perception of their environment, so they can interact with people safely and seamlessly.

Jun 5, 2025 · A new system enables a robot to “think ahead” and consider thousands of potential motion plans simultaneously, allowing the robot to solve a multistep problem in a few seconds.

Jan 15, 2025 · New insect-scale microrobots can fly more than 100 times longer than previous versions. The new bots, also significantly faster and more agile, could someday be used to pollinate fruits and …

Jul 24, 2025 · A vision-based control system called Neural Jacobian Fields enables soft and rigid robots to learn self-supervised motion control using only a monocular camera. The system, developed by …

Jul 10, 2025 · Robots are helping humans in a growing number of places – from archaeological sites to disaster zones and sewers. The most recent robotic inventions can entertain people in care homes …

Jul 31, 2024 · MIT CSAIL's real-to-sim-to-real pipeline RialTo enables users to capture digital twins of their surroundings for on-the-fly robot learning. As a combination of reinforcement learning …