The wheels of the robot stopped abruptly to make a course correction before navigating its way around a turn. The robot’s course, put together with tape on the floor, was challenging to navigate, and ...

Lerrel Pinto says the key to building useful home robots is helping them learn from their mistakes. Lerrel Pinto is one of MIT Technology Review’s 2023 Innovators Under 35. Asked to explain his work, ...

WEST LAFAYETTE, Ind. — Being a baby is harder than it looks. Born into the world knowing almost nothing, they spend their first few years getting a PhD in navigating a physical environment. Likewise, ...

Glenmont Elementary School is taking part in the Macy’s Thanksgiving Day Parade in a different and creative way. The students learned how to code robots over the last two months. Each robot was ...

Kris Weng (MSR '25) used his MSR final project to develop a dextrous robotic hand and arm that learns as it provides assistance. In 1989, video gamers around the world were sold the potential of ...

At UC Berkeley, researchers in Sergey Levine's Robotic AI and Learning Lab eyed a table where a tower of 39 Jenga blocks stood perfectly stacked. Then a white-and-black robot, its single limb doubled ...

Most robot headlines follow a familiar script: a machine masters one narrow trick in a controlled lab, then comes the bold promise that everything is about to change. I usually tune those stories out.