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Project Research

How to Grow (Almost) Anything - A New Model for Global Synthetic Biology Education

A Distance Learning Model for Global Laboratory-Based Synthetic Biology Education Synthetic Biology ( SynBio) tools hold the…

in City Science · Molecular Machines · Community Biotechnology
Eyal Perry · Pat Pataranutaporn +4 more
#robotics #bioengineering #learning +8 more
Project Research

FuseBot: RF-Visual Mechanical Search

FuseBot is a robotic system that can efficiently find and retrieve both RFID tagged and untagged target objects in line-of-sight, non-line-…

in Signal Kinetics
Tara Boroushaki · Laura Dodds +2 more
#robotics #computer vision #health +6 more
Project Research

Autonomous micro-mobility simulation study

What will be the impact of shared autonomous micro-mobility systems? Will autonomy make the micro-mobility systems even more attractive?&nb…

in City Science
Naroa Coretti Sánchez · Inigo Martinez Lopez +1 more
#robotics #design #data +7 more
Project Research

Peristaltic Suit

It is known that prolonged exposure to micro and hyper-gravity induces various acute health risks, such as osteoporosis, skeletal muscle at…

in Responsive Environments
Irmandy Wicaksono · Ali Shtarbanov +1 more
#robotics #data #wearable computing +6 more
Project Research

Lunar Sensor Net

We are leveraging current Wireless Sensor Network technology to develop an easily deployable, and inexpensive wireless sensor (LunarWSN) ne…

in Responsive Environments
Fangzheng Liu · Joseph A. Paradiso
#robotics #design #environment +3 more
Project Research

Candlewax Rockets: A Green Alternative for In-Space Propulsion

Wax-based hybrid rocket propellants, including paraffin (common candlewax) and beeswax show promise as high-performing hybrid rocket propel…

in Space Enabled
Javier Stober
#robotics #architecture #art +16 more
Project Research

A Counting

A Counting is an ongoing series of software-generated live-streamed sound and video works composed of an evolving neverending count fr…

in Poetic Justice
Ekene Ijeoma
#robotics #design #art +11 more
Project Research

Battery-free wireless underwater camera

More than 95% of the ocean has never been observed by humans, even though the ocean plays the largest role in the world's climate system, h…

in Signal Kinetics
Sayed Afzal · Waleed Akbar +5 more
#robotics #ecology #energy +10 more
Project Research

Life-Nanomachine Synergism

For more details and recent updates visit:  https://web.mit.edu/deblina-sarkar/Nanoelectronics has the potential to enable radica…

in Nano-Cybernetic Biotrek
Deblina Sarkar
#robotics #bioengineering #data +9 more
Project Research

Public Library Innovation Exchange

Public libraries are one of most trusted public institutions in the U.S. and increasingly provide a broad range of education services, rang…

in ML Learning · Digital Learning + Collaboration Studio
J. Philipp Schmidt · Ada Ren-Mitchell +7 more
#robotics #design #art +6 more
Project Research

Dyadic Affect in Multimodal Interaction - Parent to Child (DAMI-P2C) Dataset

Audio-visual data set containing around 21.6 hours of parent-child interaction during story reading.The DAMI-P2C dataset consists of audio-…

in Personal Robots
Xiajie (Brayden) Zhang · Sharifa Alghowinem +2 more
#robotics #human-computer interaction #artificial intelligence +2 more
Project Research

PCBPT

PCB debugging can be tricky sometimes. Normally we should check which signal we want to measure in the schematic, switch to PCB layout to s…

in Responsive Environments
Fangzheng Liu
#robotics #design #human-computer interaction +1 more
Project Research

Creativity with Social Robots

Children’s creativity—the ability to come up with novel, surprising, and valuable ideas—has been known to contribute to their learning outc…

in Personal Robots
Safinah Arshad Ali · Cynthia Breazeal +2 more
#robotics #social robotics
Project Research

Circuit Robots: Mass manufacturing of self-actuating robots

Integrating sensors and actuators using flexible electronicsCurrently, the manufacturing of self-actuating and self-sensing robots requires…

in Responsive Environments · Tangible Media
Artem Dementyev · Joseph A. Paradiso +2 more
#robotics
Project Research

3 Voices: A Soft-Robotic Opera Transposing Singing Experience Across the Audience

3 Voices is an artistic research project that looks beyond conventional approaches of listening to music, and instead probes at the deeper …

in Tangible Media
Ozgun Kilic Afsar
#robotics #design #human-computer interaction +2 more
Project Research

The Gravity Loading Countermeasure Skinsuit

By Rachel Bellisle

in Space Exploration Initiative
#robotics #architecture #art +12 more
Project Research

TESSERAE: Self-Assembling Space Architecture

Overview: How will we build the coming generations of Space Architecture—the modules, space ships, and space stations that will enscon…

in Space Exploration Initiative
Ariel Ekblaw
#robotics #design #agriculture +12 more
Project Research

Fluid Expressions - Art and Craft in Microgravity

When imagining human life in space, how will we express our humanity and creativity in an alien environment? Can the art we make both refle…

in Space Exploration Initiative
Sanjana Sharma
#robotics #design #architecture +13 more
Project Research

(Dis)Appearables

by Ken Nakagaki, Jordan L Tappa, Yi Zheng*, Joanne Leong, Jack Forman, Sven Koenig*, and Hiroshi Ishii*Collaborators at the Unive…

in Tangible Media
Ken Nakagaki · Joanne Leong +1 more
#robotics #design #human-computer interaction
Project Research

Patchbots: Milli-fluidic Soft Robots Towards On-body Locomoting Swarm UIs

Patchbots are sheet-form robots that are programmable on-the-fly by direct manipulation through bodily movements. The integrated …

in Tangible Media
Ozgun Kilic Afsar · Hila Mor +1 more
#robotics #design #human-computer interaction +2 more
Project Research

SpaceHuman 2.0

SpaceHuman is a soft robotics device designed to facilitate the exploration of environments with reduced gravity in a view of democratizati…

in Responsive Environments · Space Exploration Initiative
Valentina Sumini · Joseph A. Paradiso +2 more
#robotics #design #human-computer interaction +16 more
Project Research

What can we learn from predicting shadows?

By predicting sparse shadow cues, our physics-inspired machine learning algorithm can reconstruct the underlying 3D scene. Abstract. W…

in Camera Culture
Kushagra Tiwary · Tzofi Klinghoffer +1 more
#robotics #computer vision #artificial intelligence
Project Research

Designing Personalized AI Agents to Foster Human-Human Connections

Research MotivationCan we become more socially connected with one another through the facilitation of a socially embodied agent? What types…

in Personal Robots
Anastasia Ostrowski · Huili Chen +3 more
#robotics #design #human-computer interaction +1 more
Project Research

Unmanned Aerial Vehicle (UAV) Pilot Simulator

With the advent of real-time photorealism (RTPR), virtual environments are now able to achieve higher degrees of engagement than ever befor…

in Personal Robots
Stephen Kaputsos
#robotics #virtual reality #artificial intelligence +1 more
Project Research

Fiducial Marker-Based Navigation for Autonomous UAVs (AUAVs)

Depending on the operational environment of an autonomous system, a great deal of perceptual uncertainty may be introduced to an object det…

in Personal Robots
Stephen Kaputsos
#robotics #virtual reality #computer vision +1 more
Project Research

Domain Randomization & Synthetic Data Generation for AUAVs - Reducing Perceptual Uncertainty of Sim2Real Navigation

Navigation for autonomous UAVS (unmanned aerial vehicles) is a complex problem and physical field testing of associated tasks introduces a …

in Personal Robots
Stephen Kaputsos
#robotics #virtual reality #computer vision +2 more
Project Research

Deep Reinforcement Learning for Autonomous UAVs (AUAVs)

Many tasks are not easily defined and/or too complex for supervised machine learning approaches. For these reasons, a technique known as&nb…

in Personal Robots
Stephen Kaputsos
#robotics #virtual reality #computer vision +2 more
Project Research

Reconfigurable space structures

Rapid prototyping platforms such as 3D printers used for digital fabrication are today able to manufacture custom objects for specific task…

in Space Exploration Initiative
#robotics #architecture #art +13 more
Project Research

Argus: Water monitoring through nanosensors inside living plants

Our traditional manufacturing, fabrication, and electronics have been centered around synthetic and completely artificial techniques. Comin…

in Fluid Interfaces
Harpreet Sareen
#robotics #design #environment +3 more
Project Research

Robot Policy Design Toolkit

Increasingly, devices designed with artificial intelligence (AI), such as robots or smart speakers, are entering people’s homes, workspaces…

in Personal Robots
Daniella DiPaola · Anastasia Ostrowski +1 more
#robotics #politics #social robotics
Project Research

Understanding Molecular Evolution

Humanity has harnessed evolution to sculpt domesticated animals, crops, and molecules, but the process remains a black box. Which combinati…

in Sculpting Evolution
Brian Wang · Erika Alden DeBenedictis +3 more
#robotics #environment #genetics +2 more
Project Research

OmniFiber: Strain-tunable Fluidic Fiber Actuators for Soft Robotic Textiles and Autonomous Garments

OmniFiber is a reconfigurable fiber technology for movement-based interactions based on thin fluidic fiber actuators with closed-loop strai…

in Tangible Media
Ozgun Kilic Afsar · Hila Mor +5 more
#robotics #design #human-computer interaction +10 more
Project Research

The MIT Autonomous Bicycle Project

A lightweight research platform to develop autonomous technology Designed to transform bicycle-sharing systems into an on-demand mobil…

in City Science
Naroa Coretti Sánchez
#robotics #design #energy +9 more
Project Research

Envirome Monitoring with CRISPR Biosensors

In recent years, there has been an increase in low-cost and open-source electronic and chemical sensors that hobbyists, concerned citizens,…

in Responsive Environments · Space Exploration Initiative · Open Ocean
Devora Najjar
#robotics #architecture #art +14 more
Project Research

Agonist-antagonist Myoneural Interface (AMI)

Humans can accurately sense the position, speed, and torque of their limbs, even with their eyes shut. This sense, known as proprioception,…

in Biomechatronics
Gabriel Friedman · Roman Stolyarov +14 more
#robotics #artificial intelligence #bioengineering +17 more
Project Research

Blockchain: A new framework for robotic swarm systems

Swarms of robots will revolutionize many applications, from targeted material delivery to farming. However, the characteristics that make t…

in Human Dynamics
Alex 'Sandy' Pentland · Eduardo Castello Ferrer
#robotics #artificial intelligence #data +12 more
Project Research

RFusion: Robotic Grasping via RF-Visual Sensing and Learning

RFusion is a robotic system that can search for and retrieve items in line-of-sight, non-line-of-sight, and fully occluded settings. It con…

in Signal Kinetics
Tara Boroushaki · Isaac Perper +2 more
#robotics #computer vision #artificial intelligence +2 more
Project Research

MultiDIC: a MATLAB Toolbox for Multi-View 3D Digital Image Correlation

Three-dimensional Digital Image Correlation (3D-DIC) is a non-contact optical-numerical technique for evaluating the dynamic mechanica…

in Biomechatronics
Dana Solav · Kevin Mattheus Moerman +1 more
#robotics #health #human-machine interaction +1 more
Project Research

Personalized Bionics for Dynamic Gait

The design of next-generation bionic ankles and knees aims to improve bionic actuators on all metrics: range of motion, power density, band…

in Biomechatronics
Matthew Handford · Matthew Carney +4 more
#robotics #design #human-computer interaction +17 more
Project Research

Mechatronic Systems

Mechanical, electrical, and dynamic control systems recreate biological behavior with synthetic hardware.

in Biomechatronics
Matthew Handford · Lucy Du +8 more
#robotics #computer science #biomechanics +4 more
Project Research

Neural Interfaces

Nerve-Muscle Graft Chamber and micro-channel arrays tor interface to peripheral nerves for prosthesis control. This research effort co…

in Biomechatronics
Hugh Herr · Shriya Srinivasan +6 more
#robotics #health #human-machine interaction +2 more
Project Research

Transdermal Optogenetic Peripheral Nerve Stimulation

Optogenetic techniques have recently been applied to peripheral nerves as a scientific tool with the translatable goal…

in Biomechatronics
Shriya Srinivasan · Edward Boyden +3 more
#robotics #health #human-machine interaction +3 more
Project Research

An osseointegrated prosthesis with bi-directional neural communication

Recent advancements in orthopedic implants have made way for a new generation of bionic limbs that attach directly to the skeleton. Leverag…

in Biomechatronics
Hugh Herr · Matthew Carney +5 more
#robotics #design #bioengineering +7 more
Project Research

Terrain-Adaptive Lower Limb Prosthesis

Although there have been great advances in the control of lower extremity prostheses, transitioning between terrains such as ramps or stair…

in Biomechatronics
Hugh Herr · Roman Stolyarov
#robotics #health #human-machine interaction +2 more
Project Research

Powered Ankle-Foot Prosthesis

The human ankle provides a significant amount of net positive work during the stance period of walking, especially at moderate to fast walk…

in Biomechatronics
Hugh Herr · Matthew Carney
#robotics #design #human-computer interaction +12 more
Project Research

Neural interface technology for advanced prosthetic limbs

Recent advances in artificial limbs have resulted in the provision of powered ankle and knee function for lower extremity amputees and powe…

in Biomechatronics
Hugh Herr · Shriya Srinivasan +7 more
#robotics #bioengineering #health +9 more
Project Research

Death and the Powers: Redefining Opera

Death and the Powers is a groundbreaking opera that brings a variety of technological, conceptual, and aesthetic innovations to the th…

in Opera of the Future
Tod Machover · Akito Oshiro van Troyer +4 more
#multimodal representation #performance technologies #digital opera +22 more
Project Research

Magnetomicrometry: Tissue Tracking via Implanted Magnetic Beads

Amputation, muscle weakness, and nerve damage can make it difficult to perform simple daily tasks. In this project, we are developing a mi…

in Biomechatronics
Cameron Taylor · Seong Ho Yeon +1 more
#robotics #human-computer interaction #health +16 more
Project Research

Tangible Swarm: see the unseen

Tangible Swarm is a tool that displays relevant information about a robotics system (e.g., multi-robot, swarm, etc.) in real time whil…

in City Science
Kent Larson · Luis Alberto Alonso Pastor +2 more
#robotics #computer vision #data +1 more
Project Research

Bio-Digital Wearables or Space Health Enhancement

Living in space could have significant physical and mental impacts on astronauts. Wearables have the potential to play a critical role in m…

in Fluid Interfaces · Space Exploration Initiative
Pat Pataranutaporn · M.S. Suryateja Jammalamadaka +3 more
#robotics #architecture #art +12 more
Project Research

Self Assembling Space Frames

Ever wish you could toss your folded up tent and have it self-assemble mid-air?  Well...you can. In a zero gravity environment.Self As…

in Space Exploration Initiative
Che-Wei Wang
#robotics #design #architecture +14 more
Project Research

H0TP0T

By Larissa Zhou and Adam ZacharFood is crucial to maintaining the physical and psychological health of humans in space. Eating food pr…

in Space Exploration Initiative
#robotics #architecture #art +12 more
Project Research

Panspermia

By Nancy Valladares and Rae Yuping HsuThis project is an art performance that seeks to rethink imaginaries of multispecies surviv…

in Space Exploration Initiative
#robotics #architecture #art +12 more
Project Research

Miniature Optical Steered Antenna for Intersatellite Communication (MOSAIC)

The Miniature Optical Steered Antenna for Intersatellite Communications (MOSAIC)By Shreeyam KackerThe Miniature Optical Steered Antenn…

in Space Exploration Initiative
#robotics #architecture #art +12 more
Project Research

Moving Liquids With No Moving Parts

Solid-state microfrabricated devices are in development to replace contemporary heavy mechanical components for use in spacecraft propellan…

in Space Exploration Initiative
#robotics #architecture #art +12 more
Project Research

Ø-scillation: oscillating chemistry in zero gravity and beyond

How did life originate? Nobody knows. Life might not even be native to our Earth - it might have come from asteroids or the interstellar me…

in Space Exploration Initiative
Ariel Ekblaw · Carson Smuts +5 more
#robotics #architecture #art +12 more
Project Research

AgriFuge

By Somayajulu Dhulipala and Manwei ChanAs humanity explores deeper into space, long-duration missions will require horticulture activities …

in Space Exploration Initiative
#robotics #architecture #art +12 more
Project Research

Harmony in Precarity

By Po-Hao ChiHow could microgravity/hypergravity shape our perceptual experience of listening with weightlessness? How can we seek to explo…

in Space Exploration Initiative
#robotics #architecture #art +12 more
Project Research

HERMITS: ‘Mechanical Shells’ for Robotic Tangible UIs

By Ken Nakagaki, Joanne Leong, Jordan L Tappa, Joao Wilbert, and Hiroshi IshiiOverviewProject HERMITS explores a way to greatly a…

in Tangible Media
Ken Nakagaki · Joanne Leong +2 more
#robotics #human-computer interaction
Project Research

Therms-Up!: DIY Inflatables and Interactive Materials by Upcycling Wasted Thermoplastic Bags

Therms-Up! is a DIY method of creating inflatables and prototyping interactive materials from wasted thermoplastic bags that easily found a…

in Tangible Media
Kyung Yun Choi · Hiroshi Ishii
#robotics #design #human-computer interaction +5 more
Project Research

Child-Driven, Robot-Guided Literacy Activity

 

in Personal Robots
Pedro Colon-Hernandez · Safinah Arshad Ali +2 more
#robotics #design #construction +5 more
Project Research

ELI: Electronic Life-detection Instrument

Life on Mars, if it exists, could have been transferred between Earth and Mars due to meteorite impacts. The Search for Extra-Terrestrial G…

in Space Exploration Initiative
#robotics #architecture #art +12 more
Project Research

The EBIFA robot (Everything Beautiful Is Far Away)

EBIFA (Everything Beautiful Is Far Away) is a crystalline robotic device that carried a tooth to outer space. EBIFA's form and fu…

in Space Exploration Initiative
Gershon Dublon · Xin Liu
#robotics #architecture #art +6 more
Project Research

RF-Grasp: Robotic Grasping of Hidden Objects

 Can robots find and grasp hidden objects?Robots are not capable of handling tasks as simple as restocking grocery store shelves as th…

in Signal Kinetics
Tara Boroushaki · Junshan Leng +2 more
#robotics #computer vision #artificial intelligence +4 more
Project Research

Engagement with Voice-User Interface Agents

Voice-user interfaces (VUIs), such as Amazon Echo and Google Home, are increasingly becoming present in domestic environments. Us…

in Personal Robots
Anastasia Ostrowski · Hae Won Park +1 more
#robotics #design #human-computer interaction +5 more
Project Research

A Two-Degree-of-Freedom Powered Ankle-Foot Prosthesis

Powered ankle prostheses have been proven to improve the walking economy of transtibial amputees although these powered systems are usually…

in Biomechatronics
Tsung-Han Hsieh · Tony Shu +4 more
#robotics #mechanical engineering #mechatronics +1 more
Project Research

Flexible dry electrodes for EMG acquisition within prosthetic sockets

Acquisition of surface electromyography (sEMG) from a person with an amputated lower extremity (LE) during prosthesis-assisted walking rema…

in Biomechatronics
Seong Ho Yeon · Tsung-Han Hsieh +5 more
#robotics #human-machine interaction #wearable computing +5 more
Project Research

Battery-Free Underwater GPS

Can we build a battery-free underwater GPS? While underwater localization is a long-studied problem,  we seek to bring it to batt…

in Signal Kinetics
Reza Ghaffarivardavagh · Osvy Rodriguez +2 more
#robotics #environment #health +8 more
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