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December 4, 2025 MIT announces 2025 Bose Grants

MIT announces 2025 Bose Grants

December 3, 2025 A smarter way for large language models to think about hard problems

A smarter way for large language models to think about hard problems

December 3, 2025 MIT School of Engineering faculty and staff receive awards in summer 2025

MIT School of Engineering faculty and staff receive awards in summer 2025

December 2, 2025 Noninvasive imaging could replace finger pricks for people with diabetes

Noninvasive imaging could replace finger pricks for people with diabetes

December 1, 2025 New control system teaches soft robots the art of staying safe

New control system teaches soft robots the art of staying safe

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Hacking for Lilly

MechE students use their knowledge of mechanical engineering to design an improved walker for 9-year-old Lilly and gain new perspective about how assistive technologies can improve the lives of others in the process.

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Bio-Inspired Robotics

MIT Mechanical Engineering students in Professor Sangbae Kim’s class explore why certain physical traits have evolved in animals in the natural world, then extract those useful principles, which are applicable to robotic systems, to solve such challenges as manipulation and locomotion in novel and interesting ways.

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