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Using AI to Explore Oceans

MIT students taking class 2.680: Unmanned Marine Vehicle Autonomy, Sensing and Communications aim to deepen our understanding of the world's oceans by developing artificial intelligence for use on autonomous marine vehicles. Their software is put to the ultimate test while running missions of the Charles River.

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The answer may be blowing in the wind

Professors Paul Sclavounos & Steven B. Leeb were among many MIT Faculty who spoke at the MIT Energy Initiative’s Spring Symposium, highlighting the vast potential of offshore turbines in decarbonizing the grid.

Method rapidly verifies that a robot will avoid collisions

Professor Russ Tedrake and a team of researchers have developed a rapid safety check technique which can ensure a robot will avoid collisions while completing a task.

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MechE faculty are passionate, out-of-the-box thinkers who love to get their hands dirty.

Gang Chen

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Roger Kamm

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Nicolas Hadjiconstantinou

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Research areas in MechE are guidelines, not boundaries. Our faculty partner across disciplines to address the grand challenges of today and tomorrow, collaborating with researchers in MechE, MIT, industry, and beyond.

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