MIT DEPARTMENT OF MECHANICAL ENGINEERING

A Friendly Robot Companion

Sharifa Alghowinem, a postdoc with MechE's Ibn Khaldun Fellowship for Saudi Arabian Women, joined the Media Lab’s Personal Robots team to explore personal robot technology that explains emotions in English and Arabic.

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- Gang Chen, Carl Richard Soderberg Professor of Power Engineering

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A team led by Prof. Yang Shao-Horn shows a new universal descriptor for removal of nitrogen monoxide.

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Learning challenges shape a mechanical engineer’s path

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Markus Buehler

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John Hart

Tackling social issues through engineering and theater

Student Awards Luncheon 2022

Explore Research Areadesign

Steven Dubowsky

How to pull carbon dioxide out of seawater

A team led by Prof. Yang Shao-Horn shows a new universal descriptor for removal of nitrogen monoxide.

AI helps robots manipulate objects with their whole bodies