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Giving robots a faster grasp
combinations of these properties interact mechanically, based on fundamental laws of physics. Now MIT engineers ... the algorithm must first calculate whether that motion would satisfy a number of physical laws, such ... sorting through a bin of objects and attempting to get a good grasp on one of them — this is ...
https://meche.mit.edu/news-media/giving-robots-faster-graspMIT affiliates named 2024 AAAS Fellows
27 additional MIT alumni have been elected as fellows of the American Association for the Advancement ... of Science (AAAS). Among the 2024 AAAS Fellows are six current faculty, research staff, and MIT ... Millard, Jagadeesh Moodera, and Noelle Selin. Photos courtesy of the fellows. The 2024 class of AAAS ...
https://meche.mit.edu/news-media/mit-affiliates-named-2024-aaas-fellows-0Chuck Goddard
senior vice president of Fincantieri Marine Group. A graduate of MIT’s naval architecture and marine ... Engineering, along with a number of naval construction and engineering graduate students to take a guided tour ... (then known as Course 13A). “When I showed up at MIT in June of ’82, I had been out at sea for three ...
https://meche.mit.edu/people/chuck-goddard2.12: Introduction to Robotics at MIT
Video Teaser Image: Teaser Headline: 2.12: Introduction to Robotics at MIT Teaser Text: In this ... src="https://www.youtube.com/embed/t2Ic6iGLmvc" frameborder="0" allowfullscreen></iframe> In this year’s Class 2.12: ... competition, pushing the boundaries of their mathematics, physics, and mechanical engineering know-how. ...
https://meche.mit.edu/news-media/212-introduction-robotics-mitMaintaining the equipment that powers our world
bulb goes on Vega-Brown and Garrity crossed paths in a number of ways at MIT over the years. As ... — who recently completed his PhD program in MIT’s Department of Mechanical Engineering and will be ... Mentoring Service, and Tagup was in the first cohort of startups accepted into the MIT Industrial Liaison ...
https://meche.mit.edu/news-media/maintaining-equipment-powers-our-worldUsing “organs-on-a-chip” to model complicated diseases
systematic conditions,” says Martin Trapecar, an MIT postdoc and the lead author of the paper. Complex models ... influenced by the immune system, or cannot be accounted for by a single gene or small number of genes. “We ... MIT biological engineers have created a multitissue model that lets them study the relationships ...
https://meche.mit.edu/news-media/using-%E2%80%9Corgans-chip%E2%80%9D-model-complicated-diseasesExotic “second sound” phenomenon observed in pencil lead
stuff of pencil lead. MIT-Second-Sound_1024.jpg Researchers find evidence that heat moves through ... Nelson, the Haslam and Dewey Professor of Chemistry at MIT. “There’s good reason to believe that second ... Professor of Mechanical Engineering and Power Engineering. MIT co-authors on the paper are lead authors Sam ...
https://meche.mit.edu/news-media/exotic-%E2%80%9Csecond-sound%E2%80%9D-phenomenon-observed-pencil-leadMIT graduate engineering, business, economics programs ranked highly by U.S. News for 2022
MIT's Department of Mechanical Engineering the number one mechanical engineering graduate program for ... ranked such programs. The MIT Sloan School of Management also placed highly. It occupies the No. 5 spot ... of individual MBA specialties, MIT placed first in three areas: business analytics, ...
https://meche.mit.edu/news-media/mit-graduate-engineering-business-economics-programs-ranked-highly-us-news-2022MIT engineers uncover a surprising reason why tissues are flexible or rigid
deformation, is completely ignored,” says Ming Guo, associate professor of mechanical engineering at MIT. “Now ... of the new study, which includes lead author and MIT postdoc Fan Liu PhD ’24, along with Bo Gao and ... small clusters of tissue, each measuring less than a quarter of a millimeter wide and numbering tens of ...
https://meche.mit.edu/news-media/mit-engineers-uncover-surprising-reason-why-tissues-are-flexible-or-rigidMatthew Cavuto: Getting a leg up on engineering
Matthew Cavuto, now a senior in MIT’s Department of Mechanical Engineering, embarked on his career ... path partly as a result of a talk he heard in high school by MIT Professor Hugh Herr, a double amputee ... countries. Working with MIT’s GEAR (Global Engineering and Research) Lab, under the guidance of Amos Winter, ...
https://meche.mit.edu/news-media/matthew-cavuto-getting-leg-engineeringUndergraduate Research Opportunities
get hands-on lab experience in core MechE classes and through the Undergraduate Research Opportunities ...
https://meche.mit.edu/news-media/undergraduate-research-opportunitiesMini cheetah is the first four-legged robot to do a backflip
MIT’s new mini cheetah robot is springy and light on its feet, with a range of motion that rivals ... developer Benjamin Katz, a technical associate in MIT’s Department of Mechanical Engineering. The ... engineers ran the mini cheetah through a number of maneuvers, first testing its running ability through the ...
https://meche.mit.edu/news-media/mini-cheetah-first-four-legged-robot-do-backflip-02021 Teaching with Digital Technology Awards honor MIT educators’ innovation and empathy
use of digital technologies in the context of MIT’s in-person, on-campus classes. But in the last two ... of Open Learning. Established in 2016 and co-sponsored by MIT Open Learning and the Office of the ... Sloan School of Management Kristin Forbes – MIT Sloan School of Management Laura Frawley – Brain and ...
https://meche.mit.edu/news-media/2021-teaching-digital-technology-awards-honor-mit-educators%E2%80%99-innovation-and-empathyHyunwoo Yuk
Yuk has received a number of accolades including being named one of Forbes 30 Under 30, receiving the ... Collegiate Inventors Competition hosted by the National Inventor’s Hall of Fame. Yuk was named the graduate ... tape could one day be used in place of sutures to promote healing and minimize complications after ...
https://meche.mit.edu/people/hyunwoo-yukModel could help determine quarantine measures needed to reduce Covid-19’s spread
A model developed by MIT researchers shows a direct link between the number of people who become infected ... of Covid-19 infections could have been avoided. “If you look at these numbers, simple actions on an ... individual level can lead to huge reductions in the number of infections and can massively influence the ...
https://meche.mit.edu/news-media/model-could-help-determine-quarantine-measures-needed-reduce-covid-19%E2%80%99s-spreadBen Katz
He then spent the summer in Kim’s lab as part of the MIT UROP – or Undergraduate Research ... MIT-Mini-Cheetah-1024-.jpg Ben Katz and the Mini Cheetah “There are a lot of nice things about having a smaller robot: if ... “Tonight Show-botics” segment. Much to the delight of host Jimmy Fallon, the mini cheetah did some yoga, ...
https://meche.mit.edu/people/ben-katzLeveraging computational tools to enhance product design
As an undergraduate at MIT, Jana Saadi had to find a way to fulfill her humanities class ... had joined a friend in a class offered through MIT D-Lab, a project-based program aimed at helping ... Uganda. For this project, she is working with Yang, Dan Sweeney at MIT D-Lab and Sili Deng, a professor of ...
https://meche.mit.edu/news-media/leveraging-computational-tools-enhance-product-designHow MIT LGO alumni are powering Amazon’s global operations
hours later — you likely have three graduates of the MIT Leaders for Global Operations (LGO) program to ... a great leadership team. The foundation of my ability to do that is based on what I learned at MIT about ... becoming a lifelong learner.” Tagawa recalls his own classes with Donald Davis, the late chair and CEO of ...
https://meche.mit.edu/news-media/how-mit-lgo-alumni-are-powering-amazon%E2%80%99s-global-operationsNew Faculty
John Hart, Associate Professor During his six years at the University of Michigan, Associate ... scales. Most notably, his research group made signature innovations toward the scalable manufacturing of ... materials incorporating aligned carbon nanotubes (CNTs). Their groundbreaking understanding of how CNTs can ...
https://meche.mit.edu/news-media/new-faculty-0Inventor Creates Hub for Innovation
journey of ‘Well, how do I become a part of this?’” he says. His determination to reach MIT inspired his ... As the holder of 12 patents for inventions ranging from a Nerf ball blaster to a biopsy needle, ... Co-foundef of mHub Bill Fienup ’03, SM ’05. Credit: James Kruml/RoboToaster. Innovation has been important to ...
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