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Learning Machines and Physical Systems

and Engineers Profile Link:  faez@mit.edu ...

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Joystick-operated robot could help surgeons treat stroke remotely

MIT engineers have developed a telerobotic system to help surgeons quickly and remotely treat ... That’s our future dream,” says Xuanhe Zhao, a professor of mechanical engineering and of civil and ... environmental engineering at MIT. Zhao and his team have published their findings today in Science Robotics. MIT ...

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Physicists embark on a hunt for a long-sought quantum glow

study co-author Vivishek Sudhir, assistant professor of mechanical engineering at MIT, who is designing ... stimulate the conventional, or resonant, effects, but we show that by engineering the trajectory of the ... then stimulate using a laser beam at microwave wavelengths. They are looking for ways to engineer the ...

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Keeping indoor humidity levels at a “sweet spot” may reduce spread of Covid-19

humidity,” suggests lead author Connor Verheyen, a PhD student in medical engineering and medical physics in ... and associate professor in the departments of Civil and Environmental Engineering and Mechanical ... Engineering, and at the Institute for Medical Engineering and Science at MIT. “However, we find that ...

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How to push, wiggle, or drill an object through sand

through sand, gravel, or other soft media can help engineers drive a rover over Martian soil, anchor ... processes is a huge computational challenge that often takes days to weeks to solve. Now, engineers at MIT ... options as fast as possible,” says Ken Kamrin, professor of mechanical engineering at MIT. “This is ...

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Robotic “SuperLimbs” could help moonwalkers recover from falls

MIT engineers, the lunar bloopers also highlight an opportunity to innovate. “Astronauts are ... constrict their movements,” says Harry Asada, professor of mechanical engineering at MIT. “We want to ... a system of wearable robotic limbs built by MIT engineers, is designed to physically support an astronaut ...

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Adhesive coatings can prevent scarring around medical implants

that kind of device failure, MIT engineers have found a simple and general way to eliminate fibrosis by ... engineering and of civil and environmental engineering. 1024-adhesive-implant-Frankel-iStock-01-press_0-1.jpg ... MIT engineers found a way to eliminate the buildup of scar tissue around implantable devices, by ...

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Interactive mouthpiece opens new opportunities for health data, assistive technology, and hands-free interactions

researchers have now engineered “MouthIO,” a dental brace that can be fabricated with sensors and feedback ... Engineering and Computer Science and Mechanical Engineering and leader of the HCI Engineering Group at CSAIL. ...

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A bioinspired capsule can pump drugs directly into the walls of the GI tract

Laboratory for Translational Engineering and an associate professor of mechanical engineering at MIT, ... them in humans. The research was funded by Novo Nordisk, the Natural Sciences and Engineering Research ... Council of Canada, the MIT Department of Mechanical Engineering, Brigham and Women’s Hospital, and the ...

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Real People, Real Solutions at D-Lab

Heilshorn ’25 learned something she’ll never forget: what gets engineered in the controlled comforts of ... of weaving a central question into her engineering projects going forward: “What can I do to ensure ... a lot more tangible,” she says. “Engineering exists with a context. Within a place.” “What can I do to ...

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New electronic “skin” could enable lightweight night-vision glasses

MIT engineers have developed a technique to grow and peel ultrathin “skins” of electronic ... Engineering (DMSE). “For example, it could be directly worn on glasses.” The heat-sensing film could also have ... Yanjie Shao, Xudong Zheng, Ne Myo Han, and Jeehwan Kim, associate professor of mechanical engineering and ...

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Ping pong bot returns shots with high-speed precision

MIT engineers are getting in on the robotic ping pong game with a powerful, lightweight design ... the engineers threw 150 balls at the robot, one after the other, from across the ping pong table. The ... professor of mechanical engineering and head of the  MIT Biomimetics Robotics Lab. The researchers will ...

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New 3D printing method enables complex designs and creates less waste

waste. MIT engineers have found a way to bypass this last finishing step, in a way that could ... Professor A. John Hart, head of MIT’s Department of Mechanical Engineering. Waste removal Conventional vat ... mechanical properties necessary for durable products,” says professor of mechanical engineering John Hart. ...

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Adhesive inspired by hitchhiking sucker fish sticks to soft surfaces underwater

weeks. MIT_Underwater-Adhesives-01-press_0_1024x683.jpg MIT engineers have devised a novel adhesive ... underpinnings of how to engineer a synthetic adhesive system,” says Giovanni Traverso, an associate professor of ... mechanical engineering at MIT, a gastroenterologist at Brigham and Women’s Hospital, an associate member of ...

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Juncal Arbelaiz Mugica

Research Center (SSRC), and is now advised by  Ali Jadbabaie, the JR East Professor of Engineering and head ... of the Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering; and School of Engineering Associate Dean  ... Anette “Peko” Hosoi, who is the Neil and Jane Pappalardo Professor of Mechanical Engineering as well as ...

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Vine-inspired robotic gripper gently lifts heavy and fragile objects

tenacity, engineers at MIT and Stanford University have developed a robotic gripper that can snake around ... says Kentaro Barhydt, a PhD candidate in MIT’s Department of Mechanical Engineering. “This kind of ... Professor of Engineering at MIT, and Allison Okamura, the Richard W. Weiland Professor of Engineering at ...

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Deep-learning model predicts how fruit flies form, cell by cell

splitting, and growing of many thousands of cells. A team of MIT engineers has now developed a way to ... engineering at MIT. “By accurately modeling this early period, we can start to uncover how local cell ... Professor of Engineering in MIT’s Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering; George Roy and Tomer ...

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Faculty Research: Professor Kripa Varanasi

journal Nature co-authored by Kripa Varanasi, Associate Professor of Mechanical Engineering at MIT, along ... with James Bird, a former MIT postdoc who is now an assistant professor of mechanical engineering at ... Environmental Protection Agency. Howard Stone, a professor of mechanical and aerospace engineering at Princeton ...

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Alumni Spotlight: 6dot Innovations

the fall 2008 offering of Professor David Wallace’s popular course 2.009: Product Engineering ... engineering from Stanford University, she decided to make her work on the Braille Labeler official and started ... degrees in engineering and management, to join her. The Braille Labeler – which won the Aleksander and ...

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STE@M: Sports Technology and Education @ MIT

“advancing technology at the interface of sports and engineering.” Indeed, the group’s success is rooted in ... a better bike.’ My second thought was, ‘That would be a great engineering challenge for students who are ... development as an engineer. The people we met and the topics we discussed inspire me even more to pursue my ...

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