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Robotics in the 21st Century
operator feels the balance of the robot. Professor Kim and his research group are working now on how to ... and human-robot interactions are still really challenging research questions,” says Professor John ... Professor John Leonard was one of the first researchers to work on the problem of simultaneous localization ...
https://meche.mit.edu/news-media/robotics-21st-centuryOptimizing carbon nanotube electrodes
porous materials, the researchers have found they can quantify the morphology of a CNT sample, without ... destroying it in the process. In a series of tests, the researchers confirmed that their adapted model can ... their model, the MIT researchers inferred the CNT interspacing in their samples. Since the forest ...
https://meche.mit.edu/news-media/optimizing-carbon-nanotube-electrodesEngineers turn plastic insulator into heat conductor
to the research with Xu, along with Jiawei Zhou, Bai Song, Elizabeth Lee, and Samuel Huberman; Zhang ... polymeric snarls and knots. And yet, researchers have attempted to turn these natural thermal insulators ... widespread overheating problem, and provide better thermal management.” This research was supported, in part, ...
https://meche.mit.edu/news-media/engineers-turn-plastic-insulator-heat-conductorMIT-based team works on rapid deployment of open-source, low-cost ventilator
courtesy of the researchers The team, called MIT E-Vent (for emergency ventilator), was formed on March ... have.” The researchers emphasize that this is not a project for typical do-it-yourselfers to undertake, ... project, they have already generated “multiple theses worth” of research. The cross-disciplinary nature of ...
https://meche.mit.edu/news-media/mit-based-team-works-rapid-deployment-open-source-low-cost-ventilatorA streamlined approach to determining thermal properties of crystalline solids and alloys
enables efficient training for crystalline solids. Image courtesy of the researchers. Credits: A central ... group has been installed on machines at Oak Ridge, enabling researchers to predict the phonon density of ... way.” This research was funded by the U.S. Department of Energy Office of Science, National Science ...
https://meche.mit.edu/news-media/streamlined-approach-determining-thermal-properties-crystalline-solids-and-alloysA new heat engine with no moving parts is as efficient as a steam turbine
taken. Image Credit: Felice Frankel The researchers plan to incorporate the TPV cell into a grid-scale thermal ... impact on abating carbon dioxide emissions from electricity production.” This research was supported, in ... Collaboration Horizontal Researchers led by Professor Asegun Henry have developed a thermophotovoltaic cell that ...
https://meche.mit.edu/news-media/new-heat-engine-no-moving-parts-efficient-steam-turbineKeeping indoor humidity levels at a “sweet spot” may reduce spread of Covid-19
researchers finds that indoor relative humidity may also influence transmission of the virus. Relative ... a strong connection between regional outbreaks and indoor relative humidity. In general, the researchers ... range, in addition to proper ventillation.” This research was made possible, in part, by an MIT Alumni ...
https://meche.mit.edu/news-media/keeping-indoor-humidity-levels-%E2%80%9Csweet-spot%E2%80%9D-may-reduce-spread-covid-19Farmers use $60 billion of pesticides each year. 2 MIT scientists have developed a new technology that could cut that number in half
Market research firm Fortune Business Insights says the worldwide pesticide market will grow from $59.4 ... says Daniel Snow, a research professor at the University of Nebraska—Lincoln’s Water Sciences Lab. The ... globally every year, concentrated in the developing world. The UN, for its part, points to research showing ...
https://meche.mit.edu/news-media/farmers-use-60-billion-pesticides-each-year-2-mit-scientists-have-developed-newMIT engineers design flexible “skeletons” for soft, muscle-powered robots
device maximizes the amount of movement that a muscle can naturally produce. The researchers found that ... generating?” Raman says. The researchers first considered the multiple directions that a muscle can naturally ... this platform,” Raman says. The researchers are now adapting and combining flexures to build precise, ...
https://meche.mit.edu/news-media/mit-engineers-design-flexible-%E2%80%9Cskeletons%E2%80%9D-soft-muscle-powered-robotsPalladium filters could enable cheaper, more efficient generation of hydrogen fuel
Field, director of research at the MIT Energy Initiative (MITEI); former MIT chemical engineering ... Persad, a former MIT research scientist in mechanical engineering who is now an assistant professor at the ... fusion systems.” The researchers looked for ways to improve the temperature resistance of palladium ...
https://meche.mit.edu/news-media/palladium-filters-could-enable-cheaper-more-efficient-generation-hydrogen-fuelHave a damaged painting? Restore it in just hours with an AI-generated “mask”
applied laminate mask. Credit: Courtesy of the researchers The restoration is printed on a very thin ... restoration process. Researchers have developed artificial intelligence algorithms that quickly comb through ... Fund. The research was carried out, in part, through the use of equipment and facilities at MIT.Nano, ...
https://meche.mit.edu/news-media/have-damaged-painting-restore-it-just-hours-ai-generated-%E2%80%9Cmask%E2%80%9DMIT Participates in the White House's National Week of Making
research, and outreach efforts to create a vibrant making ecosystem.” Tuesday, June 21, 2016 Terri Park ...
https://meche.mit.edu/news-media/mit-participates-white-houses-national-week-makingMIT graduate programs earn top marks from US News
that measure the quality of a school’s faculty, research, and students. The magazine’s less-frequent ...
https://meche.mit.edu/news-media/mit-graduate-programs-earn-top-marks-us-newsJ-WAFS awards commercialization grants to develop technologies for water and food solutions
Megha-Hedge-1024.jpg D-Lab research associate Megha Hegde and two local students from India conduct a hands-on workshop ... filter technology, funded by J-WAFS Solutions. “MIT was created to move innovative research into the real ... cutting-edge spin-off companies. Funded through a research partnership with Community Jameel (the social ...
https://meche.mit.edu/news-media/j-wafs-awards-commercialization-grants-develop-technologies-water-and-food-solutionsFour MIT faculty elected to the National Academy of Engineering for 2018
to "engineering research, practice, or education, including, where appropriate, significant ...
https://meche.mit.edu/news-media/four-mit-faculty-elected-national-academy-engineering-2018Eight from MIT elected to American Academy of Arts and Sciences for 2018
independent policy research. Members contribute to academy publications, as well as studies of science and ...
https://meche.mit.edu/news-media/eight-mit-elected-american-academy-arts-and-sciences-2018Building a framework for remote making
research lead or faculty member would be responsible for providing their students with tools. If a tool or ... Undergraduate Research Opportunities Program (UROP) will be able to utilize it. “This framework will help us ... research or learning, Jay expects the framework could help guide students’ personal making projects as ...
https://meche.mit.edu/news-media/building-framework-remote-makingBourouiba wins $2.2M NIH Grant
on her previous research, funded by, for example, the U.S. Division of Agriculture, the Smith Family ...
https://meche.mit.edu/news-media/bourouiba-wins-22m-nih-grantSurface-based sonar system could rapidly map the ocean floor at high resolution
the submersible had gone missing.) Untitled design (70).jpg A research team from MIT Lincoln ... costs," says co–principal investigator Paul Ryu, a researcher in the Advanced Undersea Systems and ... coverage rate of an underwater vehicle (right). Since beginning their research in 2018, the team has ...
https://meche.mit.edu/news-media/surface-based-sonar-system-could-rapidly-map-ocean-floor-high-resolution