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MIT engineers have quietly solved one of the biggest bottlenecks in living-tissue robotics, creating synthetic tendons that let soft muscle pull on hard plastic with far more force and control. By ...

In its decades-long quest to mimic life, robotics has never had much trouble duplicating its brute force. Machines have long been capable of moving vehicles, assembling chips, and reaching the far ...

If you asked me to compile a list of the four most influential things to come out of MIT in the past 25 years — things that have truly changed the world — it wouldn’t include any drugs, software, ...

MIT's FluidLab has made significant progress in revolutionizing the fluid manipulation skills of robots, unlocking new potential for intricate tasks. While humans effortlessly interact with various ...