A new system combines simple control programs to enable fleets of robots — or other ‘multiagent systems’ — to collaborate in unprecedented ways Writing a program to control a single autonomous robot navigating an uncertain environment with an erratic communication… Read More ›
MIT
New Terminator-style ‘bots can self-assemble, leap, climb and SWARM
Creepy, limbless – MIT roboticists flywheel paves way for tiny, cube-shaped overlords By Brid-Aine Parnell, 7th October 2013 Rise of The Machines Roboticists at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology have devised a range of self-assembling cube robots, which have no external… Read More ›
Low-power Wi-Fi signal tracks movement — even behind walls
Contact: Sarah McDonnell s_mcd@mit.edu 617-253-8923 Massachusetts Institute of Technology ‘Wi-Vi’ is based on a concept similar to radar and sonar imaging CAMBRIDGE, MA — The comic-book hero Superman uses his X-ray vision to spot bad guys lurking behind walls and… Read More ›
Team builds most complex synthetic biology circuit yet
Mon, 10/08/2012 – 7:39am Using genes as interchangeable parts, synthetic biologists design cellular circuits that can perform new functions, such as sensing environmental conditions. However, the complexity that can be achieved in such circuits has been limited by a critical… Read More ›
Engineering Evil 