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“It’s kind of like adding a conscious element to everyday objects,” says Jiaji Li, MIT postdoc and CSAIL researcher. “In the same way an AI agent is programmed to make certain decisions based on our instructions, these creations have built-in sensing to adaptively react to human touch.”

This design software reimagines everyday objects as self-aware devices

10.22.26
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“When we evaluate the small intestine, we do it for either diagnosis or treatment. If we find a little polyp that needs to be removed, this robot allows us to take a biopsy or remove it,” says Giovanni Traverso.

A soft robot could help doctors diagnose and treat disorders of the small intestine

10.28.26
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To improve artificial perception, Professor Paris Smaragdis seeks to make machines that can hear and understand sound even better than humans.

Making machines that can listen

10.28.26
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