Jennifer Chu, MIT News Office

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Robot designed for exploring hazardous, disaster zones

Virtualization, Cloud Analytics

Researchers develop virtual-reality testing ground for drones

Autonomous robot glider combines qualities of albatross and sailboat

Robotic picking and cleaning system developed

Info Management

Platform for microfluidic chips developed from LEGOs

Autonomous robot designed to keep pace with humans safely

A nickel film peel-off from a silicon wafer demonstrates the concept of using a 2-D-material-based transfer process for wafers. Courtesy: Jose-Luis Olivares, MIT

Energy Efficiency

Graphene used to create cheaper semiconductor wafers

MIT engineers have produced wrinkle-free graphene through a layer-resolved graphene transfer (LRGT) process, using an adhesive-like layer of nickel to peel graphene from silicon carbide. By then placing the graphene on an oxidized wafer of silicon, the na

Energy Efficiency

Researchers are ironing out graphene’s wrinkles

While most solid materials expand with heat, this 3-D-printed structure, designed by MIT engineers, is designed to shrink, based on the stretching and pulling of its internal beams and trusses. Courtesy: Qiming Wang, MIT

3-D-printed structures shrink when heated

A shape-memory Eiffel tower was 3-D printed using projection microstereolithography. It is shown recovering from being bent, after toughening on a heated Singapore dollar coin. Courtesy: Qi (Kevin) Ge, MIT and Singapore University of Technology and Design

Discrete Manufacturing

Researchers learn that 3-D printed structures remember their shapes

The photograph shows a square-shaped intruder plunging through various material, including coarse, salt-like grains (white) and fine sand (blueish green), as well as more viscous (green) and pasty (blue) materials. Image courtesy: Felice Frankel, MIT

Researchers use equation to predict force to push objects through granular, pasty materials

An electron microscopy image shows many examples of nanoscrolls. The insert zooms in on a single nanoscroll and reveals its conical nature. Courtesy: Itai Stein, Carlo Amadei, MIT

Energy Efficiency

Researchers develop cheaper nanoscrolls with graphene alternative