Hopping Gives This Tiny Robot a Leg Up

MIT engineers developed an insect-sized jumping robot that can traverse challenging terrains and carry heavy payloads. By Adam Zewe | MIT News CAMBRIDGE, Mass.—Insect-scale robots can squeeze into places their larger counterparts can’t, like deep into a collapsed...

Timeless Virtues, New Technologies

Engineer and historian David Mindell’s new book provides a roadmap for thinking about the future of industry. Peter Dizikes | MIT News CAMBRIDGE, Mass.—As the story goes, the Scottish inventor James Watt envisioned how steam engines should work on one day in 1765,...