
Drones | MIT News | Massachusetts Institute of Technology
Apr 10, 2025 · New research could improve the safety of drone shows, warehouse robots, and self-driving cars. Associate Professor Luca Carlone is working to give robots a more human …
Engineers enable a drone to determine its position in the ... - MIT …
Feb 13, 2025 · MIT researchers developed a system that enables a drone to determine its position in 6D space in indoor, dark, or low-visibility environments using radio frequency waves.
Drones navigate unseen environments with liquid neural networks | MIT …
Apr 19, 2023 · MIT researchers exhibit a new advancement in autonomous drone navigation, using brain-inspired liquid neural networks that excel in out-of-distribution scenarios.
System trains drones to fly around obstacles at high speeds - MIT …
Aug 10, 2021 · A new algorithm helps drones find the fastest route around obstacles without crashing. The MIT system could enable fast, nimble drones for time-critical operations such as …
Small UAS Initiative - MIT Lincoln Laboratory
Multidisciplinary teams from Lincoln Laboratory have developed small unmanned aerial systems (UAS) that advance the state of the art in autonomous behaviors, including navigation in …
MIT Unmanned Aerial Vehicle (UAV) Team - MIT Office of …
The Unmanned Aerial Vehicle (UAV) Team is a student-run group which aims to teach members of the MIT community the necessary hands-on engineering skills involved in building aerial …
Hopping gives this tiny robot a leg up - MIT News
Apr 9, 2025 · A hopping, insect-sized robot can jump over gaps or obstacles, traverse rough, slippery, or slanted surfaces, and perform aerial acrobatic maneuvers, while using a fraction of …
New algorithm keeps drones from colliding in midair - MIT News
Mar 29, 2023 · MIT researchers developed a multiagent trajectory planning system that guarantees a group of drones working together in the same airspace will avoid collisions even …
Researchers introduce a new generation of tiny, agile drones - MIT …
Mar 2, 2021 · MIT researchers developed an insect-size drone with soft actuators — akin to muscles — that are agile and resilient to collisions. The advance could boost aerial robots’ …
MIT’s propeller innovation can make your drone less whiny
Jan 27, 2023 · Researchers at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT) have developed new low-noise propellers that can make current multirotor drones much less of an acoustic …
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