robotics

Understanding climate change is hard work. These robotic mussels are doing the heavy lifting.

As water and air temperatures rise, mussel populations fall. Northeastern researchers are tracing these trends with mussel-inspired technology, allowing them to measure the lethal limits…

by Aria Bracci October 3, 2018

Here’s what it’s like to work at a startup in the most innovative country in the world

Northeastern students Alisa Jin and Alex Dye say that working on co-op at high-tech startups in Switzerland has inspired them to launch their own companies.

by Debora Almeida September 26, 2018

Mesmerized by how bats ‘dance in the air,’ this new Northeastern professor built a robotic one

As a postdoctoral researcher, Alireza Ramezani and his colleagues created a drone that can flap its wings, glide, make sharp turns, and swoop down. Now…

by Greg St. Martin September 19, 2018

Robots are coming to the seafood industry. Here’s why.

Northeastern professor Taskin Padir has been selected to lead a new project to bring collaborative robots into processing plants at America’s busiest fishing port. The…

by Allie Nicodemo July 12, 2018

Northeastern hosts Global Leadership Summit in Paris

The summit convened members of the university’s global community and guest speakers from around the world to discuss trends in innovation, disruption, and technology.

by Greg St. Martin July 2, 2018

Sick of household chores? These students are building a robot to help you at home.

Three Northeastern students recently participated in RoboCup@Home, a competition that challenges teams from all over the world to program the best “human support robot.” The…

by Allie Nicodemo June 29, 2018

How video technology could change the 2018 World Cup

The 2018 World Cup in Russia is underway, and this year, there will be a new addition to the referee staff—a system of Video Assistant…

by Sophia Fox-Sowell June 14, 2018

President Aoun: Becoming ‘robot-proof’ is a lifelong journey

Robotics and artificial intelligence are primed to disrupt the future of work, Aoun said on Monday at a conference at MIT. “The question becomes what…

by Greg St. Martin June 4, 2018

Machines are writing news stories. Does that mean robots will replace reporters?

As computers are increasingly able to write news stories, journalists have to reconsider what they bring to the table.

by Molly Callahan May 11, 2018

A trip to MARS shows the rise to prominence of Northeastern robotics

Amazon founder Jeff Bezos' annual conference is a marquee event for the brightest minds in machine learning, and this year three Northeastern roboticists attended.

by Allie Nicodemo April 23, 2018