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MIT is a robotics company founded 1993, based in United States, developing 1 robot primarily in the Research category.
MIT Humanoid Robotics Group research projects including Cog (humanoid robot for sensorimotor learning), Kismet (robot head for affective computing and social interaction), and Genghis (six-legged robot demonstrating emergent behavior from decentralized controllers). Academic research group, not a commercial robotics company.
Company facts
- HQ
- Cambridge, United States
- Founded
- 1993 · 33 yrs
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Milestones
Kismet robot head created by Dr. Cynthia Breazeal as experiment in affective computing
Genghis six-legged robot built by Rodney Brooks at MIT
In the news
6 events · last 90 days
11.9momentumMIT's autonomous robotic tiles build floating structures on water
In the news
6 events · last 90 days
Why MIT has been in the news, across 10 outlets — collected and classified independently, so a maker cannot add to it. It never changes a robot's RoboScore — the evidence half of the RoboIndex — and it can move a robot up a board by at most 15 points.
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