# MIT > Markdown twin of https://roboterminal.app/companies/mit · https://roboterminal.app/companies/mit.md ## On shared sources - [OpenAI](https://roboterminal.app/companies/openai) (5) - [Google DeepMind](https://roboterminal.app/companies/google) (4) - [Eka Robotics](https://roboterminal.app/companies/eka-robotics) (3) - [EPFL](https://roboterminal.app/companies/epfl) (3) - [a16z](https://roboterminal.app/companies/a16z) (2) - [Boston Dynamics](https://roboterminal.app/companies/boston-dynamics) (2) - [Skild](https://roboterminal.app/companies/skild) (2) - [Stanford](https://roboterminal.app/companies/stanford) (2) - [Agilink](https://roboterminal.app/companies/agilink) (1) - [Amazon](https://roboterminal.app/companies/amazon) (1) - [Ant](https://roboterminal.app/companies/ant-group) (1) - [CATL](https://roboterminal.app/companies/catl) (1) - [Chef Robotics](https://roboterminal.app/companies/chef-robotics) (1) - [Credo Ventures](https://roboterminal.app/companies/credo-ventures) (1) - [DeepSeek](https://roboterminal.app/companies/deepseek) (1) - [DoorDash](https://roboterminal.app/companies/doordash) (1) - [Dyna Robotics](https://roboterminal.app/companies/dyna-robotics) (1) - [F-Prime Capital](https://roboterminal.app/companies/f-prime-capital) (1) - [FDot](https://roboterminal.app/companies/fdot) (1) - [Flexiv](https://roboterminal.app/companies/flexiv) (1) - [Ford](https://roboterminal.app/companies/ford) (1) - [General Catalyst](https://roboterminal.app/companies/general-catalyst) (1) - [Ghost Robotics](https://roboterminal.app/companies/ghost-robotics) (1) - [Harvard University](https://roboterminal.app/companies/harvard-university) (1) - [HKU](https://roboterminal.app/companies/hku) (1) - [Hugging Face](https://roboterminal.app/companies/hugging-face) (1) - [Hyundai](https://roboterminal.app/companies/hyundai) (1) - [IEEE](https://roboterminal.app/companies/ieee) (1) - [Linkerbot](https://roboterminal.app/companies/linkerbot) (1) - [Long Journey VC](https://roboterminal.app/companies/long-journey-vc) (1) - [Mass Robotics](https://roboterminal.app/companies/mass-robotics) (1) - [Minerva Intelligence](https://roboterminal.app/companies/minerva-intelligence) (1) - [NVIDIA](https://roboterminal.app/companies/nvidia) (1) - [Physical Intelligence](https://roboterminal.app/companies/pi) (1) - [RAI Institute](https://roboterminal.app/companies/rai-institute) (1) - [Richtech Robotics](https://roboterminal.app/companies/richtech-robotics) (1) - [Samsung](https://roboterminal.app/companies/samsung) (1) - [Scale AI](https://roboterminal.app/companies/scale-ai) (1) - [Siemens](https://roboterminal.app/companies/siemens) (1) - [Tesla](https://roboterminal.app/companies/tesla) (1) - [Toyota Research Institute](https://roboterminal.app/companies/toyota-research-institute) (1) - [Uber](https://roboterminal.app/companies/uber) (1) - [UC Berkeley](https://roboterminal.app/companies/uc-berkeley) (1) - [Unitree](https://roboterminal.app/companies/unitree) (1) - [Wayve](https://roboterminal.app/companies/wayve) (1) - [YC](https://roboterminal.app/companies/yc) (1) ## Pulse - [@FlexivRobotics on X](https://x.com/FlexivRobotics/status/2112944503405601025) Can robots grasp objects without vision? In a study by MIT’s Biomimetic Robotics Lab and collaborators, Flexiv’s Rizon 4 supported blind grasping research, achieving 96% success on YCB and 95% on Gras… - [@lukas_m_ziegler on X](https://x.com/lukas_m_ziegler/status/2112575899866468418) 🚨 BREAKING: @EkaRobotics just raised $150M in Series A funding at a $1.45 billion valuation, led by a16z and F-Prime Capital. The founding team is exceptional. @pulkitology is an MIT professor. Tuoma… - [@a16z on X](https://x.com/a16z/status/2112569769648087279) We believe solving dexterous manipulation is one of the largest opportunities in robotics. That’s why we're thrilled to lead Eka Robotics’ Series A. Much of the world's physical economy still depends … - [@Robohub on X](https://x.com/Robohub/status/2112095347531042894) Powered by muscle cells, a paper-thin robot swims through watery maze https://t.co/rwfg40BS0E - [@lukas_m_ziegler on X](https://x.com/lukas_m_ziegler/status/2111396369101414566) They say robotics moved west, but Boston didn’t get the memo. 🦞 The Massachusetts ecosystem is one of the world's leading hubs for robotics, combining top research, companies, and deep-tech investmen… - [@IlirAliu_ on X](https://x.com/IlirAliu_/status/2111004727852884384) This is the real deal! Trained in simulation. Deployed in reality. No post-training, just... pre-training. A humanoid robot executing soccer skills like dribbling at 2.3 m/s, passing, turning, and sco… - [@WevolverApp on X](https://x.com/WevolverApp/status/2110704126518534543) A new planning system ensures that a robot’s flight path remains clear, which could aid in disaster response or search-and-rescue missions. “In the hardest possible environment,” Kota Kondo says, “we … - [@chris_j_paxton on X](https://x.com/chris_j_paxton/status/2110363093540667642) I think the most important thing in robotics right now, is a problem i can't tackle without a ton of gpus. The second most important problem is more traceable than ever https://t.co/mHthmN6ujS - [@ericjang11 on X](https://x.com/ericjang11/status/2110193538315231549) Revenge of the GPU poor roboticists (MIT) - [@IEEESpectrum on X](https://x.com/IEEESpectrum/status/2109728390794060177) This new ingestible paper #battery developed by MIT scientists could power medical devices inside the body before safely breaking down. https://t.co/27rZofHgac https://t.co/4JmDwa6znM - [@spaceandtech_ on X](https://x.com/spaceandtech_/status/2109326928360640898) Researchers at MIT developed Draft, a tool that lets engineers design and customize robots by adjusting parameters such as limb length, body size, and motor power. It uses real-world hardware data and… - [@RoboPapers on X](https://x.com/RoboPapers/status/2108543009625157878) Reinforcement learning is often seen as key to achieving scalable, highly reliable real-world robot performance, yet it requires good reward functions that can supervise the wide range of tasks that n… - [@CyberRobooo on X](https://x.com/CyberRobooo/status/2108480014211825934) A humanoid robot that can catch a moving cup Most robots freeze the second something starts moving. Cup on a belt, shifting grasp, anything not stuck in place --and they miss. Long-WAM from NVIDIA (wi… - [@TheRundownAI on X](https://x.com/TheRundownAI/status/2108203439343693993) Top stories in robotics today: - Minerva builds a bomb-disposal humanoid - Agilink teaches a robot hand embroidery - Every step charges this tiny robot - MIT gives drones a mathematical survival insti… - [@lukas_m_ziegler on X](https://x.com/lukas_m_ziegler/status/2108167931725054108) Some jobs shouldn't have a human in them at all! ⚠️ I visited @mnv_humanoids in Stuttgart, who are building humanoids for hazardous industrial and public safety work. Yesterday they came out of stealt… - [@TheHumanoidHub on X](https://x.com/TheHumanoidHub/status/2107880426786422816) "Hey Alexa... uh, I mean Atlas, hand me the drill." Boston Dynamics has a new CEO: Rohit Prasad, the man who built Alexa. And it's a notable break from BD's past. BD's first two CEOs were hardcore rob… - [@RichtechRobots on X](https://x.com/RichtechRobots/status/2107864976442732732) Spot ADAM in the headlines! 🤖 Amid growing tech competition with China, @CNNBusiness spotlighted our robot bartender, ADAM, as a prime example of domestic innovation and U.S.-native robotics. Richtec… - [@RoboPapers on X](https://x.com/RoboPapers/status/2107863269587227094) Full episode dropping soon! Geeking out with @Philip_MIT @thomas_weng on SOLE-R1: Video-Language Reasoning as the Sole Reward for On-Robot RL https://t.co/Cirfab51a8 Co-hosted by @micoolcho @DJiafei h… - [@techniahqrobot on X](https://x.com/techniahqrobot/status/2107321449451016397) Late 2026 is packed with robotics events across Japan, the US, and Europe. United States • Ann Arbor Physical AI Workshop • Long Horizon Physical AI Summit • RoboBusiness 2026 • RobOpsCon 2026 • Minds… - [@TheRundownAI on X](https://x.com/TheRundownAI/status/2105666624913059915) Top stories in robotics today: - DoorDash builds its own delivery drone - Dyna’s robot handles the entire laundry stack - ETH teaches disembodied robot hand to crawl - MIT puts living muscle into a pa… - [@WevolverApp on X](https://x.com/WevolverApp/status/2105593141831061831) (ᴡᴀʀɴɪɴɢ: ғʟᴀsʜɪɴɢ ʟɪɢʜᴛs) MIT engineers have developed a paper-thin swimming robot powered by living skeletal muscle cells. Controlled using blue light, the muscle-powered robot can propel itself thr… - [@WevolverApp on X](https://x.com/WevolverApp/status/2105576832485511385) The SeaPerch underwater robot, a “do-it-yourself” maker project, is a popular educational tool for middle and high school students. Developed by MIT Sea Grant, the remotely operated vehicle (ROV) teac… - [@WevolverApp on X](https://x.com/WevolverApp/status/2105308374984220958) Engineers at MIT and EPFL in Lausanne, Switzerland, have designed a robot that can swim underwater, and flap out of the water to continue flying through air, much like a diving bird. The robot can hel… - [@lukas_m_ziegler on X](https://x.com/lukas_m_ziegler/status/2104204081778536757) SLAM dunk your robotics knowledge! ⛹🏼‍♂️ Robots are getting smarter and more capable, hence SLAM is often considered one of the "holy grail" of robotics, enabling machines to map unknown environments… - [@agilityrobotics on X](https://x.com/agilityrobotics/status/2103190228366188631) What is #physicalAI? Our CTO Pras Velagapudi joined @MIT_CSAIL to dive deep into physical intelligence. Worth a watch: https://t.co/ykzUoF1XyV - [@WevolverApp on X](https://x.com/WevolverApp/status/2101996351160504476) Ori-TENG is a design and fabrication framework for 3D printed origami tessellations that function as triboelectric sensors and energy harvesters Video Credit: MIT CSAIL Engineering Group #engineering … - [@spaceandtech_ on X](https://x.com/spaceandtech_/status/2101009954845180284) MIT and EPFL engineers built a puffin-inspired robot that can fly and swim underwater. It uses flapping wings to move through both environments without extra propulsion. The robot could study icebergs… - [@frontrunvc on X](https://x.com/frontrunvc/status/2100642062425051619) STEALTH 🥷: 5 founders building in stealth, recently flagged by the stealth discovery pipeline coming soon to @frontrunvc: 👇 1. @vipul_1011 = research scientist at @scale_AI, FAIR at @AIatMeta, red-t… - [@lukas_m_ziegler on X](https://x.com/lukas_m_ziegler/status/2100580140660998171) Robot boats that build a bridge out of themselves 🚤 FloatForm, from MIT CSAIL and the MIT Senseable City Lab, published in Nature. Each unit is a 21 cm square boat, roughly the size of a dinner plate… - [@VaderResearch on X](https://x.com/VaderResearch/status/2100543065605693490) Linkerbot is the leading dexterous robot hand producer valued at $3bn. They own ~80% of market share globally according to their CEO. Clients include industrial firms such as Samsung, Siemens & resear… - [@WevolverApp on X](https://x.com/WevolverApp/status/2100239028633096291) A student at MIT's Materials Genome Camp pours a molten alloy into a mold with shape-memory wires to make “Frankensteel,” a material that can heal itself after damage. The shape-memory wires pull the … - [@stretchcloud on X](https://x.com/stretchcloud/status/2100145162878177484) 98% of GPT-6 Astra's benchmark performance. 1.4% of the cost. That's what OpenDesign found when they benchmarked DeepSeek V4.1 Flash on everyday design tasks. Every other model in the comparison score… - [@stretchcloud on X](https://x.com/stretchcloud/status/2097481863698985158) The thing that got buried in the Navier-Stokes story is not the math. It is what the compute profile looks like. 10,000 coordinating AI agents. 88 hours. Cost estimated in the millions of dollars. A m… - [@stretchcloud on X](https://x.com/stretchcloud/status/2097056561097019686) New paper from Google DeepMind, MIT, Stanford: "Design Docs Are All You Need". Using structured design docs to drive AI-native ML performance modeling. The result: design docs outperform ad-hoc prompt… - [@lukas_m_ziegler on X](https://x.com/lukas_m_ziegler/status/2096668941175193636) A robot that swims underwater, then flies straight out of it! 🦢 Water is 1,000 times denser than air. Moving through one or the other normally means two completely different machines. Around 100 bird… - [@TheRundownAI on X](https://x.com/TheRundownAI/status/2095519790920003693) Top stories in robotics today: - Uber and Wayve bring robotaxis to London - Altman says OpenAI ‘will definitely’ build a humanoid - MIT’s AI shows what self-driving cars are thinking - Skild wants to … - [OpenVLA:](https://arxiv.org/pdf/2406.09246) OpenVLA: An Open-Source Vision-Language-Action Model Moo Jin Kim∗,1 Karl Pertsch∗,1,2 Siddharth Karamcheti∗,1,3 Ted Xiao4 Ashwin Balakrishna3 Suraj Nair3 Rafael Rafailov1 Ethan Foster1 Grace Lam Panna… --- Source: Roboterminal · https://roboterminal.app/companies/mit.md