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August 2025

On Mars, Even Wheels Break the Rules
Inside the brutal trade-offs of rover wheel design
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Srini Vijay, PhD
The 40-Camera Robot That Always Gets a Reaction
What happens when you give a machine too many eyes.
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Srini Vijay, PhD
Robots don’t fail in code-they fail in the wild.
Packing crates, busted wheels, and desert sun reveal truths a lab never will.
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Srini Vijay, PhD
Most People Are Learning the Wrong Way with AI
You think you’re learning—but chances are, AI is leaving your understanding empty
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Srini Vijay, PhD
The Surprising Trick That Makes Underwater Robots “Float in Place”
Secrets of underwater robots
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Srini Vijay, PhD
Confused by AI Buzzwords? Let’s Break Down Neural Nets, Transformers, and LLMs
Decode the jargon and see how it all connects under the hood of AI
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Srini Vijay, PhD
The Most Underrated Frontier in Robotics Is Also the Most Human
A 3D-Printed Gripper Is Quietly Redefining Robot Intelligence
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Srini Vijay, PhD
This One Trick Quietly Powers Solar Homes, Robots, and Satellites
Solar panels are dumb. Unless you give them a brain.
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Srini Vijay, PhD
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Why Robots Are Still Dumb While Chatbots Get All the Glory
You can scrape the web for words. You can’t scrape it for folding laundry.
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Srini Vijay, PhD
I Thought Robot Arms Were Simple—Then I Tried to Build One
You don't fully understand robots until you try to build one with your own hands
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Srini Vijay, PhD
It Rained in the Driest Place on Earth. And We Were Testing Robots There.
Field robotics isn’t just about the tech. It’s about everything you can’t plan for.
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Srini Vijay, PhD
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