Distributed Robotics Laboratory (DRL)
MIT's Distributed Robotics Laboratory, led by Daniela Rus, pioneers research at the intersection of AI and robotics with focus on physical intelligence. The lab conducts fundamental and applied research in robotic perception, multi-robot coordination, and autonomous systems.
Notable achievements
Leading research in physical intelligence, distributed cyber-physical systems, multi-robot exploration and coordination
Notable work
Recent publications
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A digital twin-empowered resilient path-following approach for non-holonomic autonomous vehicles under DoS attacks
Hunain Kaisar, Muhammad Rehan, Ijaz Ahmed +1 more
Robotics and Autonomous Systems · 2026
Vision-driven collaborative path planning for autonomous multi-UAV swarms in maritime and coastal environments using deep reinforcement learning
Tariq Ali, Umar Draz, Imran Razzak +4 more
Robotics and Autonomous Systems · 2026
A hierarchical federated learning approach based on cloud–fog–edge computing architecture for distributed smart manufacturing systems
Wenyou Guo, Ting Qu, Yongheng Zhang +2 more
Robotics and Computer-Integrated Manufacturing · 2026
A hierarchical approach to imitation learning for manipulation tasks requiring time varying forces
Rishabh Shukla, Adithya Santhosh, Shaili Gandhi +2 more
Robotics and Computer-Integrated Manufacturing · 2026
VIA: Visual Interface Agent for Robot Control
Hengyuan Hu, Priya Sundaresan, Jensen Gao +1 more
2026
What Are We Actually Benchmarking in Robot Manipulation?
Tianchong Jiang, Xiangshan Tan, Samuel Wheeler +3 more
2026