Overview
The MIT CSAIL Robot Locomotion Group, led by Professor Russ Tedrake, researches dynamics and control for humanoid robots, robotic manipulation, and dynamic walking over rough terrain. The group works on Atlas humanoid control, MPC, and learning-based approaches for legged locomotion.
Verified record
- Verified deployments
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- Active incidents
- None on file
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Current leadership (7)
- Russ Tedrake Toyota Professor of EECS, Aero/Astro, MechE & Group Leadsecondary-verified
- Adam Wei PhD Candidate, EECSsecondary-verified
- Tommy Cohn PhD Candidate, EECSsecondary-verified
- Peter Werner PhD Candidate, EECSsecondary-verified
- Bernhard Paus Graesdal PhD Candidate, EECSsecondary-verified
- Taylan Kargin Postdoctoral Associatesecondary-verified
- Nicholas Pfaff PhD Candidate, EECSsecondary-verified
Former / Previously (5)
- Alexandre Amice PhD, EECS (2026)secondary-verified
- Tobia Marcucci PhD, EECSsecondary-verified
- Terry Suh PhD, EECS (2024)secondary-verified
- Lucas Manuelli PhD, EECS (2020)secondary-verified
- Boyuan Chen PhD, EECS (2025)secondary-verified
Safety record
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MIT CSAIL Locomotion Group in third-party press
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- Record createdAug 9, 2026
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Methodology: Verified · 1 source (no primary) · last reviewed 2026-08-21
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Last reviewed 2026-08-21
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Methodology surface for MIT CSAIL Locomotion Group.In the press
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AI agents create virtual playgrounds to help robots get crucial training data
SceneSmith uses collaborative AI agents to create realistic 3D environments of places like kitchens, hotels, and living rooms where robots can simulate everyday chores, providing…
Using generative AI to diversify virtual training grounds for robots
MIT CSAIL's Robot Locomotion Group created a tool that uses generative AI to create realistic virtual kitchens and living rooms where simulated robots can interact with models of…
Simulation-based pipeline tailors training data for dexterous robots
MIT's PhysicsGen system helps robots handle items in homes and factories by tailoring training data to a particular machine, turning VR demonstrations into thousands of…
New system enables robots to solve manipulation problems in seconds
MIT CSAIL researchers developed an algorithm that lets a robot 'think ahead' and consider thousands of potential motion plans simultaneously, enabling robots to solve manipulation…
Multimodal and reasoning LLMs supersize training data for dexterous robotic tasks
GenSim2 framework uses multimodal and reasoning large language models to supersize training data for robots, enabling dexterous manipulation task training at scale.
Boston Dynamics and Toyota Research Institute Announce Partnership to Advance Robotics Research
Boston Dynamics and TRI joined forces to combine TRI's Large Behavior Models with Boston Dynamics' Atlas robot. The partnership was co-led by Scott Kuindersma (Boston Dynamics)…
Creating and verifying stable AI-controlled systems in a rigorous and flexible way
MIT CSAIL researchers helped design a new technique that can guarantee the stability of robots controlled by neural networks, using Lyapunov functions to provide stability…
Robot Locomotion Group - MIT CSAIL
MIT CSAIL's Robot Locomotion Group researches dynamics and control for humanoid robots, robotic manipulation, and dynamic walking over rough terrain.
AI helps robots manipulate objects with their whole bodies
A new technique from MIT CSAIL enables a robot to reason efficiently about moving objects using more than just its fingertips, expanding manipulation capabilities to whole-body…
Robots can now pick up any object after inspecting it
CSAIL's Dense Object Nets (DON) system, developed by Pete Florence, Lucas Manuelli, and Russ Tedrake, enables robots to pick up novel objects after visual inspection, suggesting…
Programming drones to fly in the face of uncertainty
CSAIL's NanoMap system enables drones to avoid obstacles while flying at 20 miles per hour by deeply integrating sensing and control, developed by the Robot Locomotion Group.
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- Revision history: /companies/mit-csail-locomotion/history
- Data documentation: /data
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Last computed: Aug 21, 2026