CAMBRIDGE, Massachusetts, Aug. 10 (TNSres) -- The Massachusetts Institute of Technology issued the following news: * * * SimPLE learns to pick, regrasp, and place objects using the objects' computer-aided design model. * * * By Anne Wilson, Department of Mechanical Engineering Pick-and-place machines are a type of automated equipment used to place objects into structured, organized locations. These machines are used for a variety of applications -- from electronics assembly to packaging, bi more PR

CAMBRIDGE, Massachusetts, Aug. 10 (TNSres) -- The Massachusetts Institute of Technology issued the following news: * * * Sublime Systems, founded by Professor Yet-Ming Chiang and former postdoc Leah Ellis, has developed a sustainable way to make one of the world's most common materials. * * * By Zach Winn, MIT News While today's cement is made through extremely high temperatures in a kiln, ancient Romans didn't have that option. Still, anyone who's been to Rome recently will tell you that  more PR

CAMBRIDGE, Massachusetts, Aug. 10 (TNSres) -- The Massachusetts Institute of Technology issued the following news: * * * MIT Concrete Sustainability Hub research presents a streamlined pavement life-cycle assessment tool to enable a large set of stakeholders to conduct environmental analysis of pavements. * * * By Andrew Paul Laurent, MIT Concrete Sustainability Hub Roads are the backbone of our society and economy, taking people and goods across distances long and short. They are a staple more PR