MIT Engineers Design Kinesthetic Controller to Solve Excavator Operator Shortages

By Munis Raza · Interesting Engineering · 2026-08-20

According to reporting from Interesting Engineering, a research team at MIT has developed an interface that replaces traditional joysticks with a physical model of an excavator arm. This new system allows untrained users to perform heavy machinery tasks with the same precision as

According to reporting from Interesting Engineering, a research team at MIT has developed an interface that replaces traditional joysticks with a physical model of an excavator arm. This new system allows untrained users to perform heavy machinery tasks with the same precision as