Topic
Artificial intelligence
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Personalized heart models for surgical planning
System can convert MRI scans into 3D-printed, physical models in a few hours.
September 17, 2015 -
CSAIL joins with Toyota on $25 million research center for autonomous cars
Seeking to reduce traffic casualties, center will focus on robotics and artificial intelligence systems.
September 4, 2015 -
Self-driving golf carts
Autonomous vehicles share sidewalk space with pedestrians in six-day trial in Singaporean public garden.
September 1, 2015 -
Could a pen change how we diagnose brain function?
Team from MIT's Computer Science and Artificial Intelligence Lab detects dementia using AI and a digital pen.
August 13, 2015 -
Robots collaborate to deliver meds, supplies, and even drinks
Bots from the MIT Computer Science and Artificial Intelligence Lab work together more effectively in the face of uncertainty.
August 10, 2015 -
Object recognition for robots
Robots’ maps of their environments can make existing object-recognition algorithms more accurate.
July 23, 2015 -
Siting wind farms more quickly, cheaply
New model predicts wind speeds more accurately with three months of data than others do with 12.
July 17, 2015 -
Helping students stick with MOOCs
New techniques could help identify students at risk for dropping out of online courses.
July 1, 2015 -
MIT team places sixth at international DARPA Robotics Challenge
CSAIL team just misses winning the grand prize after programming a 400-lb humanoid robot to lift beams, climb stairs, and drive a car.
June 8, 2015 -
Helping robots handle uncertainty
Algorithm for planning multirobot collaborations makes complex models practical.
June 2, 2015 -
Helping robots put it all together
New algorithm lets autonomous robots divvy up assembly tasks on the fly.
May 27, 2015 -
Object recognition for free
System designed to label visual scenes according to type turns out to detect particular objects, too.
May 8, 2015 -
MIT engineers hand “cognitive” control to underwater robots
With MIT-developed algorithms, robots plan underwater missions autonomously.
May 6, 2015 -
Graphics in reverse
Probabilistic programming does in 50 lines of code what used to take thousands.
April 13, 2015 -
Better machine learning
Kalyan Veeramachaneni tackles some of the biggest bottlenecks holding back the data science industry.
February 24, 2015 -
Can an LED-filled “robot garden” make coding more accessible?
CSAIL’s 100-plus blooming, crawling, swimming bots teach basic programming concepts.
February 18, 2015 -
Software that knows the risks
Planning algorithms evaluate probability of success, suggest low-risk alternatives.
January 16, 2015 -
CSAIL opens lab to 150 local students for Hour of Code
Robots, virtual visit from will.i.am aim to get kids excited about programming.
December 12, 2014 -
Computers that teach by example
New system enables pattern-recognition systems to convey what they learn to humans.
December 5, 2014 -
Want a happy worker? Let robots take control.
CSAIL study finds that human subjects prefer when robots give the orders.
August 21, 2014