Topic
Computer vision
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Object recognition for robots
Robots’ maps of their environments can make existing object-recognition algorithms more accurate.
July 23, 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 -
Gauging materials’ physical properties from video
“Visual microphone” technology could lead to noninvasive identification of objects’ structural defects.
May 21, 2015 -
Object recognition for free
System designed to label visual scenes according to type turns out to detect particular objects, too.
May 8, 2015 -
Graphics in reverse
Probabilistic programming does in 50 lines of code what used to take thousands.
April 13, 2015 -
Vision system for household robots
New algorithm could enable household robots to better identify objects in cluttered environments.
January 12, 2015 -
Five CSAIL researchers named ACM fellows
The Association for Computer Machinery cites Devadas, Grimson, Morris, Rubinfeld, and Rus as having "provided key knowledge" to computing.
January 8, 2015 -
Can you out-race a computer?
Deep-learning algorithm can weigh up a neighborhood better than humans.
September 24, 2014 -
Fingertip sensor gives robot unprecedented dexterity
Equipped with a novel optical sensor, a robot grasps a USB plug and inserts it into a USB port.
September 19, 2014 -
Where to grab space debris
Algorithm tested aboard the International Space Station analyzes the rotation of objects in space.
September 10, 2014 -
An end to drug errors?
Mint Solutions tackles medication errors with scanning system that ensures patients get the right pills.
August 28, 2014 -
Extracting audio from visual information
Algorithm recovers speech from the vibrations of a potato-chip bag filmed through soundproof glass.
August 4, 2014 -
Who did what?
Techniques from natural-language processing enable computers to efficiently search video for actions.
May 14, 2014 -
Never forget a face
New algorithm uses subtle changes to make a face more memorable without changing a person’s overall appearance.
December 18, 2013 -
Taking a new look at subway map design
CSAIL researchers are using a computational model that better understands peripheral vision to test the usability of MBTA subway maps.
October 4, 2013 -
Teaching computers to see — by learning to see like computers
By translating images into the language spoken by object-recognition systems, then translating them back, researchers hope to explain the systems’ failures.
September 19, 2013 -
Seeing the human pulse
An algorithm that can accurately gauge heart rate by measuring tiny head movements in video data could ultimately help diagnose cardiac disease.
June 20, 2013 -
Finding a gecko in the crowd
A combination of crowdsourcing and computer vision could identify individuals within endangered populations.
May 1, 2013 -
Is that smile real or fake?
A computerized system developed at MIT can tell the difference between smiles of joy and smiles of frustration.
May 25, 2012 -
The quantifier
By helping biologists turn their hunches into rigorous mathematical models, Polina Golland builds software that interprets medical images.
January 12, 2012