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Lockheed Martin CTO Keoki Jackson '89, SM '92, ScD '97 (center, left) and MIT AeroAstro department head Jaime Peraire congratulate each other after signing a research collaboration agreement between the two organizations. Initial research will focus on robotics and autonomous systems.

MIT, Lockheed Martin launch long-term research collaboration

Initial focus will be on transformative technologies, autonomy, and robotics.

May 16, 2016

MIT political scientist Kenneth Oye has discovered that collaborating with technologists is a very effective way to inform good policy on the issues he cares about most — from climate change to synthetic biology.

Ken Oye and the art of sociotechnical problem-solving

May 13, 2016

“It’s really exciting to see our small origami robots doing something with potential important applications to healthcare,” Daniela Rus says. Pictured, an example of a capsule and the unfolded origami device.

Ingestible origami robot

Robot unfolds from ingestible capsule, removes button battery stuck to wall of simulated stomach.

May 12, 2016

“This approach overcomes a major hurdle in the human genetics field and addresses an important question surrounding the hidden heritability of many complex traits,” Laurie Boyer says.

New approach to genetic analysis yields markers linked to complex diseases

Study identifies new gene variants that may be targets for treating arrhythmia.

May 10, 2016

Designing a better built environment

Oral Buyukozturk develops innovative designs and technologies for durable, sustainable physical infrastructure projects.

April 25, 2016

Children have a blast in the MIT wind tunnel.

MIT's Open House attracts tens of thousands on Saturday

From major facilities and centers to out-of-the-way labs and classrooms, MIT opened its doors to the public.

April 24, 2016

MIT researchers will present a new, decentralized planning algorithm for teams of robots that factors in not only stationary obstacles, but moving obstacles, as well. The algorithm still comes with strong mathematical guarantees that the robots will avoid collisions.

Robotic consensus

Control algorithm for teams of robots factors in moving obstacles.

April 21, 2016

The goal of MIT's "Duckiebot" class was to create a fleet of 50 self-driving taxis that can navigate the roads of a model city with just a single on-board camera and no pre-programmed maps.

Self-driving cars, meet rubber duckies

“Duckietown” class at Computer Science and Artificial Intelligence Lab teaches autonomy, aims to become global research platform.

April 20, 2016

AI<sup>2</sup> combs through data and detects suspicious activity using unsupervised machine-learning. It then presents this activity to human analysts, who confirm which events are actual attacks, and incorporate that feedback into its models for the next set of data.

System predicts 85 percent of cyber-attacks using input from human experts

Virtual artificial intelligence analyst developed by the Computer Science and Artificial Intelligence Lab and PatternEx reduces false positives by factor of 5.

April 18, 2016

David Kirsh, professor and past chair of the Department of Cognitive Science at the University of California at San Diego

David Kirsh to speak on the cognitive value of working with tools and the physical world

International Design Center hosts an April 28 Interdisciplinary Design Conversation with David Kirsch, an expert in how objects can become interactive tools.

April 14, 2016