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Three images show a driver’s eye view from a car moving down a road; an overhead computerized view; and a pixellated 3D view as the car itself perceives the road

Researchers release open-source photorealistic simulator for autonomous driving

MIT scientists unveil the first open-source simulation engine capable of constructing realistic environments for deployable training and testing of autonomous vehicles.

June 21, 2022

MIT engineers devise a recipe for improving any autonomous robotic system

A new general-purpose optimizer can speed up the design of walking robots, self-driving vehicles, and other autonomous systems.

June 21, 2022

Robotic lightning bugs take flight

Inspired by fireflies, researchers create insect-scale robots that can emit light when they fly, which enables motion tracking and communication.

June 21, 2022

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Inaugural Day of AI brings new digital literacy to classrooms worldwide

Thousands of children participate in MIT-developed artificial intelligence curriculum.

June 1, 2022

Paul Roquet and the cover of his new book

Virtual worlds apart

Paul Roquet’s new book traces the very different trajectories of virtual reality in the U.S. and Japan.

May 26, 2022

A helping hand for robotic manipulator design

With modular components and an easy-to-use 3D interface, this interactive design pipeline enables anyone to create their own customized robotic hand.

May 25, 2022

Portrait photos of MIT's 14 Fulbright winners for 2022

Fourteen from MIT awarded 2022 Fulbright Fellowships

Fulbright US Student Program funds opportunities for research, graduate study, and teaching abroad.

May 19, 2022

Charting a safe course through a highly uncertain environment

A new technique can safely guide an autonomous robot without knowledge of its environmental conditions or the size, shape, or location of obstacles it might encounter.

May 19, 2022

Portrait photo of Sarah Cen posing outdoors in a colorfully patterned jacket

Living better with algorithms

Graduate student Sarah Cen explores the interplay between humans and artificial intelligence systems, to help build accountability and trust.

May 18, 2022

Photo of Brandon Worrell pointing to a robot as Amos Winter interviews him. They are next to a colorful robot obstacle course.

Student robot competition honors the legacy of the late beloved professor, Woodie Flowers

In person for the first time in three years, the 2.007 (Design and Manufacturing I) Robot Competition celebrated its founder.

May 17, 2022

Unpacking black-box models

Researchers create a mathematical framework to evaluate explanations of machine-learning models and quantify how well people understand them.

May 5, 2022

Artificial intelligence system learns concepts shared across video, audio, and text

A machine-learning model can identify the action in a video clip and label it, without the help of humans.

May 4, 2022

Four photos showing an assistive glove, a soft hand, and a pneumatic quadropedal robot. The fingers of the glove and hand look like bananas.

Soft assistive robotic wearables get a boost from rapid design tool

Scientists have created a design and fabrication tool for soft pneumatic actuators for integrated sensing, which can power personalized health care, smart homes, and gaming.

May 3, 2022

Computer-generated image of a robotic, articulated hand with red fingers

A one-up on motion capture

A new neural network approach captures the characteristics of a physical system’s dynamic motion from video, regardless of rendering configuration or image differences.

April 29, 2022

Abstract representation of a globe with digital networks.

How can we reduce the carbon footprint of global computing?

Workshop hosted by MIT’s Climate and Sustainability Consortium, MIT-IBM Watson AI Lab, and the MIT Schwarzman College of Computing highlights how new approaches to computing can save energy and help the planet.

April 28, 2022

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Inaugural Day of AI brings new digital literacy to classrooms worldwide

Virtual worlds apart

A helping hand for robotic manipulator design

Fourteen from MIT awarded 2022 Fulbright Fellowships

Charting a safe course through a highly uncertain environment

Living better with algorithms

Student robot competition honors the legacy of the late beloved professor, Woodie Flowers

Unpacking black-box models

Artificial intelligence system learns concepts shared across video, audio, and text

Soft assistive robotic wearables get a boost from rapid design tool

A one-up on motion capture

How can we reduce the carbon footprint of global computing?

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