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New system allows robots to continuously map their environment
Algorithm to build 3-D maps requires a low-cost camera, no human input.
Robots go head to head, 250 miles above Earth
Third annual Zero Robotics competition pits robots against each other on the International Space Station.
Speed limit for birds
MIT researchers find critical speed above which birds — and drones — are sure to crash.
3-D cameras for cellphones
Clever math could enable a high-quality 3-D camera so simple, cheap and power-efficient that it could be incorporated into handheld devices.
Putting the ‘art’ in artificial intelligence
CSAIL associate professor develops AI systems that can interpret images.
Rebuilding American manufacturing
White House working group convenes at MIT to examine how new technologies can create economic growth and more jobs in the United States.
Google’s Schmidt: ‘Global mind’ offers new opportunities
With knowledge and data, a smarter world will divide work between computers and humans, search engine executive chairman says.
CSAIL robots take center stage
Computer Science and Artificial Intelligence Laboratory Principal Investigator Daniela Rus collaborated with modern dance company Pilobolus this past year to bring flying robots to the stage.
Helping robots hold on
MIT researchers design a ‘controllable adhesion system’ for underwater robots.