Can an LED-filled “robot garden” make coding more accessible?
CSAIL’s 100-plus blooming, crawling, swimming bots teach basic programming concepts.
Software that knows the risks
Planning algorithms evaluate probability of success, suggest low-risk alternatives.
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.
Computers that teach by example
New system enables pattern-recognition systems to convey what they learn to humans.
Want a happy worker? Let robots take control.
CSAIL study finds that human subjects prefer when robots give the orders.
Collecting just the right data
When you can’t collect all the data you need, a new algorithm tells you which to target.
Who did what?
Techniques from natural-language processing enable computers to efficiently search video for actions.
Rise of the compliant machines
MIT spinout Meka Robotics, recently acquired by Google, creates ‘sociable’ humanoids that could help advance human-robot interaction.
Marvin Minsky honored for lifetime achievements in artificial intelligence
The MIT professor emeritus earns the BBVA Foundation Frontiers of Knowledge Award for his pioneering work and mentoring role in the field of artificial intelligence.
Machine learning branches out
An algorithm that extends an artificial-intelligence technique to new tasks could aid in analysis of flight delays and social networks.
Four from MIT named to ‘AI’s 10 to Watch’ list
Ranking celebrates rising researchers in the field of artificial intelligence
Big medical data
At the intersection of medicine and computer science, researchers look for clinically useful correlations amid mountains of information.
The robotic equivalent of a Swiss army knife
Reconfigurable robot a step toward something that can become almost anything.
UC Berkeley joins edX
UC Berkeley joins Harvard and MIT not-for-profit online-learning collaborative; edX broadens free course offerings into public health, computer science and solid-state chemistry; opens registration
Is that smile real or fake?
A computerized system developed at MIT can tell the difference between smiles of joy and smiles of frustration.