Teaching robots to teach other robots
CSAIL approach allows robots to learn a wider range of tasks using some basic knowledge and a single demo.
Drones dodge obstacles
Motion-planning algorithms allow drones to do donuts, figure-eights in object-filled environments.
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.
Teaching robots lateral thinking
New algorithms could help household robots work around their physical shortcomings.
Autonomous robotic plane flies indoors
New algorithms allow an autonomous robotic plane to dodge obstacles in a subterranean parking garage, without the use of GPS.
Autonomous robot scans ship hulls for mines
Algorithms enable robot to navigate and view propellers and other complex structures.
Mechanical engineers develop an ‘intelligent co-pilot’ for cars
Semiautonomous system takes the wheel to keep drivers safe.
Smarter robot arms
A combination of two algorithms developed at MIT allows autonomous robots to execute tasks much more efficiently — and move more predictably.