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Researchers create new kind of robot composed of many simple particles with no centralized control or single point of failure The concept of “gray goo,” a robot comprised of billions of nano... Read more
Finding lost hikers in forests can be a difficult and lengthy process, as helicopters and drones can’t get a glimpse through the thick tree canopy. Recently, it’s been proposed that autonomo... Read more
Detecting fake news at its source Lately the fact-checking world has been in a bit of a crisis. Sites like Politifact and Snopes have traditionally focused on specific claims, which is admir... Read more
Model learns to pick out objects within an image, using spoken descriptions. MIT computer scientists have developed a system that learns to identify objects within an image, based on a spoke... Read more
Machine learning system efficiently recognizes activities by observing how objects change in only a few key frames. Given only a few frames of a video, humans can usually surmise what is hap... Read more
Breakthrough CSAIL system suggests robots could one day be able to see well enough to be useful in people’s homes and offices. Humans have long been masters of dexterity, a skill that can la... Read more
CSAIL wireless system suggests future where doctors could implant sensors to track tumors or even dispense drugs. Investigating inside the human body often requires cutting open a patient or... Read more
System enables people to correct robot mistakes on multi-choice problems Getting robots to do things isn’t easy: usually scientists have to either explicitly program them or get them t... Read more
Wireless smart-home system from the Computer Science and Artificial Intelligence Laboratory could monitor diseases and help the elderly “age in place.” X-ray vision has long seemed like a fa... Read more
The future of transportation in waterway-rich cities such as Amsterdam, Bangkok, and Venice — where canals run alongside and under bustling streets and bridges — may include autonomous boats... Read more
CSAIL’s robotic system minimizes dangerous sawing, helps users customize furniture. Every year thousands of carpenters injure their hands and fingers doing dangerous tasks such as sawing. In... Read more
Origami-inspired muscles are both soft and strong, and can be made for less than $1 Soft robotics has made leaps and bounds over the last decade as researchers around the world have e... Read more
Every year 40,000 women die from breast cancer in the U.S. alone. When cancers are found early, they can often be cured. Mammograms are the best test available, but they’re still imperfect a... Read more
Many manufacturing jobs require a physical presence to operate machinery. But what if such jobs could be done remotely? This week researchers from MIT’s Computer Science and Artificial... Read more
