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An edited collection of advanced computing news from Communications of the ACM, ACM TechNews, other ACM resources, and news sites around the Web.
A new algorithm can aggregate perspectives and recognize four times as many objects as one that uses a single perspective, while reducing misidentifications. MIT News From ACM TechNews | January 14, 2015
For household robots ever to be practical, they'll need to be able to recognize the objects they're supposed to manipulate.MIT News Office From ACM News | January 12, 2015
Massachusetts Institute of Technology researchers have found the most recent version of deep neural networks match the primate brain. MIT News From ACM TechNews | December 22, 2014
Researchers say they have begun to describe theoretical limits on the degree of imprecision that communicating computers can tolerate. MIT News From ACM TechNews | December 12, 2014
Measurable virtual reality combines ceiling-mounted projectors with motion-capture technology and animation software to project a robot's intentions in real time...MIT News From ACM TechNews | October 31, 2014
Researchers have developed a robot equipped with tactile sensors that enable it to grasp a USB cable draped over a hook and insert it into a USB port. MIT News From ACM TechNews | September 24, 2014
Researchers have developed a soft robotic arm, inspired by octopus tentacles, that can snake through a pipelike environment without a human operator. MIT News From ACM TechNews | September 17, 2014
For years, a team of researchers at MIT and Harvard University has been working on origami robots—reconfigurable robots that would be able to fold themselves into...MIT News Office From ACM News | August 8, 2014
One of the reasons we don't yet have self-driving cars and mini-helicopters delivering online purchases is that autonomous vehicles tend not to perform well under...MIT News Office From ACM News | June 9, 2014
Researchers in MIT's Computer Science and Artificial Intelligence Laboratory, working with colleagues at the University of Washington, have developed a new computer...MIT News Office From ACM News | May 5, 2014
A new computer system can automatically solve the type of word problems common in introductory algebra classes. MIT News From ACM TechNews | May 2, 2014
Suppose you're trying to navigate an unfamiliar section of a big city, and you’re using a particular cluster of skyscrapers as a reference point.MIT News Office From ACM News | April 4, 2014
Researchers say they have created a robotic fish that is the first self-contained autonomous soft robot capable of rapid body motion. MIT News From ACM TechNews | March 17, 2014
Soft robots—which don’t just have soft exteriors but are also powered by fluid flowing through flexible channels—have become a sufficiently popular research topic...MIT News Office From ACM News | March 13, 2014
Researchers say they have developed a system that combines existing robotic control programs to enable multiagent systems to collaborate in complex ways. MIT News From ACM TechNews | February 12, 2014
Writing a program to control a single autonomous robot navigating an uncertain environment with an erratic communication link is hard enough; write one for multiple...MIT News Office From ACM News | February 12, 2014
MIT Media Lab professor emeritus Marvin Minsky, 86, a pioneer in the field of artificial intelligence, has won the BBVA Foundation Frontiers of Knowledge Award...MIT News Office From ACM News | January 17, 2014
A new algorithm makes subtle changes to various points on a face to make it more memorable without changing the subject's overall appearance. MIT News From ACM TechNews | December 20, 2013
Researchers have developed a robot-vision algorithm they say is 15 percent better than its best competitor at identifying familiar objects in cluttered scenes. ...MIT News From ACM TechNews | October 11, 2013
Artificial intelligence research has advanced significantly, but much work remains before computers can truly replicate or surpass human intelligence. MIT News From ACM TechNews | September 13, 2013