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
The birth of artificial-intelligence research as an autonomous discipline is generally thought to have been the monthlong Dartmouth Summer Research Project on Artificial...MIT News Office From ACM News | September 10, 2013
Researchers have created software that points out inaccuracies in student programming and offers suggestions for improvement. MIT News From ACM TechNews | June 5, 2013
Researchers are developing robotic systems that can negotiate with people to determine the best way to achieve their goals.MIT News From ACM TechNews | May 3, 2013
Many commercial robotic arms perform what roboticists call "pick and place" tasks: The arm picks up an object in one location and places it in another.MIT News Office From ACM News | March 1, 2013
Massachusetts Institute of Technology researchers have developed milli-motein, a tiny robot that could lead to future devices that can fold themselves into almost...MIT News From ACM TechNews | December 5, 2012
The device doesn't look like much: a caterpillar-sized assembly of metal rings and strips resembling something you might find buried in a home-workshop drawer.MIT News Office From ACM News | December 5, 2012
During the opening ceremonies of this summer’s Olympic games in London, a musical performance culminated with a stage-set house rising into the rafters to reveal...MIT News Office From ACM Opinion | October 22, 2012
When industrial robots were first introduced in the early 1960s initially on automobile assembly lines—computers were still in their infancy, so the robots were...MIT News Office From ACM News | April 25, 2012
Aircraft-carrier crew use a set of standard hand gestures to guide planes on the carrier deck. But as robot planes are increasingly used for routine air missions...MIT News Office From ACM News | March 16, 2012