Artificial Intelligence
Robots help patients manage chronic illness at home
The Mabu robot, with its small yellow body and friendly expression, serves, literally, as the face of the care management ...How to verify that quantum chips are computing correctly
In a step toward practical quantum computing, researchers from MIT, Google, and elsewhere have designed a system that can verify ...Faster video recognition for the smartphone era
A branch of machine learning called deep learning has helped computers surpass humans at well-defined visual tasks like reading medical ...Better fact-checking for fake news
The 21st century has opened up a boundless mass of headlines, articles, and stories. This information influx, however, is partially ...Computer science in service of medicine
MIT’s Ray and Maria Stata Center (Building 32), known for its striking outward appearance, is also designed to foster collaboration ...Helping autonomous vehicles see around corners
To improve the safety of autonomous systems, MIT engineers have developed a system that can sense tiny changes in shadows ...Supercomputer analyzes web traffic across entire internet
Using a supercomputing system, MIT researchers have developed a model that captures what web traffic looks like around the world ...Self-transforming robot blocks jump, spin, flip, and identify each other
Swarms of simple, interacting robots have the potential to unlock stealthy abilities for accomplishing complex tasks. Getting these robots to ...What makes an image memorable? Ask a computer
From the “Mona Lisa” to the “Girl with a Pearl Earring,” some images linger in the mind long after others ...Better autonomous “reasoning” at tricky intersections
MIT and Toyota researchers have designed a new model to help autonomous vehicles determine when it’s safe to merge into ...
