The computational expense of creating three-dimensional images that can be viewed by all is just one factor holding them back…
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Engineers have developed a way to three-dimensionally print neural probes and other electronic devices that are as soft and flexible as rubber.
MIT News From ACM TechNews | April 3, 2020
Massachusetts Institute of Technology researchers have created a simulation system to train driverless cars prior to their deployment on actual streets.
MIT News From ACM TechNews | March 25, 2020
A new system allows robots to learn complicated tasks that would normally confuse them with too many complicated rules.
MIT News From ACM TechNews | March 12, 2020
Researchers have created "sensorized" skin to increase soft robots' awareness of their bodily motion and orientation.
MIT News From ACM TechNews | February 19, 2020
Researchers have developed a "smart" diaper equipped with a moisture sensor that can alert a caregiver when a diaper is wet.
MIT News From ACM TechNews | February 18, 2020
Researchers have built a "biorobotic hybrid heart" from heart tissue and a robotic pumping system for testing prosthetic valves and other cardiac devices.
MIT News From ACM TechNews | February 6, 2020
A new study found that health knowledge graphs perform poorly for diseases with high percentages of very old or young patients, or high percentages of male or female...MIT News From ACM TechNews | January 16, 2020
Researchers have developed self-assembling robotic cubes that can climb over and around one another, leap through the air, and roll across the ground.
MIT News From ACM TechNews | November 7, 2019
A new model can help autonomous vehicles determine when it is safe to proceed into traffic at intersections with obstructed views.
MIT News From ACM TechNews | November 6, 2019
Scientists have upgraded a fleet of autonomous boats to autonomously disconnect and reassemble into different forms of floating platforms, in the canals of Amsterdam...MIT News From ACM TechNews | September 6, 2019
A new system automatically learns how to optimally allocate data processing workloads across thousands of servers as a means of boosting data center efficiency....MIT News From ACM TechNews | August 28, 2019
Researchers in Australia used data from the accelerometers in mobile phones to predict users' personalities.
RMIT News From ACM TechNews | July 26, 2019
Researchers have developed an automated system that can design and print in three dimensions complex robotic parts optimized to a large number of specifications...MIT News From ACM TechNews | July 19, 2019
A new algorithm accurately aligns partial trajectories in real time, allowing motion predictors in self-driving cars to accurately anticipate the timing of a person's...MIT News From ACM TechNews | June 17, 2019
A new robotic system uses machines to help people lift objects by monitoring their muscle movements, producing a smoother robot-human collaboration.
MIT News From ACM TechNews | May 30, 2019