http://web.mit.edu/newsoffice/topic/robotics.html Robotics / artificial intelligence headlines from the Massachusetts Institute of Technology News Office. en-us http://web.mit.edu/newsoffice/www/mitlogo-rss.jpg http://web.mit.edu/newsoffice/topic/robotics.html 88 31 Fri, 9 May 2008 00:00:00 EST http://web.mit.edu/newsoffice/2008/2007-contest-0509.html Robots designed to toss pool-noodle trees into a river of ping-pong balls ruled over competitors focused on rescuing fuzzy toy beavers in this year's 2.007 contest, "Da (yes) MIT, or Save the Baby Beavers," held on Thursday, May 8, at MIT. Fri, 9 May 2008 00:00:00 EST http://web.mit.edu/newsoffice/2008/2007-contest-0509.html http://web.mit.edu/newsoffice/2008/nexi-0409.html A new experimental robot from the MIT Media Lab can slant its eyebrows in anger, or raise them in surprise, and show a wide assortment of facial expressions to communicate with people in human-centric terms. Wed, 9 Apr 2008 00:00:00 EST http://web.mit.edu/newsoffice/2008/nexi-0409.html http://web.mit.edu/newsoffice/2008/aaas-brain-0216.html After many years, Tomaso Poggio's two parallel lines of research--one aimed at using computers to understand how the brain works, the other at improving the abilities of computers to "think"--have begun to converge. Sat, 16 Feb 2008 00:00:00 EST http://web.mit.edu/newsoffice/2008/aaas-brain-0216.html http://web.mit.edu/newsoffice/2008/aaas-acme-0216.html An MIT PhD candidate in electrical engineering and computer science will describe a novel professional development program for graduate students and its impact at MIT at the annual meeting of the AAAS in Boston. Sat, 16 Feb 2008 00:00:00 EST http://web.mit.edu/newsoffice/2008/aaas-acme-0216.html http://web.mit.edu/newsoffice/2007/urban-1105.html MIT's automated Land Rover, packed with computers and electronic sensors, finished fourth in the DARPA Grand Challenge. The MIT vehicle, competing for the first time, was one of only six to complete the challenging 55-mile course. Mon, 5 Nov 2007 00:00:00 EST http://web.mit.edu/newsoffice/2007/urban-1105.html http://web.mit.edu/newsoffice/2007/robocar-1101.html Team MIT has made it to the finals of the DARPA Urban Challenge, a competition for cars and trucks that run without human help. The goal of the contest is to develop vehicles that can operate on their own in battle and keep humans out of harm's way. Thu, 1 Nov 2007 00:00:00 EST http://web.mit.edu/newsoffice/2007/robocar-1101.html http://web.mit.edu/newsoffice/2007/ancient-wine-1029.html For the first time, researchers have identified DNA from inside ceramic containers in an ancient shipwreck on the seafloor, making it possible to determine what the ship's cargo was even though there was no visible trace of it. Mon, 29 Oct 2007 00:00:00 EST http://web.mit.edu/newsoffice/2007/ancient-wine-1029.html http://web.mit.edu/newsoffice/2007/robocar-tt1017.html CSAIL Director Victor Zue makes remarks at a send-off barbeque lunch in early October for MIT's self-driving "Robocar." Wed, 17 Oct 2007 00:00:00 EST http://web.mit.edu/newsoffice/2007/robocar-tt1017.html