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Jarillo-Herrero, Lu named ONR Young Investigators
March 28, 2013
Two assistant professors at MIT are among 16 recipients nationwide.
Also labeled: Awards, honors and fellowships, Faculty, Research
Guiding robot planes with hand gestures
Guiding robot planes with hand gestures
March 14, 2012
MIT researchers are developing a system that would allow aircraft-carrier crews to direct autonomous planes using ordinary hand gestures.
Also labeled: Aircraft, Aircraft carrier, Autonomous vehicles, Computer Science and Artificial Intelligence Laboratory (CSAIL), Gestural interfaces, Research, Robots
Sometimes the quickest path is not a straight line
Sometimes the quickest path is not a straight line
March 8, 2012
New methods and software developed at MIT can predict optimal paths for automated underwater vehicles.
Also labeled: Autonomous vehicles, Computation, Department of Defense, Efficiency, Mechanical engineering, MIT Sea Grant, Ocean exploration, Oceanography and ocean engineering, Robots, Water, Autonomous Underwater Vehicles (AUV)
Clearing the decks
Clearing the decks
August 2, 2011
A new planning tool helps direct traffic on aircraft carriers.
Also labeled: Aeronautical and astronautical engineering, Algorithms, Computing, Humans and Automation Lab, Interfaces, Aircraft carrier, Flight planning
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