Practical Motion Capture in Everyday Surroundings
Practical Motion Capture in Everyday Surroundings
THIS IS NOT A COMMERCIALLY AVAILABLE PRODUCT This self-contained motion capture suit uses ultrasound to allow the recording of motions in any setting, as opposed to traditional motion capture systems that are confined to a studio. Published in SIGGRAPH 2007. More info ...
Position-Correcting Router
Position-Correcting Router
Researchers at CSAIL have developed a handheld device that can adjust its position to precisely follow a digital plan when a user moves a router roughly around the shape to be cut.
Pinocchio: Automatic Rigging and Animation of 3D Characters
Pinocchio: Automatic Rigging and Animation of 3D Characters
The Pinocchio systems automatically places skeletal joints inside 3D characters. Published in SIGGRAPH 2007. More info (PDF): http://www.mit.edu/%7Eibaran/autorig/index.html
Physical Sciences and Engineering
Physical Sciences and Engineering
MIT150 Symposium Computation and the Transformation of Practically Everything Symposium Chair Srinivas Devadas - Professor of Electrical Engineering and Computer Science, MIT Speakers Charles M. Vest - President, Emeritus, MIT and President, National Academy of Engineering Maria Zuber - E. A. ...
Personal Aerial Transportation System
Personal Aerial Transportation System
The Boeing company is interested in autonomous air vehicle planning and control. The current scenario is to navigate an air vehicle from a starting point to the destination or alternate landing site, while avoiding certain areas such as airports and storms, minimizing the cost along the way, ...
How Many Manufacturing Jobs Can U.S. Realistically Maintain?
PBS Newshour: How Many Manufacturing Jobs Can U.S. Realistically Maintain?
As President Obama and GOP presidential candidates talk about reviving the U.S. manufacturing sector in hopes of creating jobs, how realistic is that goal in the face of continued outsourcing and machines filling jobs once held by humans?
Paper solar cell powers an LED clock
Paper solar cell powers an LED clock
A paper solar cell circuit is shown powering an LCD clock when illuminated. The entire integrated paper photovoltaic is then fed through a roll-to-roll office laser-jet printer. The resulting ink spells MIT on the device side of the paper array, which then continues to power the LCD clock. The ...
Object Placement as Inverse Motion Planning, presented by ...
Object Placement as Inverse Motion Planning, presented by SuperUROP ...
MIT EECS - Angle Undergraduate Research and Innovation Scholar Annie Holladay presented her project titled "Object Placement as Inverse Motion Planning" at the Dec. 6, 2012, SuperUROP poster session held in the MIT Grier Room, 34-401. Ms. Holladay's advisors are EECS ...
Neonatal Care Through Mobile Medical Telepresence
Neonatal Care Through Mobile Medical Telepresence
Sick newborns can decline rapidly, making every second count. In collaboration with Children's Hospital Boston, CSAIL has built a specialized device that allows doctors at a hospital to monitor a newborn's health and communicate with emergency personnel while the ...
Nanotechnologies for an Efficient Energy Future (Part 2: ...
Nanotechnologies for an Efficient Energy Future - Part 2 - Q & A - Prof. ...
Please join us for our third MITEI on the Road event of 2011 and hear about promising MIT Energy Initiative research from one of the Institute's leading researchers, Vladimir Bulovi?. The energy-efficient future will be built in part through the adoption of innovative ...
MITx 6.002x Introduction
MITx 6.002x Introduction
6.002x (Circuits and Electronics) is an on-line adaption of 6.002, MIT's first undergraduate analog design course, for MITx, the Institute's new online learning initiative.
MIT in the 50's and 60's
MIT in the 50's and 60's
Some scenes of researchers working at MIT in the early days of computer science and artificial intelligence.
MIT Humanoid Robotics Competition
MIT Humanoid Robotics Competition
MIT students spent three weeks building and programming a humanoid robot for an exciting competition. The goal of the workshop was to give students hands-on experience with tackling humanoid robot control problems, such as stably walking on a flat surface, walking up stairs, running, and even ...
MIT DARPA Urban Challenge Race Highlights
MIT DARPA Urban Challenge Race Highlights
Highlights from Team MIT's run during the DARPA Urban Challenge finals. Talos was one of six vehicles to successfully complete the course. Team MIT is a collaborative effort between MIT's Computer Science and Artificial Intelligence Laboratory (CSAIL), Department of ...
MIT DARPA Urban Challenge Qualification - El Toro Test
MIT DARPA Urban Challenge Qualification - El Toro Test
A pre-qualification test of MIT's DARPA Urban Challenge entry conducted at the El Toro Air Station. The vehicle is operating autonomously and no one is inside. The video is shot from a car following the vehicle. Recorded October 24, 2007. Team MIT is a collaborative ...
MIT DARPA Urban Challenge Qualification - Area C, Attempt 1
MIT DARPA Urban Challenge Qualification - Area C, Attempt 1
Area C involved intersection precedence and the vehicle's reactions to road blocks. Talos, MIT's vehicle, performed very well at these tasks. Team MIT is a collaborative effort between MIT's Computer Science and Artificial Intelligence Laboratory (CSAIL), Department of ...
MIT DARPA Urban Challenge Qualification - Area B, Attempt 2
MIT DARPA Urban Challenge Qualification - Area B, Attempt 2
Area B is a residential area of rotaries and winding streets designed to test the vehicle's lane following, navigation, obstacle avoidance, parking, signaling, and turning. Talos, MIT's vehicle, completed the course in 26 minutes, one of only two vehicles that day to ...
MIT DARPA Urban Challenge Qualification - Area B, Attempt 1
MIT DARPA Urban Challenge Qualification - Area B, Attempt 1
Area B is a residential area of rotaries and winding streets designed to test the vehicle's lane following, navigation, obstacle avoidance, parking, signaling, and turning. In this run Talos, MIT's vehicle, had some difficulties entering the course. It did not have ...
MIT DARPA Urban Challenge Qualification - Area A, Attempt 2
MIT DARPA Urban Challenge Qualification - Area A, Attempt 2
Area A tested Talos' ability to merge into moving traffic. After a too cautious first attempt, the team made some changes and the vehicle performed better in this round. Team MIT is a collaborative effort between MIT's Computer Science and Artificial Intelligence ...
MIT DARPA Urban Challenge Qualification - Area A, Attempt 1
MIT DARPA Urban Challenge Qualification - Area A, Attempt 1
Area A tested Talos' ability to merge into moving traffic. Talos ("the world's most expensive, sophisticated Land Rover in existence," as the DARPA announcer calls it) was a bit too hesitant about merging, requiring the team to make some changes to pass the event. Team ...