Reconfiguration by Self-Disassembly

In this video, each cube is a robotic module that recognizes and connects to its neighbor. Using an computer interface, a user can sculpt the structure into any shape. The structure then disassembles itself into the desired shape by disconnecting and discarding the unneeded cubes. This is ...

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 ...

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 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 ...

Team MIT finishes the DARPA Urban Challenge!

Team MIT's vehicle Talos crosses the finish line at the 2007 DARPA Urban Challenge. Talos was the fifth vehicle to finish the course, and was later determined to have placed fourth overall. Team MIT is a collaborative effort between MIT's Computer Science and ...

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 ...

Lecture Browser: Enabling Search within Video

The Lecture Browser is a project of CSAIL Spoken Language Systems Group. Demo the Lecture Browser at: web.sls.csail.mit.edu/lectures/

MIT Autonomous Robot Challenge

6.141 is a class at MIT where students design and program robots that must navigate a maze, detect and gather blocks, and then use these blocks to construct a wall, all without human interaction. This video shows the final results of a semester of work.

The CarTel Project: Using Cars in a Mobile Sensor Network

CarTel is a distributed, mobile sensor network and telematics system. Applications built on top of this system can collect, process, deliver, analyze, and visualize data from sensors located on mobile units such as automobiles. A small embedded computer on the car ...

Robotic Garden

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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 ...

Robotic Wheelchair

Human Interaction with the ATHLETE Robot

Research that allows astronauts to easily and safely interacts with robots. A collaboration between MIT CSAIL's Model-based Embedded and Robotic Systems group and the Jet Propulsion Laboratory at Caltech.

Robust Aerial Navigation in GPS-denied Environmnets

A Plane That Perches Like a Bird

For more info: http://web.mit.edu/newsoffice/2010/perching-plane-0720.html http://groups.csail.mit.edu/locomotion/perching.html