A new AI system can automatically decipher a lost language that’s no longer understood — without knowing its relationship to other languages. Researchers at MIT CSAIL developed the algorithm in ...

Plenty of companies have demoed home robots, but few, if any, have actually been released. The truth is that even the most advanced robots aren't very good at interacting with objects and environments ...

Scientists are making progress on neural devices that can translate the thoughts of a paralyzed person into driving action for a prosthetic device. Researchers at the Massachusetts Institute of ...

Drone racing is a relatively new sport, with drones racing around a track with obstacles the drones are required to avoid as quickly as possible. While drone racing is purely for fun, the technology ...

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Ever heard of the "Britney Spears problem"? Contrary to what it sounds like, it's got nothing to do with the dalliances of the rich and famous. Rather, it's a computing puzzle related to data tracking ...

For humans, identifying items in a scene — whether that's an avocado or an Aventador, a pile of mashed potatoes or an alien mothership — is as simple as looking at them. But for artificial ...

Soft robots can be far more flexible than their rigid relatives, but their vast ranges of motion makes it hard to map the location of their body parts. A new algorithm could give them greater control ...

The Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT) has introduced an innovative algorithm that can learn language solely by watching videos. Mark Hamilton, a PhD student in electrical engineering and ...