Over the past year MIT CSAIL has worked with Novartis to test a novel technology for passive, contactless monitoring of physiological signals that may be used to monitor clinical trial patients in their homes.
Wearing a sensor-packed glove while handling a variety of objects, MIT CSAIL researchers have compiled a massive dataset that enables an AI system to recognize objects through touch alone. The information could be leveraged to help robots identify and manipulate objects, and may aid in prosthetics design.
With aims of bringing more human-like reasoning to autonomous vehicles, a team led by researchers at MIT CSAIL have created a system that uses only simple maps and visual data to enable driverless cars to navigate routes in new, complex environments.