New system enables realistic variations in glossiness across a 3D-printed surface. The advance could aid fine art reproduction and the design of prosthetics.

MIT study shows the power of adaptive training tools, like a basketball hoop that shrinks and raises as you make shots.

Technologies like robots and artificial intelligence could partner with humans, not oust them from work, research and business leaders say.

A 3D design environment from CSAIL lets users iterate an object’s shape and electronic function in one cohesive space, to add existing sensors to early-stage prototypes.

Most new roboticists want to program their robots to solve interesting, complex tasks — but it turns out that just moving them through space without colliding with objects is more difficult than it sounds.

CSAIL will be launching a new initiative focused on machine learning applications. MachineLearningApplications@CSAIL, or “MLA@CSAIL”, will focus on current challenges in machine learning to prepare industry members for digital transformation in their workplaces.