Using language to give robots a better grasp of an open-ended world
By blending 2D images with foundation models to build 3D feature fields, a new MIT method helps robots understand and manipulate nearby objects with open-ended language prompts.
Department of EECS announces 2023 promotions
The department is proud to announce multiple promotions this year.
Computational tool from MIT CSAIL enables color-changing cellulose-based designs for data visualization, education, fashion, and more.
Sensing with purpose
Fadel Adib uses wireless technologies to sense the world in new ways, taking aim at sweeping problems such as food insecurity, climate change, and access to health care.
3 Questions: How AI image generators could help robots
Yilun Du, a PhD student and MIT CSAIL affiliate, discusses the potential applications of generative art beyond the explosion of images that put the web into creative hysterics.
Recent chair announcements within EECS
The Department of Electrical Engineering and Computer Science (EECS) recently announced the following crop of chair appointments, all effective July 1, 2022. Karl Berggren has been named the…
AI system makes models like DALL-E 2 more creative
Researchers develop a new method that uses multiple models to create more complex images with better understanding.
Inspired by a fiddler crab eye, scientists developed an amphibious artificial vision system with a panoramic visual field.
A new twist on old-school animation
MIT researchers create KineCAM, an instant camera that yields images that appear to move.
School of Engineering welcomes new faculty
Sixteen new professors join the MIT community, with research areas ranging from robotics and machine learning to health care and agriculture.