Laboratory for Information and Decision Systems (LIDS)
Laboratory for Information and Decision Systems (LIDS)

3 Questions: Honing robot perception and mapping

Luca Carlone and Jonathan How of MIT LIDS discuss how future robots might perceive and interact with their environment.

A step toward safe and reliable autopilots for flying

A new AI-based approach for controlling autonomous robots satisfies the often-conflicting goals of safety and stability.

A better way to study ocean currents

A new machine-learning model makes more accurate predictions about ocean currents, which could help with tracking plastic pollution and oil spills, and aid in search and rescue.

Researchers create a tool for accurately simulating complex systems

The system they developed eliminates a source of bias in simulations, leading to improved algorithms that can boost the performance of applications.

A method for designing neural networks optimally suited for certain tasks

With the right building blocks, machine-learning models can more accurately perform tasks like fraud detection or spam filtering.