MIT MultiRobot Planner 01

Helping robots handle uncertainty

Algorithm for planning multirobot collaborations makes complex models practical. [caption id="attachment_4573" align="alignnone" width="639"] Researchers are using a small group of robotic helicopters to address the problem of drone package delivery. The scenario includes base stations…

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A goosebump sensor that reads your emotions

Developed by KAIST researchers, a thin flexible capacitive goosebump patch can measure the degree of human emotion quantitatively. [caption id="attachment_4568" align="alignright" width="300"] The goosebump detector is a skin piloerection monitoring sensor conformally attached to the…

MIT Greenland Melt 1

A check on runaway lake drainage

Draining lakes are unlikely to increase the Greenland ice sheet’s contribution to sea-level rise. [caption id="attachment_4558" align="alignnone" width="639"] Ian Joughin and David Shean work on a GPS station nearby a supraglacial lake on the western…