Cotton is one of the world’s largest crops and is harvested with large, heavy machines. Robotic harvesting could yield higher-quality cotton with less damage to plants and soil.

The team’s new algorithm finds failures and fixes in all sorts of autonomous systems, from drone teams to power grids.

A new computational method facilitates the dense placement of objects inside a rigid container.

A new algorithm for automatic assembly of products is accurate, efficient, and generalizable to a wide range of complex real-world assemblies.

A new machine-learning system may someday help driverless cars predict the next moves of nearby drivers, cyclists, and pedestrians in real-time.

‘Teleoperated’ HGVs combine the efficiency of automation with the safety of human oversight.

Tesla crashes and the investigations that follow generate a lot of headlines, but the dangers of automotive automation are industrywide. The common denominator is the human behind the wheel.