A new algorithm learns to squish, bend, or stretch a robot’s entire body to accomplish diverse tasks like avoiding obstacles or retrieving items.

MIT CSAIL and Project CETI researchers reveal complex communication patterns in sperm whales, deepening our understanding of animal language systems.

Together, the Hasso Plattner Institute and MIT are working toward novel solutions to the world’s problems as part of the Designing for Sustainability research program.

Three neurosymbolic methods help language models find better abstractions within natural language, then use those representations to execute complex tasks.

Programming course for incarcerated people boosts digital literacy and self-efficacy, highlighting potential for reduced recidivism.

For the first time, researchers use a combination of MEG and fMRI to map the spatio-temporal human brain dynamics of a visual image being recognized.

A new technique can be used to predict the actions of human or AI agents who behave suboptimally while working toward unknown goals.

A communication system whose users reveal only a few verified aspects of their identity can empower less confident participants to speak up, researchers report.

A CSAIL study highlights why it is so challenging to program a quantum computer to run a quantum algorithm, and offers a conceptual model for a more user-friendly quantum computer.

By providing plausible label maps for one medical image, the Tyche machine-learning model could help clinicians and researchers capture crucial information.