News

Tue, 02/07/2017

An article describing research by IRG member Joseph Kim was published in MIT News today! The article, titled "Researchers add a splash of human intuition to planning algorithms," can be read at the following link:

Fri, 02/03/2017

Three members of the Interactive Robotics Group --- Matthew GombolayBrad Hayes, and Joseph Kim --- are presenting at the AAAI Conference on Artificial Intelligence (AAAI-17) in San Francisco...

Wed, 10/12/2016

Chongjie Zhang will be presenting his work on "Co-optimizing Task and Motion Planning" at IROS 2016. The paper proposes a hierarchical optimization approach for addressing large-scale...

Thu, 06/30/2016

IRG lab member Joseph Kim's recently developed an intelligent machine that listens to a team’s conversation and infers whether there is consensus. The machine then provides feedback, alerting the team to review "weak" discussion points...

Fri, 06/03/2016

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Tue, 05/17/2016

Three members of the Interactive Robotics Group --- Ankit Shah, Brad Hayes and Pem Lasota --- are presenting...

Mon, 05/16/2016

IRG lab member Abhizna "Abhi" Butchibabu's recent study sheds light on why some teams work together on complex tasks much better than others - it has to do, at least in part, with how they communicate. She studied the communication...

Tue, 05/10/2016

Claudia D'Arpino, PhD candidate in the IRG, expertly piloted Optimus (our robot) through starring role in this weekend's MIT moving day celebrations! Check out the full video below...

Sun, 03/20/2016

A member of the Interactive Robotics Group will be presenting her work at the AAAI 2016 Spring Symposium in Stanford, California on Monday, March 21!

Ramya Ramakrishnan will be giving a talk regarding her research titled “...

Wed, 02/17/2016

Research by IRG member Vaibhav Unhelkar is featured as today's MIT News Spotlight on the MIT homepage! The article, titled "Enabling human-robot rescue teams," can be read at the following link: