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• IRG presenting at AAAI 2017, San Francisco, USA

  Fri, 02/03/2017

  Three members of the Interactive Robotics Group — Matthew Gombolay, Brad Hayes, and Joseph Kim — are presenting at the AAAI Conference on Artificial Intelligence (AAAI-17) in San Francisco, USA this week. Add a splash of human…

  

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• “Researchers add a splash of human intuition to planning algorithms,” IRG Research Featured in MIT 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:

  

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• IRG presenting at IROS 2016, Daejeon, Korea

  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 manipulation problems. This approach efficiently integrates combinatorial search, symbolic…

  

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• Are we on the same page? Improving Teams’ Consistency of Understanding

  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…

  

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• Congratulations to our recent Graduates!

  Fri, 06/03/2016

  Read more about their exciting research on human-machine communication and manipulation planning for deformable objects.

  

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• IRG presenting at ICRA 2016, Stockholm, Sweden

  Tue, 05/17/2016

  Three members of the Interactive Robotics Group — Ankit Shah, Brad Hayes and Pem Lasota — are presenting their work at the IEEE International Conference on Robotics and Automation (ICRA) in Stockholm, Sweden this week.…

  

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• IRG research on Effective Team Communication in the Journal of Human Factors

  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…

  

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• IRG at the centennial MIT Moving Day celebrations

  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! Optimus first appears at the 6 min…

  

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• IRG will be presenting at AAAI 2016, Phoenix, Arizona

  Wed, 02/10/2016

  A member of the Interactive Robotics Group will be presenting his work at the 30th AAAI Conference on Artificial Intelligence in Phoenix, Arizona, USA on Sunday, February 14! Vaibhav Unhelkar will be presenting his paper entitled…

  

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• IRG will be presenting at AAAI Spring Symposium 2016

  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…

  

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