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“Human workers report feeling most productive when led by artificial intelligence”
Researchers from MIT’s Computer Science and Artificial Intelligence Lab found that teams of human workers were at their happiest and most productive when their tasks were directed by robotic artificial intelligence. Recognizing the value proposition…
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IRG will be presenting at CASE 2014, Taipei, Taiwan
A member of the Interactive Robotics Group will be presenting his work at the Conference on Automation Science and Engineering (CASE) in Taipei, Taiwan this Tuesday, August 19! Przemyslaw Lasota will be presenting his paper…
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IRG will be presenting at RSS 2014, Berkeley, California
A member of the Interactive Robotics Group will be presenting his work at the Robotics: Science and Systems (RSS) conference in Berkeley, California this Monday, July 14! Matthew Gombolay will be presenting his paper entitled…
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Congratulations to our recent SM graduate!
Przemyslaw “Pem” Lasota (SM ’14) – Department of Aeronautics and Astronautics Pem and Professor Julie Shah are pictured on the right.
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“Shah details new role of robot-human teamwork in manufacturing”
This is an enormously exciting time to be working in industrial robotics,” MIT Professor Julie Shah told an LGO webinar audience as she shared her passion for helping robots and humans work together efficiently and…
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“Robot 101: Learning to Work with Humans”
With the advent of “inherently safe” robots, industrial designers are changing their ideas about the factory of the future. Robots such as ABB’s Frida and the Baxter robot from MIT spinoff Rethink Robotics are working…
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“Robots Are Becoming Ready to Work Among Us”
Traditionally, robots were designed to work separately from people. That is starting to change as robots begin working alongside humans to courier medicine in hospitals and assemble complex machinery. New legged robots could soon accompany…
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IRG will be presenting at HRI 2014, Bielefeld, Germany
Two members of the Interactive Robotics Group will be presenting their work at the 9th ACM/IEEE International Conference on Human-Robot Interaction (HRI) in Bielefeld, Germany this March! Vaibhav Unhelkar will be presenting his paper entitled…
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“Smart Robots Can Now Work Right Next to Auto Workers”
It used to be too dangerous to have a person work alongside a robot. But at a South Carolina BMW plant, next-generation robots are changing that. BMW has taken a huge step toward revolutionizing the…
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“Swapping of roles improves efficiency as well as robots’ confidence and humans’ trust”
Spending a day in someone else’s shoes can help us to learn what makes them tick. Now the same approach is being used to develop a better understanding between humans and robots, to enable them…
