A small indoor robot recorded lidar data of MIT's CSAIL building. This data was used to construct an accurate map of the building.
http://www.eecs.u mich.edu/~ebolson
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The first (and second) flights of an autonomous ornithopter (robotic bird), built and programmed by the Computer Science and Artificial Intelligence Lab's Robot Locomotion Group.
For more info:
http://groups.csa il.mit.edu/locomotio n/flight.html
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This self-contained motion capture suit uses ultrasound to allow the recording of motions in any setting, as opposed to traditional motion capture systems that are confined to a studio. Published in SIGGRAPH 2007.
More info (PDF):
http://people.csa il.mit.edu/jovan/ass ets/papers/vlasic-20 07-pmc.pdf
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MIT students spent three weeks building and programming a humanoid robot for an exciting competition. The goal of the workshop was to give students hands-on experience with tackling humanoid robot control problems, such as stably walking on a flat surface, walking up stairs, running, and even fighting!
http://courses.cs ail.mit.edu/6.095
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This is a movie made by the Lucky team for the 2008 MIT CSAIL Olympics: http://projects.csai l.mit.edu/olympics/< br />
We were supposed to make a commercial (presumably a funny one) about our respective cereal. Is ours funny? You tell me.
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Rod Brooks of MIT's Computer Science and Artificial Intelligence Laboratory (CSAIL) gives his views on robotics and a look back at some of his previous robot creations.
