CSAIL’s approach uses algorithms and “2.5-D” sketches to let computers visualize images from any perspective

Computer scientists often develop mathematical models to understand how animals move, enabling breakthroughs in designing things like microrobotic wings and artificial bone structures.

Model learns to pick out objects within an image, using spoken descriptions.

Wireless smart-home system from the Computer Science and Artificial Intelligence Laboratory could monitor diseases and help the elderly “age in place.”

Activity simulator could eventually teach robots tasks like making coffee or setting the table.

For all the progress made in self-driving technologies, there still aren’t many places where they can actually drive. Companies like Google only test their fleets in major cities where they’ve spent countless hours meticulously labeling the exact 3-D positions of lanes, curbs, off-ramps, and stop signs.