Networked appliances can simplify our lives, but interacting with them can be difficult in itself. KitchenSense is an early prototype of a networked kitchen full of sensors that u...
In 1993 our group at the MIT Artificial Intelligence Laboratory began a humanoid robotics project aimed at constructing a robot for use in exploring theories of human intelligence...
Bryan Adams, Cynthia Breazeal, Rodney A. Brooks, B...
With the near ubiquity of mobile phones, people are reachable almost anywhere and at any time. The convenience this provides for people to more effectively combine different aspec...
Software agents "living" and acting in a real world software environment, such as an operating system, a network, or a database system, can carry out many tasks for huma...
Many people who use wheelchairs are unable to control a powered wheelchair with the standard joystick interface. A robotic wheelchair can provide users with driving assistance, tak...