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FuseBot: RF-Visual Mechanical Search

FuseBot is a robotic system that can efficiently find and retrieve both RFID tagged and untagged target objects in line-of-sight, non-line-…

in Signal Kinetics
Tara Boroushaki · Laura Dodds +2 more
#robotics #computer vision #health +6 more
Research
Signal Kinetics

Inventing, building, and deploying wireless sensor technologies to address complex problems in society, industry, and ecology

#robotics #computer vision #artificial intelligence +23 more
Accepting Applicants
Publication Research

RFusion: Robotic Grasping via RF-Visual Sensing and Learning

Tara Boroushaki, Isaac Perper, Mergen Nachin, Alberto Rodriguez, Fadel Adib. "RFusion: Robotic Grasping via RF-Visual Sensing and Learning." ACM Conference on Embedded Networked Sensor Systems 2021.

Proceedings, Oct. 2021
in Signal Kinetics
#robotics #computer vision #artificial intelligence +1 more
Project Research

RFusion: Robotic Grasping via RF-Visual Sensing and Learning

RFusion is a robotic system that can search for and retrieve items in line-of-sight, non-line-of-sight, and fully occluded settings. It con…

in Signal Kinetics
Tara Boroushaki · Isaac Perper +2 more
#robotics #computer vision #artificial intelligence +2 more
Publication Research

Robotic Grasping of Fully-Occluded Objects using RF Perception

Boroushaki, Tara, et al. "Robotic Grasping of Fully-Occluded Objects using RF Perception." IEEE International Conference on Robotics and Automation (ICRA 2021).

Proceedings, May 2021
in Signal Kinetics
#robotics #computer vision #networks +2 more
Article Research

A robot that finds your lost stuff and more AI-enabled gadgets to come

The WSJ covers research from the Signal Kinetics group and other labs, universities, and companies working on AI-enabled devices.

via The Wall Street Journal · July 2, 2021
in Signal Kinetics
#robotics #computer vision #artificial intelligence +3 more
Project Research

RF-Grasp: Robotic Grasping of Hidden Objects

 Can robots find and grasp hidden objects?Robots are not capable of handling tasks as simple as restocking grocery store shelves as th…

in Signal Kinetics
Tara Boroushaki · Junshan Leng +2 more
#robotics #computer vision #artificial intelligence +4 more
Project Research

TurboTrack: 3D backscatter localization for fine-grained robotics

TurboTrack is a 3D localization system for fine-grained robotic tasks, with unique capability to localize backscatter nodes with sub-centim…

in Signal Kinetics
Yunfei Ma · Fadel Adib +1 more
#robotics #environment #health +8 more
Article Research

Robots track moving objects with unprecedented precision

System uses RFID tags to home in on targets; could benefit robotic manufacturing, collaborative drones, and other applications.

via MIT News · Feb. 19, 2019
in Signal Kinetics
#robotics #computer science #technology +1 more
Post Research

RFIQ in the News

News coverage of the RFIQ project

Feb. 7, 2019
in Signal Kinetics
#artificial intelligence #food #sensors +1 more
Project Research

RFIQ: Food quality and safety detection using wireless stickers

​We have developed a wireless system that leverages the inexpensive RFID tags already on hundreds of billions of products to sense potentia…

in Signal Kinetics
Fadel Adib · Unsoo Ha +2 more
#artificial intelligence #food #health +8 more

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