MIT Media Lab Research: Recent submissions
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Self-employment for autonomous robots using smart contracts
(2022-10-01)The physical autonomy of robots is well understood both theoretically and practically. By contrast, there is almost no research exploring a robot's potential economic autonomy. In this paper, we present the first economically ... -
Secure and secret cooperation in robotic swarms
(2021-06-07)The importance of swarm robotics systems in both academic research and real-world applications is steadily increasing. However, to reach widespread adoption, new models that ensure the secure cooperation of large groups ... -
Urban Swarms: A new approach for autonomous waste management
(ArXiv, 2018-10-18)Modern cities are growing ecosystems that face new challenges due to the increasing population demands. One of the many problems they face nowadays is waste management, which has become a pressing issue requiring new ...