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Principal Research Scientist
Michael Richard Benjamin
Interests
- Open source autonomy for unmanned marine vehicles
- Autonomous decision making with mMulti-objective optimization
- Autonomous COLREGS collision avoidance for unmanned surface vehicles
Professor Benjamin News + Media
Using AI to Explore Oceans
MIT students taking class 2.680: Unmanned Marine Vehicle Autonomy, Sensing and Communications aim to deepen our understanding of the world's oceans by developing artificial intelligence for use on autonomous marine vehicles. Their software is put to the ultimate test while running missions of the Charles River.
Team of MechE and CSAIL Students Wins Grand Prize in Maritime RobotX Challenge
MIT and Olin College students built an unmanned surface vehicle that took the grand prize at the 2014 Maritime RobotX Challenge.
Unlocking marine mysteries with artificial intelligence
Students taking class 2.680 (Unmanned Marine Vehicle Autonomy, Sensing and Communications), aim to deepen our understanding of the ocean by developing artificial intelligence for use on autonomous marine vehicles.