MIT Scientists Say Size Matters, Huge For Robotics And AI

MIT Researchers have ascertained that the brain considers the physical size when processing a particular object. As per the report, the brain classifies small objects and large objects in different regions. The findings insinuate major implications in the field of Robotics and Artificial Intelligence. The dissertation has been published in the journal Neuron.

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Dr. Talia Konkle, lead author of the paper and co-researcher Aude Oliva took 3D scans of brain activity during experiments where subjects were asked to look at images of small and big physical objects or visualize items which differed in their size. By observing the scans, the researchers arrived at the conclusion that regions of brain that responded to items of small size were distinct from regions which responded to big objects.

These findings could have a significant effect in the field of robotics and machine intelligence. Most computer vision techniques focus on the identification of an object irrespective of its size. But giving importance to object size may constrain the quantity of objects a robot is able to scan when identifying its surrounding. This matters for the creation of machines which are modeled on humans.

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