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Researchers develop AI able to identify things by sight, touch

A laboratory of Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT) has developed an AI that can process and learn from visual and tactile information, according to MIT news published online on Monday.

MIT's Computer Science and Artificial Intelligence Laboratory (CSAIL) used a tactile sensor named GelSight to collect data for the AI to identify objects by touch.

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