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Video Friday: ICRA Turns 40

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By Adam Hung, Uksang Yoo, Jonathan Francis, Jean Oh, and Jeffrey Ichnowski from CMU Robotics Insittute [ Carnegie Mellon University Robotics Institute ] Suction-based robotic grippers are common in industrial applications due to their simplicity and robustness, but [they] struggle with geometric complexity. Kowalewski, Chad C.

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Northwestern team develops new approach to catalyst design using SPBCL and DFT; new HER catalyst 7x more active than Pt

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Researchers at Northwestern University have developed a new approach for creating new catalysts to aid in clean energy conversion and storage. In this study, researchers looked at the challenges of improving affordability and catalyst efficiency in the conversion and storage of clean energy. —Professor Chad A.

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A $275 Bus Ticket to the Hamptons

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Each bus cost about a million dollars to buy and outfit, said Chad Scarborough, the founder of the Jet.) Hechter, a recent graduate of Syracuse University, has occasionally taken Ambassador buses, which offer passengers free wine and coffee, but said she preferred taking Jitney buses because they are less expensive. “If

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IBM’s Fall From World Dominance

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He's currently a senior research fellow at the University of Minnesota's Charles Babbage Institute , where he specializes in the history of technology. We're back with my guest Jim Cortada, a senior research fellow at the University of Minnesota's Charles Babbage Institute and author of a comprehensive corporate history of IBM.

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Solving the Electric Vehicle Charging Conundrum

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Will we have a universal standard for charging? But the difference is that only a minority of Americans today can afford to buy a new car. Our theme music is by Chad Crouch. What about the road trip my partner and I have in mind for next summer, to Yosemite and back? We live in a townhouse in a row of townhouses.

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Solving the Electric Vehicle Charging Conundrum

Cars That Think

Will we have a universal standard for charging? But the difference is that only a minority of Americans today can afford to buy a new car. Our theme music is by Chad Crouch. What about the road trip my partner and I have in mind for next summer, to Yosemite and back? We live in a townhouse in a row of townhouses.