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Video Friday: Mobile Robot Upgrades

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Robot Perception Lab, University College London ] You had me at “3D desk octopus.” [ UIST 2024 ACM Symposium on User Interface Software and Technology ] Top notch swag from Dusty Robotics [ Dusty Robotics ] I’m not sure how serious this shoes versus no-shoes test is, but it’s an interesting result nonetheless. University of Pennsylvania ]

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DOE to award $9M to promote consensus on future fossil energy technologies

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Clean Energy Systems/Technologies under the FOA are systems and technologies that improve the efficiency of power generation and conversion systems to liquids and chemicals from fossil-based fuels, enabling affordable CO 2 capture, increasing plant availability, and maintaining environmental standards.

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Volkswagen launches new engineer training program for ID EV family

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Plants in China, Brazil, Argentina, the US and Mexico are also participating in the program, which is supported by Volkswagen’s volunteering initiative and local universities. The new training program was initiated by the Volkswagen brand’s Pilot Hall in Wolfsburg, which forms part of the Production and Logistics Board of Management division.

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Study finds hands-free just as distracting as handheld mobile phone use behind the wheel

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Talking hands-free on a mobile phone while driving is just as distracting as a conversation using a hand-held phone, according to a recent study by researchers at Queensland University of Technology (QUT) in Australia. An epidemiological study found that mobile phone conversations increase crash risk by a factor of four.

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Video Friday: ReachBot

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Boston Dynamics ] Scientists at the University of Bristol have drawn on the design and life of a mysterious zooplankton to develop underwater robots. The second conversation in the series, hosted by Northwestern’s Center for Robotics and Biosystems. Moderator: Carmel Majidi, Carnegie Mellon University. Vijay Kumar.

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Unico's Battery Testing Enters a Competitive Industry

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At the International Battery Seminar & Exhibit held 12-15 March in Orlando, many of the world’s leading battery makers, test equipment manufacturers, and theorists gathered to talk about advances in the field and to present new products claiming to make the battery production process quicker and cheaper.

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Video Friday: No Time to Dance

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Working in collaboration with domestic appliances manufacturer Beko, researchers from the University of Cambridge trained their robot chef to assess the saltiness of a dish at different stages of the chewing process, imitating a similar process in humans. Robot Brains ] This week's CMU RI Seminar is by Ross L.

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