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Video Friday: Your Robot Dog

Cars That Think

It has a user-oriented design concept, with new functions such as voice interaction, sound source positioning, and safety and collision avoidance, giving users a better interactive experience and safety assurance. NASA Glenn ] This little cyclocopter is cute, but I'm more excited for the teaser at the end of the video. CMU RI ].

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Video Friday: Humanoid Soccer

Cars That Think

Sanctuary AI ] Cargo drones are designed to carry payloads with predefined shape, size, and/or mass. This lack of flexibility requires a fleet of diverse drones tailored to specific cargo dimensions. Here we propose a new reconfigurable drone based on a modular design that adapts to different cargo shapes, sizes, and mass.

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Video Friday: Your Robot Dog

Cars That Think

It has a user-oriented design concept, with new functions such as voice interaction, sound source positioning, and safety and collision avoidance, giving users a better interactive experience and safety assurance. NASA Glenn ] This little cyclocopter is cute, but I'm more excited for the teaser at the end of the video. CMU RI ].

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Video Friday: Lunar Rover

Cars That Think

Paper ] I really appreciate that iRobot has taken care to design their robots to be repairable by end users with a screwdriver and nothing else. Kuka ] AutoX RoboTaxi fleet has exceeded 1000 vehicles. This is a monumental milestone for the company as AutoX’s RoboTaxi fleet is the largest in China.

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Protean Electrics retrofitted through-the-road plug-in hybrid van showing significant fuel economy gains

Green Car Congress

The vehicle is being shown for the first time in North America at the Center for Automotive Research Management Briefing Seminar, 1–4 Aug. Our technology is uniquely designed for high-output, high-efficiency operations. That simplicity of design creates more power density per motor and much simpler vehicle integration.

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Auto industry survey finds need for materials innovation to meet 2025 CAFE; greatest change seen in powertrain systems

Green Car Congress

Only 5% of the vehicle design and engineers polled said they are “very confident” that currently available materials will help them meet proposed CAFE standards. The WardsAuto, DuPont survey was conducted just before the Obama administration’s originally proposed 2025 fleet average of 56.2 L/100 km) was negotiated to 54.5

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Toyota expands Collaborative Safety Research Center with $35M; focus on transition to automated vehicle and connected vehicle technologies

Green Car Congress

Osamu Nagata, President and CEO of Toyota Motor Engineering and Manufacturing North America, Inc. TEMA), made the announcement at Toyota’s 2014 Advanced Safety Seminar in Ann Arbor, Mich. CSRC’s newly expanded mission recognizes that the emergence of advanced technologies is radically reshaping the transportation landscape.

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