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Video Friday: Robot Bees

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It’s a very clever design, but the size makes me terrified of whatever the bees are that Festo seems to be familiar with. Michigan Robotics ] This Microsoft Future Leaders in Robotics and AI Seminar is from Catie Cuan at Stanford, on “Choreorobotics: Teaching Robots How to Dance with Humans.” Festo has robot bees!

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Video Friday: Mobile Robot Upgrades

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With its innovative “Three-In-One” modular design, TRON 1 can easily switch among Point-Foot, Sole, and Wheeled foot ends. To leverage generalist-model adaptability and flexibility while achieving specialist-level agility, we propose AnyCar, a transformer-based generalist dynamics model designed for agile control of various wheeled robots.

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Volkswagen Group of America launches technology startup accelerator at Plug and Play Tech Center

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The new Silicon Valley-based program is designed to accelerate 10 select startups from various industries to help develop next-generation technologies that can be applied in the automotive domain. Plug and Play Tech Center is an accelerator specializing in growing technology startups.

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Video Friday: Drone in a Cage

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If you think of the Elios 2 as your classic flip phone, only designed to make phone calls, the Elios 3 is the smartphone. This week’s GRASP on Robotics seminar is from Katherine Kuchenbecker at the Max Planck Institute for Intelligent Systems, on haptics and physical human-robot interaction. “A Flyability ]. Skybrush ]. Drone Days ].

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Video Friday: Beyond the Limit

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Discover how we put our expertise in robotics research to use designing, testing, and deploying a warehouse robot. Each module of the platform consists of two legs designed to function as a two-legged robot, which is able to walk on a metal pipe using electromagnetic feet. Different robotic solutions of the future.

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Video Friday: Humanoid Soccer

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It’s hoped the bot, which can travel up to 20 kilometres an hour and carry 50 kilograms, has the potential to serve as a member of search-and-rescue teams in the future. Sanctuary AI ] Cargo drones are designed to carry payloads with predefined shape, size, and/or mass. Swiss-Mile ] Thanks, Marko!

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Volkswagen Group ERL working on more intuitive communications between driver, car and environment

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and the cloud—to be able ultimately to design a vehicle that can learn, predict and adapt to drivers. and the cloud—to be able ultimately to design a vehicle that can learn, predict and adapt to drivers. —Chuhee Lee. It supports Volkswagen Group brands including Audi, VW, Bentley, Bugatti, Ducati, and Lamborghini.