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OCTOBER 18, 2024

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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JULY 12, 2024

We demonstrate the approach on an aerial calligraphy task using a novel sponge pen design as the end-effector. [ CMU ] LimX Dynamics Biped Robot P1 was kicked and hit: Faced with random impacts in a crowd, P1 with its new design once again showcased exceptional stability as a mobility platform. LimX Dynamics ] Thanks, Ou Yan!

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MARCH 10, 2015

Multiple battery formats and multiple battery design capacities are under test. Doron Aurbach (Bar Ilan University) for a 3-day technical seminar on batteries, supercapacitors, fuel cells and electric vehicles. In January 2014, Samsung Ventures invested in XGS. Earlier post.).

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NOVEMBER 10, 2023

In a new study, engineers at the University of Colorado Boulder debuted mCLARI, a 2-centimeter-long modular robot that can passively change its shape to squeeze through narrow gaps in multiple directions. Discover how we put our expertise in robotics research to use designing, testing, and deploying a warehouse robot. Happy Halloween!

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SEPTEMBER 17, 2021

Team Explorer, the SubT Challenge entry from CMU and Oregon State University, is in the last stage of preparation for the competition this month inside the Mega Caverns cave complex in Louisville, Kentucky. UZH ] Two interesting short seminars from NCCR Robotics, including one on autonomous racing drones and "neophobic" mobile robots.

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DECEMBER 2, 2022

The robots of Team NimbRo of University of Bonn, Germany, won the main soccer tournament, the Drop-in tournament, and the Technical Challenges. Robotnik ] This video celebrates the 10-year anniversary of the University of Zurich’s Robotics and Perception Group, led by Prof. NimbRo ] Have you ever seen a robot dancing?

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FEBRUARY 3, 2023

Boston Dynamics ] Scientists at the University of Bristol have drawn on the design and life of a mysterious zooplankton to develop underwater robots. Bristol ] AIce is an Autonomous Zamboni Convoy that is designed to automate ice resurfacing in any ice rink. Moderator: Carmel Majidi, Carnegie Mellon University.

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OCTOBER 18, 2012

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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The IEEE Fellow is a professor of electrical and computer engineering at the University of Manitoba , Canada, and past vice president of IEEE Educational Activities. The IEEE senior member is a professor and chair of electronic systems and sensors at the Brandenburg University of Technology Cottbus-Senftenberg , in Germany.

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TEMA), made the announcement at Toyota’s 2014 Advanced Safety Seminar in Ann Arbor, Mich. Toyota’s CSRC is partnering with Indiana University-Purdue to develop standardized test protocols for pedestrian pre-collision systems, including mannequins of different shapes and sizes that mimic real-world walking speeds and angles.

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APRIL 14, 2023

50 flights is 45 flights more than this little helicopter was designed for, which is bonkers. As at the previous events, teams from Carnegie Mellon University, NASA’s Jet Propulsion Laboratory, and the University of Washington participated. Army’s National Training Center (NTC) in Ft. Irwin, California.

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FEBRUARY 18, 2022

YouTube ] The Apellix Opus X8 Softwash (SW) system cleaning the University of Florida Shands Hospital building in Jacksonville, Florida. We present the design of a robotic leg that can seamlessly switch between a spring-suspended and unsuspended configuration. [ Energy Robotics ] The "new" ASIMO was announced in November of 2011.

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OCTOBER 15, 2021

Designed and built at the Bio-Inspired and Medical Robotics Lab at the Ben Gurion University of the Negev by Nitzan Ben David and David Zarrouk. [ Researchers at the Australian UTS School of Architecture have partnered with construction design firm BVN Architecture to develop a unique 3D printed air-diffusion system. [

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DECEMBER 12, 2016

MIT and NASA engineers earlier proposed the D8 Series as one future aircraft design concept that uses boundary layer ingestion. If this new design and its enabling technologies can be made to work, the BLI propulsor will produce the required thrust with less propulsive power input. Hardin, Gregory Tillman, Om P.

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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.

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OCTOBER 7, 2022

Tech United ] A team led by the University of California San Diego has developed a new system of algorithms that enables four-legged robots to walk and run on challenging terrain while avoiding both static and moving obstacles. Franka Production 3 has it all! Franka Emika ] First time, I’m sure.

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MARCH 25, 2024

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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Hodges Former dean of engineering Life Fellow, 85; died 13 November Hodges, who was dean of engineering at the University of California, Berkeley , conducted pioneering research in IC design and semiconductor manufacturing. In 1988 he helped write Analysis and Design of Digital Integrated Circuits. for 37 years.

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After the war, in 1950, he received a bachelor’s degree in electrical engineering at Cornell University. A couple of years later, at age 35, he became a full-time editor at Electronic Design. He never lost his passion for professional concerns: For several years he organized a seminar on engineering ethics for the Long Island, N.Y.,

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He earned bachelor’s and master’s degrees in business administration from Iona University , in New Rochelle, N.Y. There he was responsible for designing and developing computer-controlled automated test equipment. Mancino earned a bachelor’s degree in electrical engineering in 1951 from Rutgers University in New Brunswick, N.J.

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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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APRIL 28, 2023

UT HCRL ] This research focuses on the design of a novel hybrid gripper that enables versatile grasping and throwing manipulation with a single actuator. This short video shows an actuator from Ed Habtour at the University of Washington, modeled after the vertebrae of sea birds and snakes. [ Let’s make all robots squishy!

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Toyota Motor Corporation has begun accepting applications today for this year’s Toyota Environmental Activities Grant Program , which is designed to support environmental revitalization and conservation activities aimed at sustainable development both in Japan and overseas. Environment-Education seminar of Energy in Yokkaichi University.

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OCTOBER 1, 2021

Mini Pupper ] An Inflatable robotic hand design gives amputees real-time tactile control and enables a wide range of daily activities, such as zipping a suitcase, shaking hands, and petting a cat. ARL ] Huh, maybe all in-home robots should have spiky wheels and articulated designs, since this seems very effective.

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AUGUST 27, 2022

Korea Advanced Institute of Science and Technology (KAIST) assumed top posts in the industry as well as coveted positions teaching or researching semiconductors at universities and government institutes. He studied at Seoul National University and then at Columbia University, in New York City, where he earned his doctorate under.

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DECEMBER 28, 2016

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. The study is published in Transportation Research Part C: Emerging Technologies.

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the John Bardeen professor of electrical and computer engineering and physics at the University of Illinois, Urbana , and the creator of the first LEDs. Craford met him at a seminar, where Holonyak was ex­plaining his work in LEDs. The photographs appeared in the original print version. and joined the Illinois faculty.

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