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Roskill: Niobium industry looking for a future beyond steel; Li-ion batteries a possibility

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Niobium is a metal primarily used by the steel industry as a ferroalloy strengthening element. Adding niobium reduces the amount and weight of steel required, an important feature for the automotive industry but also for infrastructure. The Award Seminars were added to the annual Award event in 2008. Niobium and batteries.

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

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As vehicle connectivity and advanced assistance systems become a ubiquitous part of driving, researchers at Volkswagen Group’s Electronics Research Laboratory ( ERL ) are working to create a “perfect driving experience” by enabling more intuitive forms of communications between the driver, the car and the external environment.

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Video Friday: Loco-Manipulation

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In this work, we present LocoMan, a dexterous quadrupedal robot with a novel morphology to perform versatile manipulation in diverse constrained environments. Boston Dynamics ] Here’s some video of Field AI’s robots operating in relatively complex and unstructured environments without prior maps. CMU ] Thanks, Changyi!

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Video Friday: Punch-Out

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JPL ] Cassie Blue showcases its ability to navigate a moving walkway, a common yet challenging scenario in human environments. It can be also steered to navigate through a cluttered environment with obstacles. KIMLAB ] Humanoid robots have the potential of becoming general purpose robots augmenting the human workforce in industries.

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Video Friday: Robot Bees

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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.” Because, look, a couple seconds of muted audio underneath a voiceover is in fact not really answering the question.

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Video Friday: Mobile Robot Upgrades

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Clearpath Robotics ] MAB Robotics is developing legged robots for the inspection and maintenance of industrial infrastructure. In these environments, resistance to factors like high humidity and working underwater is essential. Shipping early next year.

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Video Friday: Drone in a Cage

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The drone industry is evolving at light speed, our team alone is too small yet to keep pace with it. 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 Skybrush ]. Drone Days ].

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