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See Inside DARPA's Incredible Subterranean Finals Course

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When DARPA announced that the Subterranean Challenge Final Event would take place in a giant cavern complex in Louisville, and that it would include elements of tunnels, caves, and the urban underground, we had very high hopes for what the agency would put together. And, predictably, DARPA vastly exceeded those hopes.

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Ford to build new EV and battery plants in Tennessee & Kentucky; $11.4B total investment in two mega-sites; 129 GWh/year total

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Despite its size, the assembly plant at Blue Oval City is designed to have as minimal an impact as possible on the surrounding environment—and even to generate positive impacts. The assembly plant’s goal is to have a regenerative impact on the local environment through biomimicry in design of the facility.

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12 Robotics Teams Will Hunt For (Virtual) Subterranean Artifacts

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Last week, DARPA announced the twelve teams who will be competing in the Virtual Track of the DARPA Subterranean Challenge Finals , scheduled to take place in September in Louisville , KY. The robots and the environment may be virtual, but the prize money is very real, with $1.5

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EV bus manufacturer Proterra reaches 1,000,000th mile in revenue service

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TARC (Louisville, Ky.), million pounds of emissions from being released into the environment. Customers receiving the awards were: Foothill Transit (Pomona, Calif.), WRTA (Worcester, Mass.), the City of Seneca, S.C./Clemson Clemson Area Transit, RTC Washoe (Reno, Nev.), and StarMetro (Tallahassee, Fla.).

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Video Friday: Preparing for the SubT Final

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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. Meaning, it needs to be able to perform a collection of tasks in practically any environment. This is early AI in action.

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Segway Navimow debuts X3 Series robot lawn mower that covers up to 2.5 acres without perimeter wires

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Presentations of this new model in the United States begin today at the Equip Expo in Louisville, Kentucky through October 18, with pre-orders only open to dealers and distributors at the moment. This allows it to keep on course and keep its performance precise, even in environments where maintaining its signal can prove challenging.

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San Francisco selects BAE Systems Series-ER for 68 transit buses for Green Bus Zones

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This technology helps San Francisco get one step closer to full zero emissions operations, improving the health of the city’s environment and its residents. Boston, Louisville, Montreal, Nashville, and Seattle are using Series-ER technology to cut down emissions. Initial SF Muni Green Zone routes.