Environment and UAE

Boeing, UAE partners make progress with oilseed halophytes as feedstock for renewable jet fuel; desert plants fed by seawater

Green Car Congress

JANUARY 23, 2014

The Sustainable Bioenergy Research Consortium ( SBRC ), affiliated with the Masdar Institute of Science and Technology in Abu Dhabi, will test these findings in a project that could support biofuel crop production in arid countries, such as the UAE. Yields on seawater are similar to conventional oilseeds under ideal conditions. Cybulska, R.

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Etihad Airways flies first flight using fuel made in the UAE from plants grown in saltwater

Green Car Congress

JANUARY 24, 2019

The initiative also addresses food security in the UAE through the farming of seafood as a core element in the process. This is a synergistic industrial platform that supports the aviation sector, the oil and gas industry, food production and the creation of a new agricultural alternative in the UAE.

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UAE University researchers working on microalgae for biodiesel

Green Car Congress

MAY 15, 2013

This could have a profound impact on future energy needs and the environment. As a research intensive university we continue to contribute to this transforming knowledge economy and hope that in time, the UAE can become a biofuel leader. Sulaiman Al-Zuhair, Associate Professor at the Chemical Engineering Department.

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Etihad Airways and partners launch roadmap for sustainable aviation biofuels in UAE

Green Car Congress

JUNE 18, 2015

Etihad Airways, together with Boeing, Total, Takreer and the Masdar Institute of Science and Technology, launched a joint industry roadmap for the sustainable production of aviation biofuels in the United Arab Emirates (UAE). Earlier post , earlier post.). Earlier post , earlier post.). Approval for some of the processes is expected in 2015.

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Nio garners $2.2 billion investment from UAE fund

Teslarati

DECEMBER 18, 2023

It never stops, it’s just that currently the global financial policy environment has made this work more challenging.” billion investment from UAE fund appeared first on TESLARATI. We are looking for new investors, and financing is one of our daily jobs,” Qin said. “It The post Nio garners $2.2

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Toyota to collaborate in research for the creation of H2-based society in the United Arab Emirates

Green Car Congress

JANUARY 16, 2017

Toyota Motor Corporation has agreed to collaborate with Masdar, Abu Dhabi National Oil Company (ADNOC), Air Liquide, and Toyota distributor Al-Futtaim Motors in a joint research program to explore the potential of hydrogen energy use in the United Arab Emirates (UAE) for the creation of a sustainable, low-carbon society.

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Archer formalizes agreements in UAE as it looks to become the first to fly commercial eVTOLs in the region

Baua Electric

DECEMBER 6, 2024

eVTOL developer Archer Aviation has solidified an existing partnership in the Abu Dhabi region of the United Arab Emirates (UAE). Today, the company announced a new multi-party collaboration agreement with key UAE and Abu Dhabi entities in order to establish evTOL air taxi operations in that area of the Middle East.

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Driving Middle East’s Innovation in Robotics and Future of Automation

Cars That Think

SEPTEMBER 13, 2024

aspect_ratio Themed “Robotics for Sustainable Development,” the IROS 2024 will be held from 14-18 October 2024 at the Abu Dhabi National Exhibition Center (ADNEC) in the UAE’s capital city. The UAE with a total of 68 papers comes atop the Arab region.” World Abu Dhabi. 777), Germany (302), and Japan (253), as well as the U.K.

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Competition Spurs Robotics and AI Innovations for Maritime Challenges

Cars That Think

FEBRUARY 3, 2022

And the maritime environment actually lends itself really well to those kinds of applications.” So, just from both a police and a coast guard perspective, doing this in a GNSS denied environment is probably the right thing to do,” said Morrish. Both robots and AI are really good at doing the dull, the dirty, and the dangerous.

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United Arab Emirates UAE Environment Commercial

Opinion: OPEC Divorce And Self-Destruction Thanks To Saudi Oil Strategy?

Green Car Congress

SEPTEMBER 2, 2015

Together, the three quotes provide a framework for analyzing Saudi options heading into the December 4 OPEC meeting in Vienna and its choices vis-à-vis the OPEC outsiders (all members but Saudi Arabia and its Gulf Arab allies, Kuwait, UAE, Qatar): reconciliation, separation, or divorce. If You’re a Free Range Oil Producer. percent to $38.1

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Tesla shows off grueling ‘extreme heat testing’ regimen

Teslarati

MAY 10, 2023

When Tesla’s extreme temperature testing team isn’t in the scalding hot desert of the UAE, it is in the frigid cold arctic circle in Norway during the winter , ensuring that each of its vehicle components can survive the hottest hots and the most freezing colds. What do you think of the article?

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Video Friday: UC Berkeley's Little Humanoid

Cars That Think

AUGUST 2, 2024

ICRA@40 : 23–26 September 2024, ROTTERDAM, NETHERLANDS IROS 2024 : 14–18 October 2024, ABU DHABI, UAE ICSR 2024 : 23–26 October 2024, ODENSE, DENMARK Cybathlon 2024 : 25–27 October 2024, ZURICH Enjoy today’s videos! We also post a weekly calendar of upcoming robotics events for the next few months. Please send us your events for inclusion.

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Video Friday: Ameca Humanoid

Cars That Think

DECEMBER 3, 2021

The Mohamed Bin Zayed International Robotics Challenge (MBZIRC) will be held in the UAE capital, Abu Dhabi, in June 2023, where tech innovators will participate to seek marine safety and security solutions to take home more than US$3 million in prize money. The total traverse distance is 200 m (656.168 feet).

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Video Friday: Robot Crash-Perches, Hugs Tree

Cars That Think

JULY 19, 2024

ICRA@40 : 23–26 September 2024, ROTTERDAM, NETHERLANDS IROS 2024 : 14–18 October 2024, ABU DHABI, UAE ICSR 2024 : 23–26 October 2024, ODENSE, DENMARK Cybathlon 2024 : 25–27 October 2024, ZURICH Enjoy today’s videos! We also post a weekly calendar of upcoming robotics events for the next few months. Please send us your events for inclusion.

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Video Friday: Unitree Talks Robots

Cars That Think

JULY 12, 2024

RoboCup 2024 : 17–22 July 2024, EINDHOVEN, NETHERLANDS ICRA@40 : 23–26 September 2024, ROTTERDAM, NETHERLANDS IROS 2024 : 14–18 October 2024, ABU DHABI, UAE ICSR 2024 : 23–26 October 2024, ODENSE, DENMARK Cybathlon 2024 : 25–27 October 2024, ZURICH Enjoy today’s videos! Please send us your events for inclusion.

Netherlands

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Forums, Competitions, Challenges: Inspiring Creativity in Robotics

Cars That Think

SEPTEMBER 25, 2024

Jorge Dias, IROS 2024 General Chair, said: “Such a large gathering of scientists, researchers, industry leaders and government stakeholders in Abu Dhabi for IROS 2024 also demonstrates the role of UAE in pioneering new technologies and in providing an international platform for knowledge exchange and sharing of expertise.

UAE

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Video Friday: Drone vs. Flying Canoe

Cars That Think

JUNE 14, 2024

RoboCup 2024 : 17–22 July 2024, EINDHOVEN, NETHERLANDS ICRA@40 : 23–26 September 2024, ROTTERDAM, NETHERLANDS IROS 2024 : 14–18 October 2024, ABU DHABI, UAE ICSR 2024 : 23–26 October 2024, ODENSE, DENMARK Cybathlon 2024 : 25–27 October 2024, ZURICH Enjoy today’s videos! Please send us your events for inclusion. CSD ] Thanks, Ebe!

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Video Friday: The Secrets of Shadow Robot's New Hand

Cars That Think

AUGUST 9, 2024

ICRA@40 : 23–26 September 2024, ROTTERDAM, NETHERLANDS IROS 2024 : 14–18 October 2024, ABU DHABI, UAE ICSR 2024 : 23–26 October 2024, ODENSE, DENMARK Cybathlon 2024 : 25–27 October 2024, ZURICH Enjoy today’s videos! We also post a weekly calendar of upcoming robotics events for the next few months. Please send us your events for inclusion.

MIT

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Video Friday: Morphy Drone

Cars That Think

JUNE 21, 2024

RoboCup 2024 : 17–22 July 2024, EINDHOVEN, NETHERLANDS ICRA@40 : 23–26 September 2024, ROTTERDAM, NETHERLANDS IROS 2024 : 14–18 October 2024, ABU DHABI, UAE ICSR 2024 : 23–26 October 2024, ODENSE, DENMARK Cybathlon 2024 : 25–27 October 2024, ZURICH Enjoy today’s videos! Please send us your events for inclusion. ARL ] Thanks, Kostas!

Netherlands

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Building a Zero Trust Security Model for Autonomous Systems

Cars That Think

NOVEMBER 10, 2022

Just last year, a half dozen precisely targeted malicious drones managed to slow oil production in Saudi Arabia for days, and more recently, several low-cost drones caused significant damage to oil tankers in the UAE. 5 In another effort, UAE teams used drones to plant 6.25 million trees in only two days. hyperautomation.

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Opinion: Saudi Oil Strategy: Brilliant Or Suicide?

Green Car Congress

AUGUST 13, 2015

Given this environment, it is not surprising that the revenue elasticity of production is highly sensitive, and negative. million), and its allies, UAE (2.87), Kuwait (2.8), and Qatar (.67), Saudi Arabia increased production by 6.8 percent in the first quarter of 2015 but saw export revenues shrink by 42 percent.

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Video Friday: ICRA Turns 40

Cars That Think

SEPTEMBER 27, 2024

IROS 2024 : 14–18 October 2024, ABU DHABI, UAE ICSR 2024 : 23–26 October 2024, ODENSE, DENMARK Cybathlon 2024 : 25–27 October 2024, ZURICH Humanoids 204 : 22–24 November 2024, NANCY, FRANCE Enjoy today’s videos! Here we present methods to design and build an artificial environment through interactive robotic surfaces.

Denmark

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Video Friday: Robots Solving Table Tennis

Cars That Think

AUGUST 30, 2024

ICRA@40 : 23–26 September 2024, ROTTERDAM, NETHERLANDS IROS 2024 : 14–18 October 2024, ABU DHABI, UAE ICSR 2024 : 23–26 October 2024, ODENSE, DENMARK Cybathlon 2024 : 25–27 October 2024, ZURICH Enjoy today’s videos! We also post a weekly calendar of upcoming robotics events for the next few months. Please send us your events for inclusion.

MIT

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Open-Source AI Is Good for Us

Cars That Think

FEBRUARY 8, 2024

In this environment, open models play a vital role. Meanwhile, Singapore is funding a US $52 million open-source development effort for Southeast Asia, and the UAE continues to bankroll some of the largest available open generative AI models. And after a confrontation with its member state governments in December, the E.U.

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IEEE Young Professionals Talked Sustainability Tech at Climate Week NYC

Cars That Think

JANUARY 3, 2025

Environment Programme in New York discussed how hearing from technical experts can help communicators like her understand renewable technologies. At COP28 , COP29 , and G20 , the United Nations outlined ambitious global goals in what is known as the UAE Consensus. The communications specialist at the U.N.

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Grid-eMotion Flash: Hitachi’s 20 second Flash Charging Solution

Get Electric Vehicle

APRIL 12, 2022

Grid eMotion Flash was created for environment-friendly mass transit. The e-bus can travel 95 kilometers in the UAE on a single charge, which translates to six silent and emission-free rides between the Abu Dhabi Central Bus Station and the Sheikh Zayed Grand Mosque, according to the company.

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Velodyne Lidar acquires AI software company Bluecity

Green Car Congress

OCTOBER 5, 2022

The solution is deployed across four continents with 74 installations, including systems rolled out domestically in California, Colorado, Florida, New Jersey, Maryland, Texas, Nevada and Michigan and internationally in Canada, China, UAE, India, Finland, Germany and Australia.

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Global Automotive Survey Finds Nearly Six in Ten People Prefer Green Cars, Even If Money No Object

Green Car Congress

JULY 1, 2009

Some of the other findings of the survey include: The nation most likely to simply elect green car was Germany, with 58% choosing the environment over their dream cars. —Scott Miller, Synovate’s CEO of Motoresearch. The 30% of people globally who would still choose their dream car, green-be-damned, comprised of 35% men and 27% women.

Green Cars

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Video Friday: Quadruped Ladder Climbing

Cars That Think

OCTOBER 4, 2024

IROS 2024 : 14–18 October 2024, ABU DHABI, UAE ICSR 2024 : 23–26 October 2024, ODENSE, DENMARK Cybathlon 2024 : 25–27 October 2024, ZURICH Humanoids 2024 : 22–24 November 2024, NANCY, FRANCE Enjoy today’s videos! Video Friday is your weekly selection of awesome robotics videos, collected by your friends at IEEE Spectrum robotics.

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EV Driven

Boeing, UAE partners make progress with oilseed halophytes as feedstock for renewable jet fuel; desert plants fed by seawater

Etihad Airways flies first flight using fuel made in the UAE from plants grown in saltwater

UAE University researchers working on microalgae for biodiesel

Etihad Airways and partners launch roadmap for sustainable aviation biofuels in UAE

Nio garners $2.2 billion investment from UAE fund

Toyota to collaborate in research for the creation of H2-based society in the United Arab Emirates

Archer formalizes agreements in UAE as it looks to become the first to fly commercial eVTOLs in the region

Driving Middle East’s Innovation in Robotics and Future of Automation

Competition Spurs Robotics and AI Innovations for Maritime Challenges

Opinion: OPEC Divorce And Self-Destruction Thanks To Saudi Oil Strategy?

Tesla shows off grueling ‘extreme heat testing’ regimen

Video Friday: UC Berkeley's Little Humanoid

Video Friday: Ameca Humanoid

Video Friday: Robot Crash-Perches, Hugs Tree

Video Friday: Unitree Talks Robots

Forums, Competitions, Challenges: Inspiring Creativity in Robotics

Video Friday: Drone vs. Flying Canoe

Video Friday: The Secrets of Shadow Robot's New Hand

Video Friday: Morphy Drone

Building a Zero Trust Security Model for Autonomous Systems

Opinion: Saudi Oil Strategy: Brilliant Or Suicide?

Video Friday: ICRA Turns 40

Video Friday: Robots Solving Table Tennis

Open-Source AI Is Good for Us

IEEE Young Professionals Talked Sustainability Tech at Climate Week NYC

Grid-eMotion Flash: Hitachi’s 20 second Flash Charging Solution

Velodyne Lidar acquires AI software company Bluecity

Global Automotive Survey Finds Nearly Six in Ten People Prefer Green Cars, Even If Money No Object

Video Friday: Quadruped Ladder Climbing

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