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GM and SAE International select 8 NA universities for new autonomous vehicle competition; Bolt EV the platform

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At WCX 17: SAE World Congress Experience, SAE International and General Motors announced the eight North American universities which will compete in the upcoming AutoDrive Challenge. Strategic partners and suppliers will aid the students in their technology development by providing vehicle parts and software. Michigan Tech.

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Forums, Competitions, Challenges: Inspiring Creativity in Robotics

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This is a sponsored article brought to you by Khalifa University of Science and Technology. This edition of IROS is one of the largest of its kind globally in this category because of active participation across all levels, with 5,740 authors, 16 keynote speakers, 46 workshops, 11 tutorials, as well as 28 exhibitors and 12 startups.

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€12M Current Direct project seeks to support marine electrification with swappable containerized battery system

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The project is led by Spear Power Systems , makers of the world’s lightest, most flexible marine batteries certified to the most stringent international safety standards. Blackstone Technology is lowering the cost of manufacturing tomorrow’s 3D printed lithium-ion cells using active materials from Umicore.

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Daimler establishing “Startup Autobahn” in Stuttgart; focus on future of mobility

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Daimler is establishing Startup Autobahn, a new startup ecosystem in Stuttgart, in partnership with Silicon Valley accelerator Plug and Play, the University of Stuttgart and ARENA2036. As part of the Startup Autobahn’s Accelerator scheme, the Coworking Space and Hardware Lab will be at the startups’ disposal in the ARENA2036 research factory.

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Bionic Hand Gives Amputees Sense of Touch

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He earned a bachelor's degree in biology in 2007 from Loyola University in Chicago. Two years later he was accepted into the Medical Scholars Program at the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign. He reported that he felt as though a part of him had come back thanks to the prosthesis. MAKING PROSTHETIC LIMBS ACCESSIBLE.

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Meta’s AI Agents Learn to Move by Copying Toddlers

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These simulated body parts were the latest showings from the MyoSuite platform, and were included in the MyoSuite 2.0 collection, which was released today by Meta AI , working in collaboration with researchers at McGill University in Canada, Northeastern University in the United States, and the University of Twente in the Netherlands.

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Inaugural meeting of Volkswagen Sustainability Council; Group makes €20M available for projects

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We were invited to be part of this journey and are very much looking forward on being actively involved in the development of this journey. Dr. Gesche Joost – Professor at the University of the Arts in Berlin. Dr. Elhadj As Sy, Secretary General of the International Federation of Red Cross and Red Crescent Societies (IFRC).

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