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Video Friday: Tensegrity Wheels

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This video from November 24, 2017 was taken as Charlie remotely operated a prototype robot in his unoccupied Atlanta home from rural Tennessee to take care of his family’s cat. RaiLab Kaist ] The KUKA Innovation Award has been held annually since 2014 and is addressed to developers, graduates and research teams from universities or companies.

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Ford opens new Silicon Valley research center; focus on connectivity, mobility, autonomous vehicles, big data

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As senior technical leader for innovation, Maciuca brings extensive Silicon Valley experience advising startups, developing and commercializing products, collaborating with universities and leading cross-functional teams. in Mechanical Engineering from University of California, Berkeley and an MBA from its Haas School of Business.

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Radar Imaging Could Be the Key to Monitoring Climate Change

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As a child, Alberto Moreira discovered his passion for electronics from the kits for exploring science, technology, engineering, and mathematics that his father bought him every month. The kits taught him not only about electronics but also about chemistry and physics. in engineering at the Technical University of Munich.

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Where Plug-In Hybrid Conversions (mostly Priuses) Are

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University of Manitoba by Hymotion, April 2007 (Winnipeg, Manitoba), contact eric_bibeau@umanitoba.ca Progress Energy Corporation by Advanced Vehicle Research Center , with Hymotion kit, July 2007 (Raleigh, NC), contact Mike.Ligett@. York University , Prius, Hymotion, November 2007 (Toronto, ON, Canada). Contact LMirisola@.

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