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JANUARY 23, 2023

With Boston Dynamics’ recent(ish) emphasis on making robots that can do things that are commercially useful , it’s always good to be gently reminded that the company is still at the cutting edge of dynamic humanoid robotics. Or in this case, forcefully reminded.

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JULY 22, 2011

BMW of North America and Coulomb Technologies announced that drivers of the BMW ActiveE all-electric vehicle ( earlier post ) will be able to take advantage of the expansion of the ChargePoint Network into the Boston Metro area. The charging stations will be located in the Boston metropolitan area, primarily within the Route 495 Beltway.

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JANUARY 20, 2023

IEEE RO-MAN 2023 : 28–31 August 2023, BUSAN, KOREA RoboCup 2023 : 4–10 July 2023, BORDEAUX, FRANCE CLAWAR 2023 : 2–4 October 2023, FLORIANOPOLIS, BRAZIL RSS 2023 : 10–14 July 2023, DAEGU, KOREA ICRA 2023 : 29 May–2 June 2023, LONDON Robotics Summit & Expo : 10–11 May 2023, BOSTON Enjoy today’s videos! RPL UCL ] Thanks, Dimitrios!

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APRIL 17, 2024

Boston Dynamics has just introduced a new Atlas humanoid robot , replacing the legendary hydraulic Atlas and intended to be a commercial product. We talked with Playter about what the heck took Boston Dynamics so long to make this robot, what the vision is for Atlas as a product, all that extreme flexibility, and what comes next.

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NOVEMBER 10, 2023

Discover how we put our expertise in robotics research to use designing, testing, and deploying a warehouse robot. Boston Dynamics ] What do the robots do on Halloween after everyone leaves? Current robotic systems focus on avoiding unexpected contact, often relying on strategically placed environment sensors.

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MARCH 31, 2023

This is the Grain Weevil, and it’s designed to keep humans out of grain bins. Boston Dynamics ] Thanks, Renee! Pickle Robot ] Quite possibly the most destructive combat robot ever designed has been revamped and is heading to RoboGames 2023. We also post a weekly calendar of upcoming robotics events for the next few months.

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MAY 31, 2014

The five safety recommendations, all addressed to the Federal Aviation Administration (FAA), are derived from the ongoing investigation of the 7 January 2013, fire event that occurred in a lithium-ion battery on a Boeing 787 that was parked at Boston Logan Airport. Earlier post.).

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MARCH 24, 2023

GITAI conducted a demonstration of lunar base construction using two GITAI inchworm-type robotic arms and two GITAI Lunar Robotic Rovers in a simulated lunar environment and successfully completed all planned tasks. Meet Fifi, a software engineering team lead at Boston Dynamics. Please send us your events for inclusion.

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DECEMBER 30, 2021

The inability of a typical deep learning program to perform well on more than one task, for example, severely limits application of the technology to specific tasks in rigidly controlled environments. He calls his model Adaptive Resonance Theory (ART).

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MARCH 29, 2024

NASA ] In challenging terrains, constructing structures such as antennas and cable-car masts often requires the use of helicopters to transport loads via ropes.Challenging this paradigm, we present Geranos: a specialized multirotor Unmanned Aerial Vehicle (UAV) designed to enhance aerial transportation and assembly. Paper ] Thanks, Kelly!

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FEBRUARY 23, 2024

In order to interact with and manipulate their environments, most legged robots are equipped with a dedicated robot arm, which means additional mass and mechanical complexity compared to standard legged robots. Robot built by Boston Dynamics for the DARPA Robotics Challenge in 2013. Cool, right? Nature ] via [ IRIDIA ] Thanks, David!

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MAY 3, 2024

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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FEBRUARY 19, 2018

While FCEVs were designed with significant safety features to prevent unintended hydrogen releases under normal consumer operation, the likelihood of a release can increase during certain operations, such as maintenance on the fuel system or powertrain. Hydrogen sensors were one key element to this design. Click to enlarge.

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SEPTEMBER 17, 2021

Boston Dynamics ] Digit's engineered to be a multipurpose machine. Meaning, it needs to be able to perform a collection of tasks in practically any environment. Then we help the robot perceive its surroundings, understand its surroundings, then reason a best course of action to navigate its environment and accomplish its task.

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FEBRUARY 18, 2022

Boston Dynamics put together a behind-the-scenes video of sorts about the Super Bowl commercial they did in collaboration with some beer company or other. Boston Dynamics ] Power-line perching could be an easy way for urban drones to keep their batteries topped up, but landing on power lines can be tricky. Brain Lab ] Thanks, Poramate!

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SEPTEMBER 23, 2019

Hyundai Motor Group and Aptiv will be forming an autonomous driving joint venture to advance the design, development and commercialization of SAE Level 4 and 5 autonomous technologies. During CES in 2017, Hyundai advanced its trials in urban environments, demonstrating self-driving technologies to the public with its autonomous IONIQ model.

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FEBRUARY 3, 2023

Robotics Summit & Expo : 10–11 May 2023, BOSTON ICRA 2023 : 29 May–2 June 2023, LONDON RoboCup 2023 : 4–10 July 2023, BORDEAUX, FRANCE RSS 2023 : 10–14 July 2023, DAEGU, KOREA IEEE RO-MAN 2023 : 28–31 August 2023, BUSAN, KOREA CLAWAR 2023 : 2–4 October 2023, FLORIANOPOLIS, BRAZIL Enjoy today’s videos!

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MARCH 22, 2023

Agility Robotics, along with Boston Dynamics , has been a leader within the industrial robotics space, especially since the launch of its most advanced bipedal robot three years ago, Digit. We designed the next generation of Digit with those customer use cases in mind,” said Damion Shelton, co-founder, and CEO of Agility Robotics.

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DECEMBER 13, 2019

BAE Series-ER (Electric Range) systems will operate on 68 transit buses and support designated green zone routes throughout San Francisco that are free of emissions. 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.

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JULY 22, 2023

Boston Dynamics, developer of the Spot and Atlas robots, may have been the first company to be accused of “ robot abuse ” because of its videos, and the company frequently includes footage of its research robots being unsuccessful as well as successful on YouTube. Hurst: Digit was designed to fall.

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APRIL 14, 2023

50 flights is 45 flights more than this little helicopter was designed for, which is bonkers. DARPA’s Robotic Autonomy in Complex Environments with Resiliency (RACER) program recently conducted its third experiment to assess the performance of off-road unmanned vehicles. Please send us your events for inclusion.

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JULY 22, 2023

VR headsets allow students to immerse themselves in realistic digital environments to learn math and science by solving real-world problems, such as calculating how high a house’s foundation should be raised to offset the risk of flooding. She has first-hand experience in education: She taught math and physics in Boston-area high schools.

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JULY 1, 2022

SRI ] Meet Josh, a mechanical engineer at Boston Dynamics. Hear his perspective on what goes into building a robot–from learning the right skills, to collaborating across teams, to designing and testing new parts. It can generate motions in rough environments for a variety of different gaits in real time.

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MARCH 3, 2023

HRI 2023 : 13–16 March 2023, STOCKHOLM Robotics Summit & Expo : 10–11 May 2023, BOSTON ICRA 2023 : 29 May–2 June 2023, LONDON RoboCup 2023 : 4–10 July 2023, BORDEAUX, FRANCE RSS 2023 : 10–14 July 2023, DAEGU, KOREA IEEE RO-MAN 2023 : 28–31 August 2023, BUSAN, KOREA CLAWAR 2023 : 2–4 October 2023, FLORIANOPOLIS, BRAZIL Enjoy today’s videos!

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JUNE 21, 2023

Hyundai Motor has established a specialized battery development organization within its Namyang R&D Center, focused on battery system and cell design, battery safety reliability and performance development and next-generation batteries. The company is even considering production verification through a small-scale pilot line.

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FEBRUARY 11, 2022

In December of 2021 at the mock lunar surface environment in JAXA’s Sagamihara Campus, the GITAI lunar robotic rover R1 conducted numerous tasks and mobility operations, successfully completing all planned tests. This is cool looking, but I'd need to know more about how this system can deal with an actual lunar environment, right?

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DECEMBER 23, 2022

Boston Dynamics ] This year, our robot Husky was very busy working for the European Space Agency (ESA). The proposed control approach can drive a mobile robot to autonomously navigate in relevant indoor environments. Every design and engineering decision is looked at through a function-first lens. an elderly care center).

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MAY 13, 2022

ABB Robotics has collaborated with two world-renowned artists, eight-year-old Indian child prodigy Advait Kolarkar and Dubai-based digital design collective Illusorr, to create the world’s first robot-painted art car. Boston Dynamics ] The Langley Aerodrome No.

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SEPTEMBER 13, 2013

The US Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) has selected a team of universities to lead a new Air Transportation Center of Excellence ( COE ) for alternative jet fuels and the environment.

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JULY 10, 2019

Concentric Ring Gas Atomization Die Design for Optimized Particle Production, $150,000 Praxair, Indianapolis, Ind. Extension of Core Restrain Design Code NUBOW-3D to Lead Cooled Fast Reactor Systems, $75,000 Westinghouse Electric Company, Cranberry Township, Pa. Selected Labs and Partners. Ames Laboratory. Argonne National Laboratory.

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APRIL 15, 2022

LOVOT ] Meet Cassie, an electrical engineer at Boston Dynamics, as she answers real questions from kids and other curious minds—from how to start a career in robotics to Spot’s favorite color. Boston Dynamics ] 2021 research highlights from the CNRS-AIST Joint Robotics Laboratory.

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FEBRUARY 16, 2022

Cities including Boston and New York are already spending substantial sums on projects to hold back the sea, which has begun encroaching in subways and road tunnels over the last 10 years. But the identical mounting components meant that rectangular designs were pretty much all that could be produced.

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MARCH 2, 2023

Working with DRC Atlas, NASA’s Valkyrie , and most recently Nadia , IHMC has established itself as a leader in robot design and control. It’ll be a new design, with really solid engineering.” Which sounds great, when (or if) it happens. The company got its start self-funded, but is closing a Series A within the next couple of weeks.

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NOVEMBER 18, 2022

CMU ] This robot is designed as a preliminary platform for humanoid robot research. This under-actuation nature of the robot system has been well addressed with our locomotion control framework, which also provides a new perspective on the leg design of bipedal robot. CLEAR Lab ] Thanks, Zejun!

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AUGUST 20, 2021

Besides, autonomous cars live in a highly constrained action space within a semi-constrained environment, and Tesla cars in particular have plenty of well-known issues with their autonomy. Heck, even "pick up that bolt" is not an easy thing for a robot to do right now, if it wasn't specifically designed for that task. Sure, why not.

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AUGUST 19, 2022

I honestly could not tell you whether this goes against Boston Dynamics' terms of sale or not. KIMLAB ] Today, robots by and large exist in industrial environments, and are painstakingly coded for specific tasks. What if there was a better way to communicate with learning robots so they can help us? Thank you, ASIMO.

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NOVEMBER 23, 2021

There's a new website of questionable design along with a lot of fluffy descriptions of what Everyday Robots is all about. It's less of a dig and more of an acknowledgement that getting mobile manipulators to usefully operate in semi-structured environments has been, and continues to be, a huge challenge. 2:10 — Yeah, okay.

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