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Video Friday: Build a Chair

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IEEE CASE 2022 : 20–24 August 2022, MEXICO CITY CLAWAR 2022 : 12–14 September 2022, AZORES, PORTUGAL ANA Avatar XPRIZE Finals : 4–5 November 2022, LOS ANGELES CoRL 2022 : 14–18 December 2022, AUCKLAND, NEW ZEALAND Enjoy today's videos! We also post a weekly calendar of upcoming robotics events for the next few months. Robohub ].

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Video Friday: Robot Soccer Finals

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Ishikawa Lab ] We present hybrid adhesive end-effectors for bimanual handling of deformable objects. The new gripping system combines passive mechanical compliance with a hybrid electrostatic-adhesive pad so that humanoid robots can grasp a wide range of materials including paperboard and textured plastics. Robot Brains ].

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Solid-State EV Batteries Now Face “Production Hell”

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“This is in fact a fairly conventional NMC (nickel manganese cobalt) cell with a gel electrolyte that has been in production for 15 years and is typically referred to as lithium-polymer,” noted Sam Abuelsamid, principal research analyst for Guidehouse Insights. But in a cell, it lacks the properties of a true solid-state electrolyte.”

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Slow start for charge of the electric cars - Times Online

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The 2011 start date has been chosen to coincide with theexpected introduction of a wider variety of electric and plug-in hybrid carsin Britain. Virtually all the world’s bigmotor manufacturers are building prototypes using lithium-ion batteries butso far they have reached production only in a few low-volume models.