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Google and IEEE launch $1M challenge for downsized inverters

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Google and the IEEE have launched the Littlebox Challenge—an open competition to design and build a small kW-scale inverter with the highest power density (of at least 50 W/in 3 , or 3.05 Google and IEEE are emphasizing size reduction in their challenge, without targeting a specific application area such as automotive.

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Chatbot: A New Robotics Podcast from IEEE Spectrum

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Spotify ↗ • Apple Podcasts ↗ • Google Podcasts ↗ • Amazon Music ↗ • Pocket Casts ↗ • Podcast Addict ↗ • Deezer ↗ • Player FM ↗ • Podchaser ↗ • Listen Notes ↗ • YouTube ↗ • RSS Feed ↗ The way the Chatbot podcast works is that we invite a couple of robotics experts to talk with each other about a topic that they have in common. .

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DOE awarding >$24M to 77 projects through Technology Commercialization Fund

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Industry-Informed Physics-Based Monitoring for Asset Management and Maintenance Optimization, $500,000 Electric Power Research Institute, Palo Alto, Calif. Advanced Flow Meter for Extreme Environments (AFMEE), $100,000 MicroNuclear LLC, Franklin, Tenn. Madison, Wis. Amesbury, Mass. El Centro, Calif. Idaho National Laboratory.

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AI Doesn’t Have to Be This Way

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ChatGPT tries to impress the users…What it’s trying to do is trying to be as good as humans in a variety of tasks: answering questions, being conversational, writing sonnets, and writing essays. Because, again, the Chat GPT architecture is based on just taking information from the Internet that it can get for free. Acemoglu: Yes.

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Video Friday: Robot Soccer Finals

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To begin with, we have updated Misty's conversational skills, focusing on both improved NLU capabilities and added more languages. Paper ] The compliance and conformability of soft robots provide inherent advantages when working around delicate objects or in unstructured environments. So what is new, we hear you ask? Robot Brains ].

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U-Mich Mobility Transformation Center targeting full autonomous vehicle deployment in Ann Arbor by 2021

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In October, U-M regents approved plans for a one-of-a-kind driverless car test environment near North Campus. Led by UMTRI and Michigan Engineering, the Mobility Transformation Center involves researchers from all over the university, including urban planning, energy technology, information technology, policy and social sciences.

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At Last, a Self-Driving Car That Can Explain Itself

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After all, Apple’s Siri , Microsoft’s Cortana , Amazon’s Alexa and Google Home are all very impressive , but these systems function solely on voice input: They can’t understand or react to the environment around them. Then the system conveys that information to the driver in plain language. Scene-Aware Interaction Technology.

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