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New safety test environment for high-speed flywheels for energy storage systems; new high-speed imaging techniques

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The Ricardo-led FlySafe research collaboration—involving a range of leading industrial and academic partners including the University of Brighton’s Centre for Automotive Engineering—has delivered an innovative flywheel safety test environment to enable the development of next-generation flywheel energy storage systems.

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Video Friday: Humanoid Soccer

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We also post a weekly calendar of upcoming robotics events for the next few months. Please send us your events for inclusion. CoRL 2022 : 14–18 December 2022, AUCKLAND, NEW ZEALAND ICRA 2023 : 29 May–2 June 2023, LONDON Enjoy today’s videos! Consequently, NimbRo came in first in the overall Best-Humanoid ranking.

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Tata Motors Indica Vista EVX wins small passenger EV category at RAC Future Car Challenge

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The Royal Automobile Club’s new initiative was staged as part of the 2010 LBVCR weekend to actively promote and demonstrate environmentally-friendly energy technologies. The Royal Automobile Club’s new initiative was staged as part of the 2010 LBVCR weekend to actively promote and demonstrate environmentally-friendly energy technologies.

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ICL study of 39 new Euro-6 diesels finds huge variability in NOx emissions with an average 4.5x the type approval limit

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A new study by researchers from Imperial College London(ICL) of 39 new Euro 6 diesel passenger cars has found “ huge variability ” in the on-road NO x emissions of Euro 6 diesel passenger cars, with results ranging from 1 to 22 times the type approval limit. All but 2 exhibited higher NO x than the limit. g km -1 equates to 4.5

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Former Royal Navy Officer Advocates for LGBTQ+ engineers

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He is a cofounder of InterEngineering , a London-based nonprofit dedicated to greater inclusion in engineering. Based in London, it organizes networking events, funds prizes and grants, and arranges visits to interesting engineering projects around the country. s railways. It all just came to a head,” he says. “I

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Video Friday: ChatGPT for Robotics

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We also post a weekly calendar of upcoming robotics events for the next few months. Please send us your events for inclusion. Torc Robotics ] Athena 3D is a leading additive manufacturing service bureau located in Tempe, AZ, that prints parts on demand. We’re rolling out a new design of our test vehicles.

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IMechE report calls for new Clean Air Act in UK

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The original Clean Air Act of 1956 focused on tackling smoke and sulfur dioxide in the wake of the five-day Great Smog event that was directly linked to the deaths of more than 4,000 Londoners. Part of the problem is that climate change and air pollution are not talked about in the same circles.

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