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Students Use Their Tech Know-How to Protect the Environment

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According to the Natural Resources Defense Council , climate change contributes to severe weather events such as hurricanes, flooding, and tornadoes, as well as long-term drought and regularly occurring heat events in traditionally moderate climate zones. and its environs. The EPICS contest asked students and faculty at U.S.

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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: Loco-Manipulation

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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. In this work, we present LocoMan, a dexterous quadrupedal robot with a novel morphology to perform versatile manipulation in diverse constrained environments. CMU ] Thanks, Changyi!

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DOE awarding $35M to 11 projects for hydrokinetic turbine development; ARPA-E SHARKS

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Projects will work to reduce the LCOE through multiple approaches, including increasing generation efficiency, increasing rotor area per unit of equivalent mass, lowering operation and maintenance costs, minimizing potential impacts on the surrounding environment, and maximizing system reliability. University of Virginia.

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Video Friday: Good Behaviors

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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. TRI ] A low-cost robot does extreme parkour including high jumps on obstacles 2x its height, long jumps across gaps 2x its length, handstand on stairs, and running across tilted ramps. [

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ABB adds 20 kW Combined Charging System (CCS) fast charger to EVSE portfolio

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The Terra 23 is designed for areas where EV drivers plan to stay 30-60 minutes, such as retail locations, commercial office environments and EV auto dealerships. Its 20 kW design allows for quick and easy installation on widely available 3 x 32A low-cost grid connections.

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Video Friday: Automotive Artistry

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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. The intent of the LA-8 project is to provide a low-cost, modular test bed for technologies in the area of Advanced Air Mobility which includes electric urban and short regional flight.