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Video Friday: Grain Weevil

Cars That Think

We also post a weekly calendar of upcoming robotics events for the next few months. Please send us your events for inclusion. Unitree ] We recently had the privilege to host Madeline Gannon (robot whisperer and head of ATONATON) at our HQ in Portland. But it does? Tevel ] Unitree sells a lidar now, and it’s $330.

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UC Riverside team developing nav system that uses signals of opportunity; support for autonomous vehicles

Green Car Congress

Led by Zak Kassas, assistant professor of electrical and computer engineering in UCR’s Bourns College of Engineering, the team presented its research at the 2016 Institute of Navigation Global Navigation Satellite System Conference (ION GNSS+), in Portland, Ore., in September. hackable). —Zak Kassas.

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World Builders Put Happy Face On Superintelligent AI

Cars That Think

The contest asked a lot from the teams that entered: They had to provide a timeline of events from now until 2045 that includes the invention of artificial general intelligence (AGI), two “day in the life” short stories, answers to a list of questions, and a media piece reflecting their imagined world.

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Legacy Automakers and the Tesla EV Narrative

EV Adoption

While responding to both questions you could almost feel the VW staffer (not an actual VW employee but an employee of an events company subcontractor to VW) roll his eyes and that he was tired of answering these and similar Tesla-centric questions. Portland-based Chargeway has a beacon display solution designed just for this purpose.

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And now…the Plug In Tanker

Revenge of the Electric Car

This event marks the first of what we hope will be the electrification of all the tanker and cargo ships while docked in the ports of Los Angeles and Long Beach. Every kilowatt hour used to replace the burning of petroleum helps us to clean our environment, saves us money and reduces the need to fight wars over oil. of Portland, Ore.,

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GENIVI Alliance launches new open source vehicle simulator project

Green Car Congress

The GVS project and initial source code, developed by Elements Design Group, San Francisco and the Jaguar Land Rover Open Software Technology Center in Portland, Ore., If the driver hits an obstacle in the virtually simulated environment, the event is logged as an infraction that can be reviewed after the driving session.

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Car Companies Standardize Plug for Electric Vehicles : Gas 2.0

Tony Karrer Delicious EVdriven

Portland and San Francisco Battle For Electric Car Domination Chicago Gets First Solar Powered EV Charging Station World’s Top 10 Fastest Electric Cars A Few Pictures of Upcoming Electric Cars: Source [ PhysOrg.com ] Image Credit: Clayton B. Update: The plug depicted above is not the agreed upon standard. Sorry for any confusion. About Gas 2.0