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US Army, Lockheed Martin complete 2nd autonomous convoy demo; more vehicles, higher speeds

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Hood, Texas, in January 2014, where three unmanned military trucks negotiated oncoming traffic, followed rules of the road, recognized pedestrians and avoided various obstacles at speeds up to 25 mph (40 km/h) in an urban environment. The AMAS common appliqué kit consists of the bi-wire active safety kit and the autonomy kit.

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Video Friday: Resilient Bugbots

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We propose Kinodynamic Fabrics as an approach for the specification, solution and simultaneous execution of multiple motion tasks in real-time while being reactive to dynamism in the environment. MIT ] This robot gripper is called DragonClaw, and do you really need to know anything else? ARL ] Thanks, Kostas! FZI ] Satisfying.

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Add OVMS to your Nissan LEAF

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Replacing NissanConnect EV with Open Vehicles Monitoring System By Stanton Zeff, Member, North Texas EVA. In fact, the bulk of OVMS kits sold include the first four bullet item s listed in the OVMS components section above; authorized distributors can be found on the Open Vehicles website. EV monitoring system. OMVS module.

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Daimler Trucks NA SuperTruck achieves 115% freight efficiency improvement over 2009 baseline; 50.2% engine BTE

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To measure freight efficiency, DTNA ran vehicle testing on highway routes in Oregon and Texas; one city route in Portland, Ore.; Friction-reducing measures include a variable speed water pump, a clutched air compressor, low-viscosity oil and an improved cylinder kit. and anti-idle testing in both a cold chamber and hot chamber.

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US Army and Lockheed Martin complete advanced autonomous convoy demonstration

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Notional implementation of AMAS kits on a medium tactical vehicle. The US Army Tank-Automotive Research, Development and Engineering Center (TARDEC) and Lockheed Martin recently demonstrated the ability of fully autonomous convoys to operate in urban environments with multiple vehicles of different models. Source: TARDEC.

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Who Really Invented the Thumb Drive?

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By the early 1970s, Singapore was home to manufacturing plants for Fairchild Semiconductor , General Electric , Hewlett Packard , and Texas Instruments , among others, joined by Matsushita (now Panasonic) in 1973 and Nippon Electric Company (now NEC ) in 1977. Tan diligently saved money to pay for driving lessons.

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Cummins chooses Hythane OptiBlend system for retrofitting dual-fueled power on drilling rigs

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The Optiblend kit displaces diesel with natural gas (up to 70%) or other alternative fuels, without modifications to the internal components or the stock fuel management system. The OptiBlend system lowers operational costs, increases back up runtime capacity, and reduces NO x , CO 2 , and PM emissions.

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