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DOE to award $9M to promote consensus on future fossil energy technologies

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The US Department of Energy’s (DOE) Office of Fossil Energy will award $9 million over five years to organizations to assist it in building domestic and international consensus on future fossil energy technologies ( DE-FOA-0001111 ). sensors and controls) energy conversion, water issues, advanced modeling, and simulation materials.

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Video Friday: Peep Handling

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Additionally, to handle more extreme cases at higher walking speeds, a neural network is used to predict future joint position measurements to calculate future position errors. Unitree ] ORNL researchers study the effects of energy use on waterways and develop solutions to limit water pollution. GRASP ]

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Video Friday: Beyond the Limit

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Energy Robotics ] This work presents a camera model for refractive media such as water and its application in underwater visual-inertial odometry. Different robotic solutions of the future. MIT CSAIL ] This UPenn GRASP SFI Seminar is by E Farrell Helbling at Cornell, on Autonomy for Insect Scale Robots. VISTEC ] Thanks Poramate!

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Video Friday: BRUCE

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Ishikawa Minami Lab ] Landing an unmanned aerial vehicle (UAV) on top of an unmanned surface vehicle (USV) in harsh open waters is a challenging problem, owing to forces that can damage the UAV due to a severe roll and/or pitch angle of the USV during touchdown. [ CSIRO Data61 ] From 2020, a horse-inspired walking robot. coral reefs). [

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Honda signs E-KIZUNA project agreement with City of Saitama for EV, PHEV and electric scooter testing; new household gas cogen unit with more efficient EXlink engine

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This includes identifying electric charging infrastructure appropriate for the unique characteristics of the city of Saitama, maintaining compatibility between current charging infrastructure and electric vehicles developed in the future, and using solar panels and fuel cells to supply energy. Household cogeneration unit going on sale.

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SwRI, India’s Council of Scientific and Industrial Research sign strategic alliance agreement on fuels research and engine development

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The agreement between SwRI and CSIR, through its Indian Institute of Petroleum Laboratory (IIP), allows for the two research and development organizations to establish a Center of Excellence in “Combustion Characteristics and Emissions of Future Fuels and Engine Development.”

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Toyota Environmental Activities Grant Program accepting application for 2017 awards

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Environment-Education seminar of Energy in Yokkaichi University. Association to Save Shallow Water and Tidal Flat in Asia. Suita Environment Learning association for the Future (SELF). Nature Specialist Club to nurture future generations. Ube Network for Climate Change Actions. Building hometowns where insects can thrive.

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