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International Battery to provide Li-ion system to Sunverge for Net-Zero Energy Home Project

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Sunverge Energy has selected International Battery to provide a Li-ion energy storage systems (ESS) as the energy storage component of Sunverge’s Solar Integration System (SIS). International Battery produces commercial Lithium ion products using a water-based manufacturing process that helps to eliminate toxic solvents.

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Video Friday: Strandbeest

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ICRA 2022 : 23–27 May 2022, Philadelphia IEEE ARSO 2022 : 28–30 May 2022, Long Beach, Calif. During the summer I do all kinds of experiments with the wind, sand and water. It’s the most zoomed-in, highest frame-rate observation of a Phobos solar eclipse ever taken from the Martian surface. [

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Axion Power’s PbC PowerCube battery energy storage system integrated into PJM utility grid

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Axion Power, working in partnership with Philadelphia-based Viridity Energy on this and other projects, will initially participate in the PJM market as a 100 kW resource that will soon be ramped to higher kW levels. This format will be used for wind and solar storage as well as for our oil rig back up power application.

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How Roboticists Can Tackle Climate Change

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billion more solar panels. The first robot I built from scratch was SS MAPR , an autonomous boat for water departments to collect multidepth water-quality data. SS MAPR prepares for its maiden voyage on the Schuylkill River, in Philadelphia. They use this data to monitor river pollution and rein in pollution sources.

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Video Friday: Dronut

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ICRA 2022 – May 23-27, 2022 – Philadelphia, PA, USA Let us know if you have suggestions for next week, and enjoy today's videos. Soft Robotics ] Refilling water bottles isn't a very complex task, but having a robot do it means that humans don't have to. ugo ] Robot, make me a sandwich. ugo ] Robot, make me a sandwich.

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