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Video Friday: Robotics After Hours

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We present the design of a robotic leg that can seamlessly switch between a spring-suspended and unsuspended configuration. Monarch ] via [ Self Racing Cars ] AeroVironment’s team of innovative engineers discuss our collaboration with NASA/JPL to design and develop the Ingenuity Mars Helicopter. Brain Lab ] Thanks, Poramate!

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Video Friday: Mini Pupper

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Mini Pupper ] An Inflatable robotic hand design gives amputees real-time tactile control and enables a wide range of daily activities, such as zipping a suitcase, shaking hands, and petting a cat. His battery-powered robots were models to test his theory that a minimum number of brain cells can control complex behavior and choice.

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Axion supplying PbC batteries to Norfolk Southern for all-battery switcher and working on line-haul hybrid locomotives; micro-hybrid and stationary expansion

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In April, Axion Power International Inc received an order from Norfolk Southern Corp (NS) for PbC lead-carbon batteries for use in an all-battery-powered switcher locomotive. This seems like a lot of products for a small company, but it’s the same battery, just in different applications. Source: NS. Earlier post.)

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