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Cartwheel Robotics Wants to Build Humanoids that People Love

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Cartwheel is more interested in building robots that people can connect with, with the eventual goal of general purpose home companionship. Founder Scott LaValley describes Cartwheels robot as a small, friendly humanoid robot designed to bring joy, warmth, and a bit of everyday magic into the spaces we live in. Not likely.

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With Gemini Robotics, Google Aims for Smarter Robots

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Today, Google DeepMind announced two generative AI models designed to power tomorrows robots. The models are designed to work with any hardware system, but were mostly tested on the two-armed Aloha 2 system that DeepMind introduced last year.

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it’s electric is partnering with property owners and installing public curbside charging with a twist

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Objectives and solutions its electric, a New York-based company, has leveraged a creative and simple solution to power a charger by tapping into a building in its vicinity. its electric powers their chargers using the spare electrical capacity from existing buildings, which they confirm with the property owner.

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Video Friday: Robots for Extreme Environments

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Featuring lightweight design with extreme-environment endurance, it conquers rugged mountain trails, muddy wetlands and debris-strewn ruinspioneering embodied intelligence in power inspection, emergency response, logistics, and scientific exploration. DEEP Robotics ] The latest OK Go music video includes lots of robots.

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Navigating the Dual-Use Dilemma

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Openly available knowledge, designs, and software can be misused to enhance existing weapons systems with capabilities like vision-based navigation, autonomous targeting, or swarming. The word “engineer” was coined in the Middle Ages to describe “a designer and constructor of fortifications and weapons.”

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Li-ion maker Boston-Power launches module system for EV and ESS applications; no-weld integration

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Li-ion battery maker Boston-Power Inc. Available in 155 Wh and 116 Wh increments, module designs can be created to meet a wide variety of voltage and capacity requirements. Available in 155 Wh and 116 Wh increments, module designs can be created to meet a wide variety of voltage and capacity requirements.

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Boston-Power to supply Li-ion battery systems to Beijing Electric Vehicle Company for EVs, starting with Saab 9-5 based C70

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Boston-Power, Inc., The two companies, which have a long-standing working relationship, project that Boston-Power’s battery systems will be used in hundreds of electric vehicles (EVs) starting in 2012 and thousands of EVs by 2014. I think Boston-Power has a chance to be one of the players that enable that dream. Earlier post.).