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Making Boston Dynamics’ Robots Dance

Cars That Think

Chatbot Episode 1: Making Boston Dynamics’ Robots Dance Evan Ackerman: I’m Evan Ackerman, and welcome to ChatBot, a robotics podcast from IEEE Spectrum. Monica has worked with Boston Dynamics to choreograph some of their robot videos in which Atlas , Spot , and even Handle dance to songs like Do You Love Me? Monica Thomas: Yeah.

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Elon Musk announces $30M donation to Cameron County, TX schools, City of Brownsville

Teslarati

The area is home to SpaceX’s South Texas launch site, often referred to as “Starbase” or the “Boca Chica Launch Site.” Elon Musk’s rocket-building entity contacted Judge Trevino Jr. .” Am donating $20M to Cameron County schools & $10M to City of Brownsville for downtown revitalization.

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Imperium3 consortium forms to establish Li-ion battery gigafactory in NY state; 3 GWh by Q4 2019 to grow to 15 GWh

Green Car Congress

The “Southern Tier” refers to counties in New York state west of the Catskill Mountains and along the Southern border of the state. This announcement also builds on the significant work being done in New York State in the energy storage and advanced battery industries. The Imperium3NY consortium was formed by nearly 10 companies.

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What Robotics Experts Think of Tesla’s Optimus Robot

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The current locomotion stack is not using any machine learning, but rather trajectory optimization using reference controllers. Interest in building such systems is welcome because Tesla and Elon Musk’s involvement in the problem brings attention, talent, and resources to the problem, setting in motion a flywheel of progress.

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Amazon to Acquire iRobot F?or $1.7 Billion

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“Amazon shares our passion for building thoughtful innovations that empower people to do more at home, and I cannot think of a better place for our team to continue our mission. I’m hugely excited to be a part of Amazon and to see what we can build together for customers in the years ahead.”

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EVmatch Installs EV Chargers At Multi-Family Properties, And They Could Be Available To You

EV Match

Most of these buildings were designed (and built) long before EVs hit the mainstream. As part of an ongoing charger deployment program with Burlington Electric Department, we have installed stations at 2-4-plexes, HOA properties, and apartment buildings of all sizes. Other properties in Burlington offer a variety of access options.

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Years Later, Alphabet’s Everyday Robots Have Made Some Progress

Cars That Think

1:13 — It's not necessarily useful to draw that parallel between computers and smartphones and compare them to robots, because there are certain physical realities (like motors and manipulation requirements) that prevent the kind of scaling to which the narrator refers. 1:40 — People really like throwing shade at Boston Dynamics, don't they?

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