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APRIL 16, 2024

In a new video posted today, Boston Dynamics is sending off its hydraulic Atlas humanoid robot. Hydraulic Atlas has certainly earned some relaxation; Boston Dynamics has been absolutely merciless with its humanoid research program. Now it’s time for our hydraulic Atlas robot to kick back and relax.” This is a robot that will be missed.

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FEBRUARY 5, 2021

has entered into a strategic partnership with Curbtender , a market leader in Under CDL (vehicles that do not require a Commercial Drivers License) refuse trucks and a pioneer in automated side-loader collection. This key design change allows the packer to clear more trash in a shorter amount of time and with a smaller hopper requirement.

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OCTOBER 16, 2024

Today, Boston Dynamics and the Toyota Research Institute (TRI) announced a new partnership “to accelerate the development of general-purpose humanoid robots utilizing TRI’s Large Behavior Models and Boston Dynamics’ Atlas robot.” How did this partnership happen?

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APRIL 17, 2024

Boston Dynamics has just introduced a new Atlas humanoid robot , replacing the legendary hydraulic Atlas and intended to be a commercial product. Playter became the CEO in 2019, helping the company make the difficult transition from R&D to commercial products with Spot , Stretch , and now (or very soon) Atlas.

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JULY 22, 2011

BMW of North America and Coulomb Technologies announced that drivers of the BMW ActiveE all-electric vehicle ( earlier post ) will be able to take advantage of the expansion of the ChargePoint Network into the Boston Metro area. The charging stations will be located in the Boston metropolitan area, primarily within the Route 495 Beltway.

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MAY 21, 2012

developer of a low-cost hybrid electric powertrain designed specifically for class 1-3 commercial fleet use ( earlier post ), has signed an agreement with Henley Transmission Services, LLC, the largest franchise holder of AAMCO automotive service centers, to certify AAMCO technicians to install and service XL Hybrids’ hybrid-electric conversions.

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MAY 12, 2025

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. This rendering shows the design and scale of Cartwheels humanoid prototype. Cartwheel Historically, making a commercially viable social robot is a huge challenge.

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AUGUST 12, 2022

This morning, Hyundai Motor Group and Boston Dynamics announced the launch of the Boston Dynamics AI Institute , to “spearhead advancements in artificial intelligence and robotics.” with more than US $400 million of initial investment from Hyundai ( Boston Dynamics’ parent company ) and BD itself to get things started.

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JUNE 1, 2009

Boston-Power, Inc., With support from Massachusetts officials, Boston-Power is seeking approximately $100 million under the US Department of Energy’s advanced battery and cell manufacturing grant program established as a part of the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act. Flexible and scalable packaging. Excellent thermal properties.

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AUGUST 18, 2021

Yesterday's video from Boston Dynamics showing a pair of Atlas robots doing parkour together is already up to nearly 3 million views, and for good reason. And happily, Boston Dynamics had answers! After several iterations of Atlas, how much bioinspired design do you think is the right amount?

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JUNE 25, 2012

XL Hybrids’ hybrid electric powertrain is a low-cost, low-risk, bolt-on, post-transmission parallel hybrid technology designed for Class 1–3 commercial vehicles that integrates seamlessly with the conventional internal combustion engine and transmission. XL Hybrids was founded by MIT alumni and is based in Boston. Both the 2.0

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SEPTEMBER 9, 2013

Researchers at the University of Houston’s physics department and the Texas Center for Superconductivity, MIT and Boston College have found that indium-doped tin telluride (SnTe) shows high thermoelectric performance, with a peak figure of merit (ZT) of ?1.1 Ren and his research team arrived at UH in January from Boston College.

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AUGUST 16, 2022

Last week, Hyundai Motor Group and Boston Dynamics announced an initial investment of over $400 million to launch the new Boston Dynamics AI Institute. If we can start by looking back a little bit—what kind of company did you want Boston Dynamics to be when you founded it in 1992? It took a while before we got back to robotics.

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MAY 23, 2022

The Group’s plans, which involve an investment of more than US$10 billion, are designed to accelerate innovation and mobility electrification. Having acquired Boston Dynamics ( earlier post ), an innovator in the field, HMG has sharpened its focus on advancing robotics to enhance people’s lives through a range of mobility solutions.

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JULY 7, 2020

University of Colorado Boulder researchers, with colleagues at Boston University, have developed a new optical phased array concept—the serpentine OPA (SOPA)—that could support medium- to long-range lidar. Current commercial lidar systems use large, rotating mirrors to steer the laser beam and thereby create a 3-D image.

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FEBRUARY 8, 2019

Electrify America also will continue to invest in these Cycle 1 metros: Boston, Chicago, Denver, Miami, New York City, Philadelphia, Portland, Seattle and Washington, DC. Select DCFC stations also will be installed near multiunit dwellings (MUDs), expanding access to drivers who reside in apartment complexes and similar communities.

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OCTOBER 9, 2021

million project will diagnose sources of degradation in commercial electrolysis cells and will validate advanced designs that use higher stack currents. Electric Hydrogen is engineering a high-performance product for water electrolysis—something that could scale up to significant commercial applications. The three-year, $3.6-million

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FEBRUARY 17, 2023

60% domestic value‐added is Li‐Bridge’s 2030 goal US industry is still 10 to 20 years behind Asia, and about five years behind Europe, in commercializing manufacturing of this critical technology. This is up from the 30% domestic value-added most likely to result from doing business as usual.

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AUGUST 17, 2021

Boston Dynamics has just posted a couple of new videos showing their Atlas humanoid robot doing some of the most impressive parkour we've yet seen. Parkour is the perfect sandbox for the Atlas team at Boston Dynamics to experiment with new behaviors. Let's watch!

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DECEMBER 14, 2011

The 19 launch markets also include Atlanta; Austin and Houston, Texas; Boston; Chicago; Denver; Detroit; Los Angeles; San Francisco; San Diego; New York; Orlando, Fla.; This is the first hybrid transmission to be designed and built by Ford. Phoenix and Tucson, Ariz.; Portland, Ore.; Raleigh-Durham, N.C.; Richmond, Va.; Earlier post.).

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AUGUST 10, 2017

Chanje, a California-based commercial electric vehicle and energy solutions company, has emerged from stealth mode. In order to convert large North American commercial fleets to zero-emission as efficiently as possible, Chanje strategically chose to partner with FDG to leverage its technology and economies of scale found in China.

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DECEMBER 29, 2024

What may be different about this year is the real sense that not only is AI going to change everything about robots, but that it will somehow make robots useful and practical and commercially viable. But the new all-electric Atlas is designed for work, and we saw it get busy in 2024. Is that true? Nobody knows yet!

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NOVEMBER 5, 2021

The commitments aim to be collectively significant enough to commercialize decarbonization technologies. The eighth, direct air capture, could reduce atmospheric carbon-dioxide levels to help achieve net-zero global emissions but also requires technological innovation to reach commercial viability. Founding members are A.P.

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SEPTEMBER 23, 2019

Hyundai Motor Group and Aptiv will be forming an autonomous driving joint venture to advance the design, development and commercialization of SAE Level 4 and 5 autonomous technologies. The new joint venture marks the start of a journey with Aptiv toward our common goal of commercializing autonomous driving.

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AUGUST 15, 2013

GE Global Research, the technology development arm of the General Electric Company, recently completed a research project in partnership with Sandia National Laboratories that could significantly affect the design—and thus the noise and power output—of future wind turbine blades.

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SEPTEMBER 7, 2017

Boston University. Core-Shell Heterostructures as Solid Oxide Fuel Cell Electrodes Boston University will research ways to synthesize and deploy core-shell heterostructures as SOFC cathodes that will improve SOFC performance by increasing oxygen reduction rates and improving cathode resistance to degradation. Boston University.

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JANUARY 17, 2013

The in-flight Japanese battery incident followed an earlier 787 battery incident that occurred on the ground in Boston on 7 January 2013 and resulted in a fire. The multi-year, multi-million dollar contract was an historic first as it marked the first commercial aviation application of Li-ion technology. Earlier post.).

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MAY 19, 2015

In December 2014, GMZ had successfully demonstrated a 1kW TEG designed for diesel engine exhaust heat recapture in a Bradley Fighting Vehicle ( earlier post ). GMZ Energy has been very successful at developing nanomaterial-based thermoelectric modules, and making them commercially available. Earlier post.). Earlier post.).

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FEBRUARY 8, 2025

Global airport ground support equipment (GSE) manufacturer Mallaghan just deployed what it says is North Americas first ever fully electric refrigerated catering truck designed specifically for the aviation industry.

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SEPTEMBER 15, 2021

While Boston Dynamics' Atlas humanoid spends its time learning how to dance and do parkour , the company's Spot quadruped is quietly getting much better at doing useful, valuable tasks in commercial environments. that we covered back in May of 2020. The highlights of Release 3.0 The highlights of Release 3.0

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JANUARY 23, 2023

With Boston Dynamics’ recent(ish) emphasis on making robots that can do things that are commercially useful , it’s always good to be gently reminded that the company is still at the cutting edge of dynamic humanoid robotics. Or in this case, forcefully reminded.

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AUGUST 20, 2010

Awards are in three areas: Reprocessing and Conditioning of Coal/Biomass Mixtures for Simultaneous Co-Feeding Systems; Reactive Properties of Coal/Biomass Mixed Fuels; and Design Concepts for Co-Production of Power, Fuels and Chemicals. and Northeastern University in Boston, Mass., GreenFields Coal Company in Beckley, W.Va.;

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NOVEMBER 5, 2021

It has a user-oriented design concept, with new functions such as voice interaction, sound source positioning, and safety and collision avoidance, giving users a better interactive experience and safety assurance. Robot choreography by Boston Dynamics and Monica Thomas. Fraunhofer ] Who needs Digit when Cassie is still hard at work!

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JUNE 10, 2025

Their creativity has been made possible through the affordability of commercial drones, spare parts, 3D printers, and the availability of open-source software and hardware. The word “engineer” was coined in the Middle Ages to describe “a designer and constructor of fortifications and weapons.”

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AUGUST 22, 2024

Boardwalk Robotics is announcing its entry into the increasingly crowded commercial humanoid(ish) space with Alex, a “workforce transformation” humanoid upper torso designed to work in manufacturing, logistics, and maintenance. You can buy it for research purposes, if you want, but Boardwalk will be selling Alex as a commercial robot.

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SEPTEMBER 10, 2010

The US Department of Energy (DOE) has selected 27 projects for more than $37 million in funding to accelerate the technological and commercial readiness of emerging marine and hydrokinetic (MHK) technologies, which seek to generate renewable electricity from oceans and free-flowing rivers and streams. DOE Funding: $240,000.

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MAY 22, 2019

The Boston Consulting Group predicts that people around the world will take 1 billion flights in air taxis in 2030, once sharing services have also established a presence on fixed routes above the ground; most of those air taxis will be capable of operating without a pilot. Experts expect commercial operations to begin in 2023.

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