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Hyundai Motor Group puts Spot to work at Kia’s plant in South Korea

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Hyundai Motor Group introduced Factory Safety Service Robot, a robot for industrial site safety, and announced its pilot operation at Kia’s plant in South Korea. The Factory Safety Service Robot is the first collaboration project with Boston Dynamics. The Robot will help detect risks and secure people’s safety in industrial sites.

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Video Friday: Pedipulate

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We also post a weekly calendar of upcoming robotics events for the next few months. Please send us your events for inclusion. Robot built by Boston Dynamics for the DARPA Robotics Challenge in 2013. MIT CSAIL ] Large industrial asset operators increasingly use robotics to automate hazardous work at their facilities.

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Video Friday: Swarm Control

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We also post a weekly calendar of upcoming robotics events for the next few months. Please send us your events for inclusion. Kickstarter ] Researchers created a method for magnetically programming materials to make cubes that are very picky about who they connect with, enabling more scalable self-assembly.

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This Clock Made Power Grids Possible

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Henry Ellis Warren was born in Boston on 21 May 1872, a decade before Edison’s Pearl Street Station went online, in New York City, ushering in the dawn of the electric age. returning to Boston in 1902 as superintendent of the Lombard Governor Co. But as electricity demand rose for both industry and residences, the need became critical.

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V2G is the key to the popularity of electric vehicles

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As more consumers purchase electric vehicles in the coming decades, a huge question is plaguing governments and the auto industry: Can the grid keep up with the dramatic increase in demand for electricity? V2G technology also has the potential to bring new revenue streams to automakers as they become more connected to the grid.

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Video Friday: PoKeBo Cubes

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We also post a weekly calendar of upcoming robotics events for the next few months. Please send us your events for inclusion. Like, they'll talk to each other about current events and the weather, which you'll pick up just by being nearby and low-key listening in. [ SRI ] Meet Josh, a mechanical engineer at Boston Dynamics.

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IEEE’s Honor Society Expands to More Countries

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The honor society also holds networking events including its annual international leadership conferences, where student leaders from across the world collaborate on how they can benefit the organization and their communities. Mentorship and networking opportunities IEEE-HKN’s mentoring program connects recent graduates with alumni.

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