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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. RozenZebet ] Hawkeye is a real time multimodal conversation and interaction agent for the Boston Dynamics’ mobile robot Spot.

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IEEE’s Honor Society Expands to More Countries

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IEEE-Eta Kappa Nu There’s also the HKN Career Conversations podcast , hosted by society alumni. 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.

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Video Friday: ReachBot

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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. Experiments with rock grasping and coordinated locomotion illustrate the advantages of low inertia passive grippers, triggered by impact and using stored mechanical energy for the internal force.

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Hyundai Motor to invest $85B over next 10 years to accelerate transition to smart mobility provider

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At an Investor Day event in Seoul, Hyundai Motor said that it will accelerate its transition toward becoming a smart mobility solution provider by securing a large-scale investment of KRW 109.4 The company aims to enhance internal capabilities for battery development, diversify external collaboration and develop next-generation batteries.

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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. Warren poses with one of his master station clocks. electricity lines. Electric Time Co.

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New “2-in-1” EV unit integrates traction motor and A/C compressor for increased range in hot climates

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This innovative electric machine integrates the A/C compressor, the compressor drive motor and the traction motor into a single housing physically clutching with the compressor during braking events. The approach unifies the EV traction and compressor drives into a single housing which drive together during braking events.

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The Do-or-Die Moments That Determined the Fate of the Internet

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Indeed, hyped-up product announcements at industry events like the Consumer Electronics Show (now CES ) and the Game Developers Conference have become regular features of the digital world. There’s also a parallel tradition—less flashy but no less important—of industry events that focus attention on digital infrastructure.

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