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Boston Dynamics Unleashes New Spot Variant for Research

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At NVIDIA GTC last week, Boston Dynamics CTO Aaron Saunders gave a talk about deploying AI in real world robots—namely, how Spot is leveraging reinforcement learning to get better at locomotion (We spoke with Saunders last year about robots falling over ). It’s very, very good at walking.

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IEEE’s Honor Society Gave This Boston University Student Tools to Succeed

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As a member of the Kappa Sigma chapter at Boston University , he learned leadership and communications skills while accepting different roles. Greene was a guest lecturer for an introduction to engineering course at the Wentworth Institute of Technology , also in Boston. “If

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Boston Dynamics AI Institute Targets Basic Research

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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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Q&A: Marc Raibert on the Boston Dynamics AI Institute

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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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Li-ion battery maker Boston-Power announces $125M in new financing; focus on and support from China

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Boston-Power, Inc., Additionally, through its stimulus programs and local industrial policies, the Chinese government is providing a range of grants, low-interest loans and related financial and tax incentives. Existing Boston-Power investors Oak Investment Partners and Foundation Asset Management (FAM) also participated in the round.

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XL Fleet partnering with Curbtender to develop all-electric and plug-in hybrid refuse trucks

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The agreement also includes the joint development of plug-in hybrid electric versions of the vehicle, as well as a range of Class 3 to Class 8 vehicle solutions for the waste management industry. Refuse collection trucks travel 25,000 miles annually on average and contribute around 1.4% —Dimitri Kazarinoff, XL Fleet CEO.

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HEI study in Europe finds evidence of health effects at lower levels of air pollution

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Bert Brunekreef at the Institute for Risk Assessment Sciences, Utrecht University, the Netherlands, and colleagues reported that exposure to PM 2.5 , BC, and NO 2 showed significant associations of air pollution exposure with natural-cause, cardiovascular, respiratory, and lung cancer mortality. Boston, MA: Health Effects Institute.

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