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Making Boston Dynamics’ Robots Dance

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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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Tesla could start selling Optimus robots by the end of next year, Musk says – ET Auto

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Humanoid robots have been in development for several years by Japan’s Honda and Hyundai Motor’s Boston Dynamics. Humanoid robots have been in development for several years by Japan’s Honda and Hyundai Motor ‘s Boston Dynamics. Musk has a history of failing to fulfill bold promises to Wall Street.

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United Airlines Flight Arrives at Oregon Airport Missing an External Panel

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Boeing referred questions about the flight to United Airlines. In February, a Madrid-bound American Airlines flight, a Boeing 777, diverted to Boston Logan International Airport with a cracked windshield shortly after it had departed from Kennedy International Airport in New York. No injuries were reported.

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Niobium-based battery start-up Nyobolt opens US office

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Serving as the main hub for Nyobolt’s global battery cell development, the Boston-based US team—which combines the expertize of A123 engineers and other leading battery companies—will be responsible for creating the first demonstrative product prototypes for Nyobolt, which are expected to launch later this year. Griffith et al.

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ICCT quantifies the EV charging infrastructure gap across US markets

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The largest charging gaps are in markets where electric vehicle uptake will grow most rapidly, including in many California cities, Boston, New York, Portland, Denver, and Washington, D.C. Charging infrastructure deployment will have to grow at about 20% per year to meet the 2025 targets identified in this report.

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Technip and Sasol form a front-end engineering alliance for GTL facilities

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GTL offers a way to convert stranded gas into petroleum products that can be transported and sold using conventional tankers, pipelines, storage facilities and retail distribution systems.

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

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The area is home to SpaceX’s South Texas launch site, often referred to as “Starbase” or the “Boca Chica Launch Site.” .” Am donating $20M to Cameron County schools & $10M to City of Brownsville for downtown revitalization. Details to follow next week. Elon Musk (@elonmusk) March 30, 2021.

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