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Toyota reveals second iteration of Class 8 hydrogen fuel cell truck: Project Portal 2.0; 300 miles per fill

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Toyota unveiled the second iteration of its hydrogen fuel cell electric Class 8 truck ( earlier post ) during the Center for Automotive Research (CAR) Management Briefing Seminars in Northern Michigan. builds on the lessons learned from the launch of the Alpha vehicle in 2017. This time we’re looking at commercial viability.

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ACAL Energy to Show Prototype Liquid Cathode Fuel Cell Power Module at FC EXPO 2010

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The FlowCath powered module demonstrates a practical product prototype which could be commercialized in less than two years. He will speak on the first day in the exhibitors’ Product/Technology seminar. Earlier post.) The prototype, says ACAL, is considerably smaller than many people thought possible for a liquid cathode FC system.

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The LEO Satellite Industry Needs More Engineers

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Other companies are entering the market, not only to provide broadband access but also to build the smaller rockets. The LEO SatS education and contest working group has held several seminars, now available on IEEE.tv. The group is building a database of the lesson plans to simplify matters, Gardill says.

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Video Friday: Your Robot Dog

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We look forward to many more milestones as we work to commercialize autonomous trucks. IEEE RAS ] This week's CMU RI Seminar is from Siddharth Srivastava at Arizona State, on The Unusual Effectiveness of Abstractions for Assistive AI. [ Torc ] Blarg not more of this. Show me the robot prepping those eggs and doing the plating, please.

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Video Friday: BRUCE

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Volocopter ] What if we race three commercially available quadruped robots for a bit of fun.? GITAI ] This Maryland Robotics Center seminar is from CMU’s Vickie Webster-Wood: “It’s Alive! Out of the box configuration, ‘full sticks forward’ on the remotes on flat ground.

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Video Friday: Lunar Rover

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Paper ] This historic BLACK HAWK flight marks the first time that a UH-60 has flown autonomously and builds on recent demonstrations at the U.S. RSL ] The main objective of the HAV project is to research and develop the first Greek Autonomous Vehicle (Level 3+) for both research and commercial purposes. [

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Video Friday: Robotics After Hours

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Boston Dynamics put together a behind-the-scenes video of sorts about the Super Bowl commercial they did in collaboration with some beer company or other. YouTube ] The Apellix Opus X8 Softwash (SW) system cleaning the University of Florida Shands Hospital building in Jacksonville, Florida. CMU RI ].

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