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CMU research shows self-driving cars that recognize free space can better detect objects

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Reasoning about visibility is already used when companies build digital maps. Map-building fundamentally reasons about what’s empty space and what’s occupied. For comparison, each sweep of the lidar is 100 milliseconds.). But that doesn’t always occur for live, on-the-fly processing of obstacles moving at traffic speeds.

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Toshiba technology predicts automobile and drone movements with the highest accuracy; advancing SLAM

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Tested against a public data set, they both achieve the world’s highest accuracy (Motion Estimation AI: Comparison between monocular cameras and inertial sensors without loop closure using public dataset of KITTI, EuRoC. Motion Prediction-AI: Comparison using public dataset of Argoverse).

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Hyundai Motor Group and Seoul National University open joint battery research center; focus on Li-metal and solid-state

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It will consist of seven laboratories and conference rooms for battery development, analysis, measurement, and process. billion) over the next 10 years to improve battery performance, develop advanced technologies for next-generation batteries, and build infrastructure. Hyundai Motor will invest KRW 9.5 trillion (US$7.4

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Michigan State University Receives $2.5M ARPA-E Award to Build Wave Disc Engine/Generator for Series Hybrid Applications

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The award will allow a team of MSU engineers and scientists, led by Norbert Müller, an associate professor of mechanical engineering, to begin working toward producing a vehicle-size wave disc engine/generator during the next two years, building on existing modeling, analysis and lab experimentation they have already completed. Hîrceagã, M.,

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Are Toyota, Mazda, and Subaru Doing the Right Thing By Snubbing EVs?

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According to Automotive News , the conference lasted roughly three hours and included numerous prototype vehicles and engine designs. CEO Atsushi Osaki said Subaru remains committed to its horizontally opposed engine because it's a brand-building icon. But he offered little new insight into its future evolution.

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SpaceX’s backup Dragon launch pad on track for 2023 debut

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SpaceX has begun building a backup launch pad for its Cargo and Crew Dragon spacecraft and says the facility could be ready for use as early as fall 2023. Four months later, SpaceX and NASA have provided another press conference update. Reuters first revealed those plans in June 2022.

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SpaceX director says six Crew Dragon launches per year is a sustainable goal

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Benji Reed, Senior Director of Human Spaceflight Programs, offered his thoughts on the matter in a press conference following SpaceX’s successfully recovery of Crew Dragon and four private Axiom-1 astronauts from the Gulf of Mexico, marking the end of the first all-private mission to the International Space Station (ISS).

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