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Video Friday: Venus Aerobot

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In July 2022, technologists from NASA’s Jet Propulsion Laboratory in Southern California and Near Space Corporation in Tillamook, Ore., Hannah Stuart, assistant professor of mechanical engineering, and Ph.D. RobotStart ] This week's CMU RI Seminar is from Ankur Mehta at UCLA, on "Towards $1 Robots."

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Video Friday: Humanoid Soccer

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Paper ] Building tiny giant robots requires lots of little fixtures, and I’m here for it. DFKI ] The Utah Bionic Leg, developed by University of Utah mechanical engineering associate professor Tommaso Lenzi and his team in the HGN Lab, is a motorized prosthetic for lower-limb amputees.

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New coalition to advance integration of mixed materials for automotive down-weighting

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One of the first tasks for CALM will be to meet with the engineering groups at the automakers to understand their mass reduction strategies and challenges so the supplier industries can develop and apply their technology solutions with each auto company. Additional organizations are expected to add their support in the weeks ahead.

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Volkswagen and Audi launch sustainability programs for US introduction of e-Golf BEV and A3 e-tron PHEV; carbon offsets with 3Degrees and solar energy

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VoA made the announcement at the Management Briefing Seminar, hosted by the Center for Automotive Research. —Oliver Schmidt, general manager, Environment and Engineering Office, Volkswagen Group of America. 3Degrees and carbon offsets.

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The Godfather of South Korea’s Chip Industry

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But it was true what semiconductor engineers in South Korea whispered about his former students: They were everywhere. Starting in the mid-1980s, as chip manufacturing in the country accelerated, engineers who had studied under Kim at. His mother taught elementary school; his father, Kim Byung-Woon, was a textile engineer for.

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The Unsung Inventor Who Chased the LED Rainbow

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Note the curved mirrors hanging from the ceiling, the better to view the maze of engineers, technicians, and support staff of the development laboratory. Sitting in his shirtsleeves at an industrial beige metal desk piled with papers, amid dented bookcases, gym bag in the corner, he does not look like anybody’s definition of a star engineer.

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Video Friday: Grav Enhanced

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Flexiv ] A team of engineers has devised a modular system to produce efficient, scalable aquabots. NASA ] [ Leaders in Lidar Chapter 1 , Chapter 2 ] This CMU RI Seminar comes from Sarcos COO Jorgen Pedersen, on “RE2 Robotics: from RI spinout to Acquisition.” We’re looking forward to more details on how they’re making it work.