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Panda Power finances conversion of retired coal plant to natural gas; one of largest power conversion projects in US

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The Panda Hummel generating station will also help preserve Pennsylvania’s fresh water resources by using 97% less water for cooling purposes than the retired coal-fired Sunbury plant. to build the Hummel facility on a turn-key basis. Panda Power Funds selected a construction consortium of Siemens Energy Inc.

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Video Friday: DALL-E 2

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ICRA 2022 : 23–27 May 2022, Philadelphia IEEE ARSO 2022 : 28–30 May 2022, Long Beach ERF 2022 : 28–30 June 2022, Rotterdam, the Netherlands RoboCup 2022 : 11–17 July 2022, Bangkok, Thailand IEEE CASE 2022 : 20–24 August 2022, Mexico City, Mexico CLAWAR 2022 : 12–14 September 2022, Açores, Portugal. Please send us your events for inclusion.

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DOE investing $120M over 5 years in Energy Innovation Hub for Critical Materials Research

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The Critical Materials Hub builds on the Department’s Critical Materials Strategy report ( earlier post ), which addresses the use of rare earths and other critical materials in clean energy components, products, and processes. A Batteries and Energy Storage Innovation Hub was also announced earlier this year.

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This Clock Made Power Grids Possible

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On 23 October 1916, an engineer named Henry E. He graduated from MIT in 1894 with a degree in electrical engineering, and within the year he (along with his friend George C. Warren went on to work in Michigan as an engineer for the Saginaw Valley Traction Co., Electric Time Co. Clocks and synchronous motors go hand in hand.

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Video Friday: Dronut

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ICRA 2022 – May 23-27, 2022 – Philadelphia, PA, USA Let us know if you have suggestions for next week, and enjoy today's videos. GRVC ] Cassie Blue navigates around furniture treated as obstacles in the atrium of the Ford Robotics Building at the University of Michigan. ETH Zurich ] NTT DOCOMO, INC. ugo ] Robot, make me a sandwich.

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How Roboticists Can Tackle Climate Change

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The first robot I built from scratch was SS MAPR , an autonomous boat for water departments to collect multidepth water-quality data. After six months of 80-hour weeks and sleepless nights, SS MAPR was able to finish its maiden voyage with water samples and data collected from the bottom of the Schuylkill River, in Pennsylvania.

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Video Friday: Pompeii Spot

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ICRA 2022 : 23–27 May 2022, Philadelphia ERF 2022 : 28–30 June 2022, Rotterdam, the Netherlands CLAWAR 2022 : 12–14 September 2022, Açores, Portugal Enjoy today's videos! Naver Labs ] EPFL engineers have developed a silicone raspberry that can help teach harvesting robots to grasp fruit without exerting too much pressure.