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Video Friday: Perseverance Autonomy

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Tokyo Tech ] MIT engineers have developed a telerobotic system to help surgeons quickly and remotely treat patients experiencing a stroke or aneurysm. MIT ] For LOVOT, a new robot accessory that you never knew you (or anyone) needed. MIT ] For LOVOT, a new robot accessory that you never knew you (or anyone) needed.

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Video Friday: Googly Eye

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MIT ] Half a century since the concept of a cyborg was introduced, digital cyborgs, enabled by the spread of wearable robotics, are the focus of much research in recent times. There isn’t one way to build a Mobot! The problem is still a good one and poses challenges to accommodate both novice and expert level entries.

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Former IEEE Chief Financial Officer Richard Schwartz Dies at 77

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Joel Moses MIT professor emeritus Life Fellow, 80; died 29 May Moses taught electrical engineering and computer science at MIT for 50 years. He probably was best known for developing Macsyma , MIT Project MAC’s symbolic manipulator. in computer science in 1967 from MIT. Moses earned a Ph.D.

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Video Friday: Beyond the Limit

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Starting from the technological building blocks of Atlas, Stretch has the mobility, power, and intelligence to automate the industry’s toughest challenges. MIT CSAIL ] This UPenn GRASP SFI Seminar is by E Farrell Helbling at Cornell, on Autonomy for Insect Scale Robots. But how did we get there? SMART ITN ] 3 labs.

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Video Friday: No Time to Dance

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MIT ] The Sechseläuten ("the six o'clock ringing of the bells") is a traditional spring holiday in the Swiss city of Zürich, and this year, it had a slightly less traditional guest: ANYmal! This is quite a contest: Draw your best idea for a robot inspired by nature, and if you win, a bunch of robotics experts will actually build it!

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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. MIT CSAIL ] I'm not sure I've seen this particular balancing behavior from Digit demonstrated quite so explicitly. Army’s Project Convergence 2021.

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Toyota expands Collaborative Safety Research Center with $35M; focus on transition to automated vehicle and connected vehicle technologies

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TEMA), made the announcement at Toyota’s 2014 Advanced Safety Seminar in Ann Arbor, Mich. Osamu Nagata, President and CEO of Toyota Motor Engineering and Manufacturing North America, Inc. CSRC’s newly expanded mission recognizes that the emergence of advanced technologies is radically reshaping the transportation landscape.

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