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Daimler demos self-driving snow removal trucks; premiere of Remote Truck Interface

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This application of autonomous commercial vehicle operation was based on a specific customer requirement. The person in the lead vehicle of the removal convoy in charge of the demanding task enjoys relatively good visibility of the swaths to be cleared ahead of the lead and the trailing vehicles.

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The Cold War Arms Race Over Prosthetic Arms

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In 1961, Glimcher traveled to the Soviet Union to see a demo of the Russian Hand. The Utah Arm, the only commercially available myoelectric alternative to the Boston Arm, had a full fitting cost of $20,000. One sentence stood out: “Thus far, only two persons have operated the prosthetic system.”

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For Better or Worse, Tesla Bot Is Exactly What We Expected

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I do want to set some expectations with respect to our Optimus robot… Last year was just a person in a robot suit, but we’ve come a long way, and compared to that, it’s going to be very impressive.” Tesla Bot Development Platform Demo. Tesla Bot Latest Generation Demo. Tesla These quotes are all from Musk. “I

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Xerox Parc’s Engineers on How They Invented the Future—and How Xerox Lost It

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It employs approximately 350 researchers, managers, and support staff (by comparison, Bell Laboratories before the AT&T breakup employed roughly 25,000). Networks that link personal computers in offices. If it was a personal computer, you had to be able to build 100.” and Toronto, Ont., Laser printers.

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