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Boston Dynamics Unleashes New Spot Variant for Research

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That fleet consists of a lot of commercial deployments, which is impressive for any mobile robot, but part of the reason for that is because the current version of Spot is really not intended for robotics research, even though over 100 universities are home to at least one Spot. But that’s changing.

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Freudenberg Sealing Technologies offers material testing for lithium-ion battery electrolytes

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The IsoC, a six-by-three-by-three-foot, two-chambered glass and steel enclosure, allows chemists to work in a controlled, inert and moisture-free environment. All of our exposure testing must be performed inside the IsoC in an oxygen-free, moisture-free environment.

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Univ. of Calgary team develops new process for less-expensive electrocatalysts for electrolysis

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Researchers at the University of Calgary have developed a new process for producing amorphous mixed-metal oxide films for oxygen evolution reaction (OER) catalysis for electrolysis. FFC), to commercialize their electrocatalysts for use in electrolyzers. Sedach, Man Kit Jack Siu, Simon Trudel, and Curtis P. —Smith et al.

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Video Friday: Uncrewed

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KIMLAB ] I know I say this every time, but I still cannot believe that this is a commercial system. In a new article published in Nature, scientists from Delft University of Technology (The Netherlands) and Aix-Marseille University (France) describe how insects detect gravity. TRI ] Thanks, Lukas! MAB Robotics ] Thanks, Jakub!

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Ford opens new Silicon Valley research center; focus on connectivity, mobility, autonomous vehicles, big data

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As senior technical leader for innovation, Maciuca brings extensive Silicon Valley experience advising startups, developing and commercializing products, collaborating with universities and leading cross-functional teams. in Mechanical Engineering from University of California, Berkeley and an MBA from its Haas School of Business.

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H2ME has 100 fuel cell vehicles on the road in Germany, France and UK

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Powered by a compact 5 kW fuel cell module, coupled with a hydrogen storage unit and medium-size automotive battery pack, Symbio’s range-extender kit doubles the range of Renault’s electric-only Kangoo ZE model to 320 km. In addition, Daimler has deployed 40 B-Class F-CELL vehicles under H2ME in Germany.

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NYU Researchers Paving New Path for Robotics

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The lab performs fundamental and applied research in the area of robot autonomy to create agile autonomous machines that operate in unstructured and dynamically changing environments without relying on any external infrastructure and are able to improve their autonomous behaviors learning from their experience.