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Suzuki and Toyota to explore business partnership; environment, safety, and information technology

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In a joint statement, the two companies said that, given the rapid change in the auto industry, the industry is required to work not only on conventional automobile R&D, but also on R&D for advanced and future technologies in the fields including environment, safety, and IT.

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RoboBusiness is Back!

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As such, robotics conferences should reflect this fact, and move beyond the standard approaches and the typical 'supplier push' and 'end-user pull' interactions common to an earlier era of robotics events. Register for the event here and use code IEEE25 to save 25 percent on full conference passes.

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MIT team develops new lane-change algorithm for autonomous cars

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Most existing lane-change algorithms for autonomous cars have one of two drawbacks: Either they rely on detailed statistical models of the driving environment, which are difficult to assemble and too complex to analyze on the fly; or they’re so simple that they can lead to impractically conservative decisions, such as never changing lanes at all.

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The Engineer Behind Samsung’s Speech Recognition Software

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in language and information technology from Carnegie Mellon , and he specialized in robust speech recognition. They include the power-normalized cepstral coefficients , which improve the accuracy of speech recognition in environments with disturbances such as additive noise, changes in the signal, multiple speakers, and reverberation.

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Tesla Gigafactory Berlin: The facility’s story so far

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Tesla Gigafactory Berlin is about to receive its final environmental approval, with Brandenburg Minister-President Dietmar Woidke holding a press conference later today to discuss the milestone. Local government offices have so far declined to provide additional information, at least for now. An ongoing water dispute. Future plans.

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China planning 120km test drive for autonomous vehicles in 2013; 2,400 km test to come

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The vehicles are designed to perceive their environment, process it and respond accordingly with the help of GPS, ultrasonic radar and a variety of sensors. The development of unmanned automobiles is part of a major research project on the cognition and calculation of visual and audio information that was initiated by the foundation in 2008.

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GFEI report concludes 50% improvement in average fuel economy of entire global light duty fleet by 2050 is achievable; importance of the regulatory and fiscal environments

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According to the report, of key importance is creating a regulatory and fiscal environment that steers manufacturers towards using technology to improve fuel economy rather than enhanced performance and heavier vehicles. It must also steer consumer demand towards more energy efficient vehicles. 50 by 50, Prospects and Progress.