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SwRI develops device to test friction, wear associated with EV fluids

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Traditional fluid testing tools, however, were not developed to effectively analyze lubricant properties in electrified environments. The spikes and the inherent electric field in high-voltage environments can allow electric currents to flow through the surfaces, damaging the lubricants and materials that keep them moving smoothly.

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Video Friday: Robot Training

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IEEE ARSO 2022 : 28–30 May 2022, LONG BEACH, CALIF. Our transformer robot visited Philly in 2022 as part of the International Conference on Robotics and Automation. Swiss-Mile ] Human cells grown in the lab could one day be used for a variety of tissue grafts, but these cells need the right kind of environment and stimulation.

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Greenius Talks Climate Change Sense of Urgency with Bill Nye the Science Guy

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In August I covered the Plug-In 2009 Conference in Long Beach for Creative Greenius and provided exclusive photos and commentary. On the final night of the conference, August 13, a public night was held featuring a forum with Bill Nye the Science Guy, Chelsea Sexton and “Who Killed the Electric Car&# Director, Chris Paine.

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Cornell team develops new inexpensive stereo-camera method to detect objects for self-driving cars; pseudo-LiDAR

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A paper on their work—“Pseudo-LiDAR from Visual Depth Estimation: Bridging the Gap in 3D Object Detection for Autonomous Driving”—will be presented at the 2019 Conference on Computer Vision and Pattern Recognition, 15-21 June in Long Beach, California.

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Your Robotic Avatar Is Almost Ready

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It’s still an achievement for autonomous robots to merely survive in the real world, which is a long way from any kind of useful generalized autonomy. Under some fairly specific constraints, autonomous robots are starting to find a few valuable niches in semistructured environments, like offices and hospitals and warehouses.

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Greenius On The Scene: Plug-In 2009

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Here’s a few shots from yesterday first full day of the Plug-In 2009 conference in Long Beach, California. Tags: electric cars environment plug-in cars solar power Chris Paine Paul Scott Plug-In America stefano paris Who Killed the Electric Car. His own EV runs on sunshine from the solar panels on his roof.

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American Le Mans Series Introduces Green Dream Team

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ALMS believes the announcement is the first of its kind in sports addressing the concerns of the global warming, the environment and reducing dependence on foreign fuels and energy sources. The drivers comprising the Green Dream Team represent five distinct voices of varying initiatives in a movement that began in 2006. Paul Drayson.

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