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QUT, Ford researchers find way to tell autonomous vehicle which cameras to use when navigating

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Queensland University of Technology (QUT) robotics researchers working with Ford Motor Company have found a way to tell an autonomous vehicle which cameras to use when navigating. Resources. 10112-10119, Oct. 2022, doi: 10.1109/LRA.2022.3191174. 2022.3191174.

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Study: strong interactions with voice-guided vehicles result in more crashes

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A recent study by researchers at Michigan State University, Eindhoven University of Technology, and Stanford University found that giving a car a more personal voice led to more car accidents. The researchers conducted an experiment by designing a car simulator with an Oculus Rift, steering wheel, and pedals.

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OKI develops Japans first 920MHz band wireless multi-hop communication system for smart communities, smart houses and smart meters

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OKI has succeeded in the development of Japan’s first wireless multi-hop communication system for the new 920 MHz frequency band which is scheduled to open by the Ministry of Internal Affairs and Communications in July 2012. 920MHz wireless multi-hop communication technology application domain. Click to enlarge. MHz and 929.7

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Even as It Retires, ASIMO Still Manages to Impress

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For the last 20 years, ASIMO had been performing at the Honda showroom in Tokyo, Japan, but these regular demonstrations are now at an end. The author, a decade younger than he is now, with an earlier version of ASIMO at Stanford University in 2011. Honda’s ASIMO humanoid robot is retiring. I’ll miss you, buddy.

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Innovative Shins Turn Quadrupedal Robot Biped

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Multi-Modal Legged Locomotion Framework with Automated Residual Reinforcement Learning , by Chen Yu and Andre Rosendo from ShanghaiTech University, was presented this week at IROS 2022 in Kyoto, Japan. More details are available on Github.

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Japanese team developing direct-injection hydrogen internal combustion engine for heavy-duty trucks

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Researchers from Tokyo City University and the National Traffic Safety and Environment Lab in Japan are developing a multi-cylinder direct-injection spark-ignition (DISI) hydrogen internal combustion engine (ICE) for application in heavy-duty vehicles. The university said it will seek to commercialize the vehicle.

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Who Really Invented the Rechargeable Lithium-Ion Battery?

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Oxford takes the handoff In 1976, John Goodenough [left] joined the University of Oxford, where he headed development of the first lithium cobalt oxide cathode. The University of Texas at Austin It was the first of many false starts for the rechargeable lithium battery. But he found no takers. They filed it away and forgot about it.