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DOE Clean Energy Smart Manufacturing Innovation Institute awards ~$10M to 10 projects

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The selected organizations (and project descriptions) from this first call selection are: University of Connecticut. Penn State University. University of Louisville. University of California, Irvine. The intended period of performance of each project is 24 months or less.

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DOE awarding >$24M to 77 projects through Technology Commercialization Fund

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Purdue University, West Lafayette, Ind. Remote Area Modular Monitoring for Critical Facilities, $300,000 Embedded Planet, Cleveland, Ohio Simulation Tool for Energy-Efficient Connected and Automated Vehicle Control Development, $600,000 Hyundai America Technical Center, Superior Township, Mich. Louisville, Colo. Pipersville, Pa.

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Q&A: Inside DARPA’s Subterranean Challenge

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Deep below the Louisville, Ky., DARPA designed the competition to advance practical robotics in extreme conditions, based around three distinct underground environments: human-made tunnels, the urban underground, and natural caves. A series of three preliminary circuit events would give teams experience with each environment.

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DARPA SubT Finals: Meet the Teams

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This week, we're at the DARPA SubTerranean Challenge Finals in Louisville KY, where more than two dozen Systems Track and Virtual Track teams will compete for millions of dollars in prize money and being able to say "we won a DARPA challenge," which is of course priceless. University of Nevada, Reno. University of California, Berkeley.

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Video Friday: Constant Gardener

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DARPA SubT Finals – September 21-23, 2021 – Louisville, KY, USA WeRobot 2021 – September 23-25, 2021 – [Online Event] IROS 2021 – September 27-1, 2021 – [Online Event] ROSCon 2021 – October 20-21, 2021 – [Online Event] Let us know if you have suggestions for next week, and enjoy today's videos. ElliQ ].

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Video Friday: Constant Gardener

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DARPA SubT Finals – September 21-23, 2021 – Louisville, KY, USA WeRobot 2021 – September 23-25, 2021 – [Online Event] IROS 2021 – September 27-1, 2021 – [Online Event] ROSCon 2021 – October 20-21, 2021 – [Online Event] Let us know if you have suggestions for next week, and enjoy today's videos. ElliQ ].

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How Carmakers Are Responding to the Plug-In Hybrid Opportunity

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Cischke, Ford senior vice president for sustainability, environment and safety engineering. "By But Fukui said he saw no significant value in researching plug-in hybrid models, which can be recharged by connecting to a power plug. Does it make good business sense, and how does it affect the environment?" Kwong asked.

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