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Video Friday: Pedipulate

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We also post a weekly calendar of upcoming robotics events for the next few months. Please send us your events for inclusion. NRL did some interesting stuff with Nexi robots from MIT and made their own videos. MIT CSAIL ] Large industrial asset operators increasingly use robotics to automate hazardous work at their facilities.

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Video Friday: TurtleBot 4

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We'll also be posting a weekly calendar of upcoming robotics events for the next few months; here's what we have so far ( send us your events !): Video Friday is your weekly selection of awesome robotics videos, collected by your friends at IEEE Spectrum robotics. SofTech-Rehab ].

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MITEI study finds hydrogen-generated electricity is a cost-competitive candidate for backing up wind and solar

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A team at MITEI (MIT Energy Initiative) has found that hydrogen-generated electricity can be a cost-competitive option for backing up wind and solar. This means its peaker plants already play a pivotal role, coming online each evening when the sun goes down or when events such as heat waves drive up electricity use for days at a time.

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Video Friday: Spot Levels Up

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We also post a weekly calendar of upcoming robotics events for the next few months. Please send us your events for inclusion. This is an example of bridging the conversational nature of Chat GPT and other LLMs to generate real-world physical action. At no point is Digit instructed on how to clean or what a mess is.

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Video Friday: Robot Soccer Finals

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We also post a weekly calendar of upcoming robotics events for the next few months. Please send us your events for inclusion. To begin with, we have updated Misty's conversational skills, focusing on both improved NLU capabilities and added more languages. So what is new, we hear you ask?

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Separate MIT, IEA reports both outline major expansion in role of natural gas; caution on climate benefits

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” The MIT report said that natural gas should be seen as a “ bridge ” to a low-carbon regime, rather than as the ultimate long-term solution itself. MIT: The Future of Natural Gas. Separately, the International Energy Agency (IEA) released its own report exploring the potential for a “golden age” of gas. Source: IEA.

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Video Friday: Swarm Control

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We also post a weekly calendar of upcoming robotics events for the next few months. Please send us your events for inclusion. MIT CSAIL ] Thanks, Rachel! Its AI gets smarter and more individualized through questions and conversations with users. Paper at IROS next week! [ Meet poiq, your future buddy robot.

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