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Video Friday: Humanoid Soccer

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Sanctuary AI ] Cargo drones are designed to carry payloads with predefined shape, size, and/or mass. Here we propose a new reconfigurable drone based on a modular design that adapts to different cargo shapes, sizes, and mass. Gundam Factory ] The load-bearing assessment that’s part of this research is particularly cool.

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EnerDel to Supply Batteries for Japanese Electric Bus Demo

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Our battery systems were chosen on the basis of performance and flexibility and the fact that they can easily be configured to fit the challenging design requirements in the accessible, low-floor bus design that is becoming standard around the world.

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Toyota Environmental Activities Grant Program accepting application for 2017 awards

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Toyota Motor Corporation has begun accepting applications today for this year’s Toyota Environmental Activities Grant Program , which is designed to support environmental revitalization and conservation activities aimed at sustainable development both in Japan and overseas. 2016 Toyota Environmental Activities Grant Program Recipients.

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Video Friday: Grav Enhanced

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Thus, the different leg parts will still execute the intended motion, but based on the center of mass and the measured rotation errors of the support foot, some leg parts are slowed down if needed. [ Our robot Digit works alongside us in spaces designed for people. ABB ] At Agility, we make robots that are made for work.

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Volkswagen and Audi launch sustainability programs for US introduction of e-Golf BEV and A3 e-tron PHEV; carbon offsets with 3Degrees and solar energy

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VoA made the announcement at the Management Briefing Seminar, hosted by the Center for Automotive Research. A six-time winner of the DOE/EPA Green Power Supplier of the Year Award and certified B Corporation, 3Degrees is headquartered in San Francisco, California, with regional offices throughout the US.

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The Unsung Inventor Who Chased the LED Rainbow

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Craford met him at a seminar, where Holonyak was ex­plaining his work in LEDs. A Bell researcher who gave a seminar at Monsanto mentioned the use of nitrogen doping to make indirect semiconductors act more like direct ones. and joined the Illinois faculty. IEEE Spectrum.

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The Godfather of South Korea’s Chip Industry

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That success can be traced in part to Kim, now an emeritus professor at KAIST. But the industry had yet to mass-produce its own chips beyond basic integrated circuits such as CMOS watch chips, in large part due to a lack of semiconductor specialists. He also established and operated two centers for chip design.