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Video Friday: Loco-Manipulation

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In this work, we present LocoMan, a dexterous quadrupedal robot with a novel morphology to perform versatile manipulation in diverse constrained environments. Boston Dynamics ] Here’s some video of Field AI’s robots operating in relatively complex and unstructured environments without prior maps. CMU ] Thanks, Changyi!

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Hyundai Motor Group and Seoul National University open joint battery research center; focus on Li-metal and solid-state

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This collaborative effort between the Group and SNU aims to advance battery technologies and foster industry-academia cooperation to establish global leadership in the battery field. Hyundai Motor Group recently announced through Hyundai Motor’s CEO Investor Day that it plans to secure global top-tier leadership by producing a total of 3.64

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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. Environment-Education seminar of Energy in Yokkaichi University.

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Video Friday: ReachBot

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Boston Dynamics ] Scientists at the University of Bristol have drawn on the design and life of a mysterious zooplankton to develop underwater robots. These robotic units called RoboSalps, after their animal namesakes, have been engineered to operate in unknown and extreme environments such as extra-terrestrial oceans.

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Video Friday: Reflex Grasping

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The almost noise-free prototype can trap objects underneath its body without physical contact, thereby enabling safe interactions in delicate environments such as coral reefs. UT HCRL ] This research focuses on the design of a novel hybrid gripper that enables versatile grasping and throwing manipulation with a single actuator.

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Toyota highlights coming advanced driving support system to launch mid-decade; new automated vehicle technology

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First unveiled last year in Japan, Toyota’s Automated Highway Driving Assist (AHDA) system is designed to team up with the driver behind the wheel to control the car safely. ITC) and Calty Design Research, Inc. Automated Highway Driving Assist (AHDA). SPAD LIDAR (Single Photon Avalanche Diode / Light Detection and Ranging).

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