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Video Friday: Uncrewed

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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. Paper ] D'Manus is a 10 DoF, low-cost, reliable prehensile hand. Video Friday is your weekly selection of awesome robotics videos, collected by your friends at IEEE Spectrum robotics.

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Opinion: Reinventing fuel-based power for a more secure and resilient grid

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For example, demand will often increase when is it raining or peak during half time of a national televised sporting event. Batteries are one mechanism for doing this, as they store power, when wind and solar generation outstrips demand, and use this to balance the grid when demand outweighs supply. 1 ] Swart, R. 2 ] Swart, R.

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Industry study finds lead-acid to remain most wide-spread automotive energy storage for foreseeable future; new chemistries continue to grow

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Their low cost and ability to start the engine at cold temperatures sets them apart in conventional and basic micro-hybrid vehicles, and as auxiliary batteries in all other automotive applications, according to the report. In full-hybrid vehicles, the stored energy is also used for a certain range of electric driving.

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Magnetically-Loaded Composite Flywheel System Performs Well in Nürburgring 24hr Race

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The Manthey Racing-prepared Porsche 911 GT3 R Hybrid, which uses WHP’s magnetically-loaded composite flywheel system ( earlier post ), led the race in the last third of the marathon event, taking the lead at 22:57 hrs on Saturday night. The hybrid system worked like a dream.”. Chairman of the Board at Porsche AG, Michael Macht.

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Renault Trucks’ Optifuel Lab 2 lab vehicle integrates technologies for more efficient big rigs; road test results coming in 2015

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It is also supported by ADEMA, the French Agency for the Environment and Energy Control. The more energy there is available at low cost, the more it will be used. The oil is stored in a separate section of the drive axle’s main tank. The idea is to take as little energy as possible from the internal combustion engine.

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For Better or Worse, Tesla Bot Is Exactly What We Expected

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For some context on what you’re about to see, a brief callback to a year ago last August, when I predicted what was in store for 2022: It’s possible, even likely, that Tesla will build some sort of Tesla Bot by sometime next year, as Musk says. And it is expected to cost much less than a car—much less than $20,000 would be my guess.

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PNNL study outlines requirements for grid storage, reviews four electrochemical energy storage systems: vanadium redox flow, Na-beta, Li-ion and lead-carbon

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However, while a number of potential technologies for EES exist, and some have been applied or demonstrated, they face either challenges in meeting the performance and economic matrix for the stationary applications, or limits in environment, site selection, and so on, Yang et al. Credit: ACS, Yang et al. Click to enlarge. Click to enlarge.

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