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Video Friday: The Coolest Robots

Cars That Think

Deep Robotics ] Estimating terrain traversability in off-road environments requires reasoning about complex interaction dynamics between the robot and these terrains. This work will be presented at the IEEE International Conference on Robotics and Automation ( ICRA 2023 ) in London next week. Please send us your events for inclusion.

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City of Bogota, Columbia launches electric taxi pilot; part of C40-CCI EV Network

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The Decree further mandates the Secretary of the Environment and the Secretary of Mobility to consider requirements for monitoring and reporting. Privately-owned electric vehicles will enjoy these same incentives.)

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Video Friday: Lunar Transport

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DigiForest ] The Robotics and Perception Group at UZH will be presenting some new work on agile autonomous high-speed flight through cluttered environments at ICRA 2023. We also post a weekly calendar of upcoming robotics events for the next few months. Please send us your events for inclusion. Paper ] Robots who lift together, stay together.

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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. Nina Lanza and her team tested autonomous drones in the frigid environment that is similar to Mars. Please send us your events for inclusion.

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Video Friday: May the Fourth be With You

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Indoor Capture is the newest Skydio 3D Scan mode that is specifically tailored for autonomously scanning large, complex, indoor environments. We also post a weekly calendar of upcoming robotics events for the next few months. Please send us your events for inclusion. SkyMul ] Thanks, Eohan!

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Where Plug-In Hybrid Conversions (mostly Priuses) Are

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February 2007 (Washington, DC) Jackson EMC electricity cooperative by EnergyCS, February 2007 (Jefferson, GA), contact ashedd@jacksonemc.com GreenTomato Cars by Amberjac/EnergyCS, February 2007 (London, UK), contact simon@amberjac-projects.co.uk by Amberjac/EnergyCS, March 2007 (London, UK), contact simon@amberjac-projects.co.uk

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Electric Cars and a Smarter Grid - Green Inc. Blog - NYTimes.com

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Home Page Todays Paper Video Most Popular Times Topics Search All NYTimes.com Energy & Environment World U.S. they have a degree of autonomy beyond the reach of federal government and can often make tough decisions: for example, California’s climate goals and London’s congestion charging.

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