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Kumamoto University project to use Nissan LEAF technology in electric bus test in Japan; 3 packs, 3 motors

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Technology developed by Nissan for the battery-electric Nissan LEAF will be used in an electric bus project led by a team from Kumamoto University, that starts testing next month in Japan, with the goal of making zero-emission public transit more widespread and affordable. —Toshiro Matsuda, Kumamoto University project leader.

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First international safety standard for Level 4 automated driving systems has been published

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An international group of experts led by WMG, University of Warwick working together as a part of an ISO technical committee, has published the first international (ISO) safety standard for Level 4 automated driving systems, taking them a step further towards being more widely available.

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NTU Singapore to develop technologies to extract hydrogen from liquid organic hydrogen carriers

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Chiyoda Corporation, which is headquartered in Japan, will serve as NTU’s key partner in the project, and will offer technical contribution based on their proprietary dehydrogenation catalyst technology, SPERA Hydrogen ( earlier post ), to the University to be developed and implemented on a national scale.

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Study links increased black carbon pollution to increase in cases of lung adenocarcinoma worldwide

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Lung adenocarcinoma—an aggressive non-small cell lung cancer (NSCLC)—is a type of cancer for which research strongly suggests that genetic, environmental, and lifestyle factors play a part. The results of the study were published in the journal Atmospheric Environment. LSCC is often linked to a history of smoking.

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Video Friday: Morphing Adaptive Robots

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ROSCon 2023 : 18–20 October 2023, NEW ORLEANS IEEE SSRR 2023 : 13–15 November 2023, FUKUSHIMA, JAPAN Humanoids 2023 : 12–14 December 2023, AUSTIN, TEXAS Cybathlon Challenges : 2 February 2024, ZURICH Enjoy today’s videos! We also post a weekly calendar of upcoming robotics events for the next few months.

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BMW opens new Shanghai R&D center; focus on human-machine interaction and hardware-software integration

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Human-machine interaction is a vital part of the user experience. BMW’s software development department was established in 2002 and is now located in Mountain View (USA), Lisbon and Porto (Portugal), Munich and Ulm (Germany), Tokyo (Japan) and Shanghai, Beijing and Nanjing (China), with more than 8,000 software specialists worldwide.

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New thermally durable solid-state Li-ion battery technology from Hitachi and Tohoku University

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This research was part of a collaborative project between Hitachi and AIMR has developed the new technology to reduce the internal resistance that is a factor of deterioration of charge-discharge performance. Consequently, it is difficult to use the conventional Li-ion battery in a high temperature environment without a cooling system.

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