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Video Friday: LASSIE On the Moon

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We have added a sensor head and the torso and the waist to greatly expand the range of movement. I think “needs a lot of work” really means “needs a couple more arms.” [ Paper ] Experience the future of robotics as UBTECH’s humanoid robot integrates with Baidu’s ERNIE through AppBuilder!

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Video Friday: Peep Handling

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The grasper can pick up a wide range of sizes and shape in power grasps and move them around in different axes without lifting the fingers. Additionally, to handle more extreme cases at higher walking speeds, a neural network is used to predict future joint position measurements to calculate future position errors. GRASP ]

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Video Friday: Punch-Out

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Resilient Navigation ] X20 Long Range Remote Hazard Detection Test. Deep Robotics ] This CMU RI Seminar is by Robert Ambrose from Texas A&M, on “Robots at the Johnson Space Center and Future Plans.” The seminar will review a series of robotic systems built at the Johnson Space Center over the last 20 years.

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Video Friday: Googly Eye

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Academic outreach is at the very foundation of IHMC’s mission, and needless to say.our entire organization is incredibly grateful to have the opportunity to continually inspire future generations. In this seminar I’ll discuss Mars robots, the unprecedented results we’re seeing with the latest Mars mission, and how we got here.

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Video Friday: Beyond the Limit

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Different robotic solutions of the future. MIT CSAIL ] This UPenn GRASP SFI Seminar is by E Farrell Helbling at Cornell, on Autonomy for Insect Scale Robots. Countless science fiction works have set our expectations for small, mobile, autonomous robots for use in a broad range of applications. SMART ITN ] 3 labs.

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Winterkorn says Volkswagen developing 10-speed DCT and high-performance diesel; plug-in hybrids offer great potential

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Dr. Martin Winterkorn, Chairman of the Board of Management of Volkswagen AG, gave a forecast of future drive system technologies. These would range from highly efficient internal combustion engines and natural gas systems all the way to hybrids and electric vehicles. Jürgen Leohold, Executive Director Volkswagen Group Research.

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Toyota expands Collaborative Safety Research Center with $35M; focus on transition to automated vehicle and connected vehicle technologies

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CSRC will concentrate on supporting a safe transition to the future of mobility, particularly through emerging automated- and connected-vehicle technologies. TEMA), made the announcement at Toyota’s 2014 Advanced Safety Seminar in Ann Arbor, Mich.

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