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Minerals used in electric cars: How much does the US import and from where?

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Gabon, South Africa, Australia, Georgia. Norway, Canada, Japan, Finland. China, Estonia, Japan, Malaysia. Michael Sivak is the managing director of Sivak Applied Research and the former director of Sustainable Worldwide Transportation at the University of Michigan. Chile, Canada, Mexico. Canada, Norway, Finland, Russia.

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Video Friday: LASSIE On the Moon

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RoboCup German Open : 17–21 April 2024, KASSEL, GERMANY AUVSI XPONENTIAL 2024 : 22–25 April 2024, SAN DIEGO Eurobot Open 2024 : 8–11 May 2024, LA ROCHE-SUR-YON, FRANCE ICRA 2024 : 13–17 May 2024, YOKOHAMA, JAPAN RoboCup 2024 : 17–22 July 2024, EINDHOVEN, NETHERLANDS Enjoy today’s videos! Aww, they stopped before they got to the fun rocks.

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UT Austin to lead $58M study of methane hydrate in Gulf of Mexico; $41M from DOE

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A research team led by The University of Texas at Austin has been awarded approximately $58 million to analyze methane hydrate deposits under the Gulf of Mexico. Japan, South Korea, India and China—have active methane hydrate research programs. Accordingly, other countries with high energy demands or limited resources—e.g.

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Koreas CTT To Manufacture Electric Vehicles in US

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Company officials are considering potential sites in South Carolina, Georgia, North Carolina, Alabama and California. The company has also announced a joint venture with PUES Corporation (Japan) for the development and production of inverters and new technology in-wheel motors. CT&T United, the US subsidiary of CT&T Korea, Ltd.,

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Video Friday: Acrobot Error

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Eurobot Open 2024 : 8–11 May 2024, LA ROCHE-SUR-YON, FRANCE ICRA 2024 : 13–17 May 2024, YOKOHAMA, JAPAN Enjoy today’s videos! You had me at “wormlike, limbless robots.” [ GitHub ] via [ Georgia Tech ] Filmed in July 2017, this video shows us using Atlas to put out a “fire” on our loading dock. Acrobotics ] Thanks, Elizabeth!

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Video Friday: Remote Control Burger Crafting

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The Real Robotics Lab at University of Leeds presents two Chef quadruped robots remotely controlled by a single operator to make a tasty burger as a team. WVU ] A collaboration between Georgia Tech Robotic Musicianship Group and Avshalom Pollak Dance Theatre. Georgia Tech ] Thanks, Gil! CUTR ??????? FOOMAJAPAN2022. Fondly ????

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Video Friday: Turkey Sandwich

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Sanctuary ] Ayato Kanada, an assistant professor at Kyushu University in Japan, wrote in to share "the world's simplest omnidirectional mobile robot." Engineers at Georgia Tech are the first to study the mechanics of springtails, which leap in the water to avoid predators. Georgia Tech ] Thanks, Jason!

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