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Volkswagen demonstrates first successful real-world use of quantum computing to help optimize traffic routing

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During the Web Summit conference in Lisbon, Portugal, nine public transit buses used a traffic management system developed by Volkswagen scientists in the United States and Germany, powered by a D-Wave quantum computer, to calculate the fastest travel routes individually and in near-real time. Earlier post.).

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Video Friday: BirdBot

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ICRA 2022 : 23–27 May 2022, Philadelphia ERF 2022 : 28–30 June 2022, Rotterdam, the Netherlands CLAWAR 2022 : 12–14 September 2022, Açores, Portugal Enjoy today's videos! NASA Armstrong ] This UPenn GRASP SFI talk is by Ted Xiao, Robotics at Google, on “A Panorama of End-to-end Robot Learning.” [ UPenn ]. MAB Robotics ] Thanks, Jakub!

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Video Friday: PoKeBo Cubes

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RoboCup 2022 : 11 July–17 July 2022, BANGKOK IEEE CASE 2022 : 20 August–24 August 2022, MEXICO CITY CLAWAR 2022 : 12 September–14 September 2022, AZORES, PORTUGAL ANA Avatar XPRIZE Finals : 4 November–5 November 2022, LOS ANGELES CoRL 2022 : 14 December–18 December 2022, AUCKLAND, NEW ZEALAND Enjoy today's videos!

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Video Friday: Robot Soccer Finals

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In association with universities, institutes and development companies, we are developing research platforms whose basic technical principles are based on nature. Geoff joins Pieter Abbeel in our two-part season finale for a wide-ranging discussion inspired by insights gleaned from Hinton’s journey from academia to Google Brain.

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Video Friday: DALL-E 2

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ICRA 2022 : 23–27 May 2022, Philadelphia IEEE ARSO 2022 : 28–30 May 2022, Long Beach ERF 2022 : 28–30 June 2022, Rotterdam, the Netherlands RoboCup 2022 : 11–17 July 2022, Bangkok, Thailand IEEE CASE 2022 : 20–24 August 2022, Mexico City, Mexico CLAWAR 2022 : 12–14 September 2022, Açores, Portugal. Enjoy today's videos! This has to be real.

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MIT Battery Breakthrough Could Revolutionize Electric Cars : Gas 2.0

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According to Ceder, the compound, known as lithium iron phosphate (LiFePO4), has a crystal structure that creates “perfectly sized tunnels for lithium to move through,&# allowing the team to reach “ridiculously fast charging rates.&# » See also: Nissan Planning Electric Car Battery Plant in Portugal » Get Gas 2.0

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