Cars That Think

SEPTEMBER 21, 2023

In Phoenix, for example, high temperatures average about 41 °C during the month of July. Despite the work still needed, this is an “important step toward real-world application,” says Lenan Zhang , a research scientist at MIT who also studies methods for extracting atmospheric water vapor.

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Cars That Think

JUNE 16, 2023

Grabbing an object as thin as a plastic bag is an incredible challenge for robotic hands, but Phoenix robots have the fine manipulation required to do it. MIT ] The next frontier of technology is here. UCSD ] Thanks, Liezel! Sanctuary ] Catching high-speed targets in flight is a complex and typically highly dynamic task.

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Cars That Think

FEBRUARY 10, 2023

MIT ] RoboCup teams probably use their humanoids more aggressively than anyone else, so they have to come up with new techniques to keep them walking even as they gradually get more and more worn out. Today, we have a fully driverless taxi services in San Francisco and Phoenix.

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OCTOBER 30, 2017

A new study by a team from the University of Pennsylvania and MIT suggests it will be easier for cities to reduce CO 2 emissions coming from residential energy use rather than from local transportation. The study did find that in Phoenix, one of the 11 cities examined, greater density would have a notable effect on emissions.).

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