Robotics
50 years ago, the first industrial robot arm called Unimate assembled a simple breakfast of toast, coffee, and champagne. While it might have looked like a seamless feat, every movement and placement was coded with careful ...
Mar 15, 2019
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Automotive
Toyota largely pioneered hybrid vehicles, and its extensive lineup of gas-saving models today is a testament to that. But it's taken a while for Toyota to finally come out with its first mass-market electric vehicle: the ...
Sep 14, 2022
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Robotics
In the process of the construction and routine maintenance of the Chinese Space Station, the manipulator plays a significantly important role that can accomplish some key tasks, such as transposition docking, daily maintenance, ...
Jan 11, 2022
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Security
A black sedan cruises silently down a quiet suburban road, driver humming Christmas carols quietly while the car's autopilot handles the driving. Suddenly, red flashing lights and audible warnings blare to life, snapping ...
Jan 31, 2024
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Hi Tech & Innovation
As millions of people travel the interstates this Thanksgiving, many will encounter patches of traffic at a standstill for no apparent reason—no construction or accident. Researchers say the problem is you.
Nov 23, 2022
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Automotive
A combined team of researchers from MIT and the Insurance Institute for Highway Safety (IIHS) has found that drivers with adaptive cruise control (ACC) tend to be more likely to exceed speed limits than they would were it ...
Engineering
As engineers make strides in the design of wearable, electronically active, and responsive leg braces, arm supports, and full-body suits, collectively known as exoskeletons, researchers at MIT are raising an important question: ...
Oct 5, 2018
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Electronics & Semiconductors
A team of researchers from the Beijing National Laboratory for Molecular Sciences, the Chinese Academy of Sciences and the University of Chinese Academy of Sciences, has developed an organic active adaptation transistor (OAAT). ...
Automotive
The Tesla Model S debuted nearly a decade ago and instantly portended the future of electric vehicles. Here was a sleek-looking EV with intriguing new technology features and unmatched performance and range. Tesla's continual ...
Mar 3, 2021
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Hi Tech & Innovation
Connected cruise control uses vehicle-to-vehicle communication to let automated vehicles respond to multiple cars at a time in an effort to save energy and improve safety.
May 9, 2018
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