Tag: state
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Plymouth university students design and build ‘scarecrow’ robots to protect wildlife
Plymouth State University (PSU) students in their “Spring 2023 Industrial Robotics” course began work on a multi-semester project to bring new life to a pair of robots belonging to Casella Waste Systems, which has used six of these robots to ward off wildlife at their Bethlehem, New Hampshire landfill for roughly the past four years.…
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California certifies Mercedes semi-autonomous drive system
Mercedes‑Benz says its Drive Pilot system for SAE Level 3 conditionally automated driving received certification from California state authorities. With this significant milestone Mercedes-Benz is the first car manufacturer with authorization to introduce such a SAE Level 3 system in a standard-production vehicle for use on public freeways in the most populous state in the…
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Nvidia CEO donates $50 million to Oregon State University, which promptly builds a $200 million supercomputing center
Nvidia founder and CEO Jensen Huang and his wife, Lori, have donated $50 million to their alma mater, Oregon State University, to advance research in AI, climate science and robotics. The university will use the donation to build an engineering complex with an AI supercomputer to help students and faculty address some of the world’s…
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Mouser Electronics sponsors FIRST Robotics Competition
Mouser Electronics has confirmed its continued sponsorship of the FIRST Robotics Competition, which inspires innovation and fosters well-rounded life capabilities in tens of thousands of young people every year. During the 2022-23 FIRST Robotics Competition season, nearly 100,000 high-school students on more than 3,400 teams from across the world are learning, discovering, and solving engineering…
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Starship Technologies launches robot delivery service at North Carolina university
Starship Technologies, the world’s leading provider of autonomous delivery services, announced today that its robots have started on-demand food deliveries at The University of North Carolina at Charlotte (UNC Charlotte). Starship’s fleet of 30 autonomous, on-demand robots are now delivering from Wendy’s, Bojangles and Shake Smart and will add more campus eateries throughout March, with…
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Michigan awards $260,000 in grants to mobility technology companies
The state of Michigan has announced that three companies will receive $260,000 in total funding through the Michigan Mobility Funding Platform (MMFP) to test and deploy mobility projects across the state. With these grants, Michigan will enable new mobility solutions that help address challenges related to school bus emissions, decaying mobility infrastructure and last-mile deliveries,…
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Plymouth State University receives $1 million funding for new robotics lab
The National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) is sending $1 million in federal funding to Plymouth State University (PSU) to aid in the construction of a new robotics laboratory to be located on the fourth floor of the Draper & Maynard Building at the Plymouth campus. In fall 2021, PSU became the first New…
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Wolfspeed to build ‘world’s largest’ silicon carbide materials facility in North Carolina
Wolfspeed, a developer of silicon carbide technology, says it will build a new, state-of-the-art, multi-billion-dollar materials manufacturing facility in Chatham County, North Carolina. The investment is targeted to generate a more than 10 fold increase from Wolfspeed’s current Silicon Carbide production capacity on its Durham campus, supporting the company’s long-term growth strategy, accelerating the adoption…
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Starship Technologies launches robot delivery service at Missouri State University
Starship Technologies has rolled out its robot food delivery service at Missouri State University, in partnership with Chartwells Higher Education. This is the first university in Missouri where Starship delivery robots are providing service. The robots will provide deliveries daily.
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Bitcoin’s Expansion in the United States of America
Bitcoin’s expansion in the United States of America has been on the rise in recent years. There are now more than 1,000 merchants that accept Bitcoin as a form of payment in the US, and this number is steadily growing. Some notable examples include major retailers such as Overstock.com, Dell, and Expedia. Bitcoin’s popularity in…