IEEE Spectrum

• Video Friday: SpaceHopper April 19, 2024
  Video Friday is your weekly selection of awesome robotics videos, collected by your friends at IEEE Spectrum robotics. We also post a weekly calendar of upcoming robotics events for the next few months. Please send us your events for inclusion.RoboCup German Open: 17–21 April 2024, KASSEL, GERMANYAUVSI XPONENTIAL 2024: 22–25 April 2024, SAN DIEGOEurobot Open […]
  Evan Ackerman
• Empower Your Supply Chain April 19, 2024
  Xometry’s essential guide reveals the transformative power of artificial intelligence in supply chain optimisation. It lifts the lid on how machine learning, natural language processing, and big data, can streamline procurement and enhance operations efficiency. The guide showcases applications across various sectors such as healthcare, construction, retail, and more, offering actionable insights and strategies. Readers […]
  Xometry
• 50 Years Later, This Apollo-Era Antenna Still Talks to Voyager 2 April 18, 2024
  For more than 50 years, Deep Space Station 43 has been an invaluable tool for space probes as they explore our solar system and push into the beyond. The DSS-43 radio antenna, located at the Canberra Deep Space Communication Complex, near Canberra, Australia, keeps open the line of communication between humans and probes during NASA […]
  Willie D. Jones
• 50 by 20: Wireless EV Charging Hits Key Benchmark April 18, 2024
  Researchers at Oak Ridge National Laboratory in Tennessee recently announced that they have set a record for wireless EV charging. Their system’s magnetic coils have reached a 100-kilowatt power level. In tests in their lab, the researchers reported their system’s transmitter supplied enough energy to a receiver mounted on the underside of a Hyundai Kona […]
  Willie D. Jones