The partial collapse of the Carola Bridge in Dresden in September 2024 was a wake-up call for Germany’s infrastructure policy. At least 8,000 highway bridges and roughly 18,000 kilometers of railroad in Germany are now considered in need of…
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A cost-effective solution for monitoring aging infrastructure
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Chinese Robot Manufacturers: Industrial Capacity, Cost & Performance
Over the past fifteen years, China has transformed itself from the world’s largest buyer of industrial robots into one of the most formidable robot manufacturing powers. Once heavily dependent on Japanese, European, and American suppliers,…
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LG unveils pencil-thin OLED TV for modern homes
LG Electronics stepped up the race for high-end televisions on Sunday in Las Vegas, revealing an ultra-thin, wireless OLED TV ahead of CES 2026.
The announcement came during a media preview event before the annual tech show opens, giving…
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Physicists found hidden order in violent proton collisions
High energy proton collisions can be pictured as a roiling sea of quarks and gluons, including short lived virtual particles. At first glance, this extreme environment seems far more complex than the later stage, when fewer and more stable…
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AI may not need massive training data after all
New research from Johns Hopkins University shows that artificial intelligence systems built with designs inspired by biology can begin to resemble human brain activity even before they are trained on any data. The study suggests that how AI is…
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A study on design and multimodal evaluation of intuitive interfaces for complex information systems in manned/unmanned cooperation
Zhang, H. H. et al. Manned/unmanned aerial vehicle cooperative combat system: Concepts, technologies, and challenges. Acta Aeronautica Et Astronaut. Sin. 45 (15), 29653 (2024).
Weng, J., Wu, Q….
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Weekly Robotics #342
Today’s issue is on the shorter side, as I’m emerging from the holiday blues and wrapping up a secret project I recently teased on LinkedIn. I expect to be fully in the zone next week. Happy New Year, everyone!
Vision-Language-Action,…
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Skanska, Flatiron Advance $445M LAX Roadway Package as ATMP Work Scales Up
Skanska, working in a joint venture with Flatiron, has secured a $445-million contract to modernize roadway infrastructure at Los Angeles International Airport, moving a major landside access package at the nation’s third-busiest airport deeper…
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Skanska, Flatiron Advance $868M LAX Roadway Package as ATMP Work Scales Up
Skanska, working in a joint venture with FlatironDragados, has secured a $868-million contract to modernize roadway infrastructure at Los Angeles International Airport, moving a major landside access package at the nation’s third-busiest…
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Research on boost conversion of SiC-based laser power supply for aerospace applications
Qiu, J., Liu, K. & Wu, Y. A pulsed power supply based on power semiconductor switches and transmission line transformer. IEEE Trans. Dielectr. Electr. Insul. 14, 927–930. https://doi.org/10.1109/TDEI.2007.4286527 (2007).
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