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The LAFD will operate the first electric fire truck in North America next year

Post author By Randall
Post date February 12, 2020
Categories In electric, ev, fire truck, green, lafd, menlo park, rosenbauer, Security, Tech, tomorrow, Transportation

[ad_1] The vehicle is based on Rosenbauer’s Concept Fire Truck (CFT), which has two batteries with a charge capacity of 100 kilowatt hours. This is the equivalent of around two hours’ operation, although it’ll come with an on-board diesel generator if it’s needed for longer. The LAFD hasn’t confirmed how much the vehicle costs, but […]

Boston Dynamics’ acquisition will help its robots see in 3D

Post author By Randall
Post date April 2, 2019
Categories In 3d vision, boston dynamics, business, deep learning, gear, kinema systems, logistics, menlo park, pick system, robotics, Robots, Tech, tomorrow
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[ad_1] Kinema is a Menlo Park-based company that uses deep learning to give robotic arms the 3D vision they need to locate and move boxes. It can recognize different products and handle boxes of different sizes, even if they’re not perfectly level. With this purchase, Boston Dynamics now has the software it needs to make […]