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Nissan Opens Silicon Valley Center for Self-Driving Car Research

Nissan Opens Silicon Valley Center for Self-Driving Car Research | The Robot Times | Scoop.it
Nissan Motor Co. opened a research center in California’s Silicon Valley that the Japanese carmaker plans to make its hub for research on self-driving vehicles and Internet-connected auto technology.
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Silicon Valley is the place to be for autonomous vehicle research. Although Germany and France do interesting applied research, and Michigan's large connected car trial is very relevant too.

Guy Young's curator insight, March 17, 2:06 AM

"self driven cars won't be feasible until 2020"
great information on self driving cars

interesting topic, slightly boring article but contents are inspiring

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Science - Image - NYTimes.com

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MECHANICAL REACH Engineers at the University of Washington are working on a human-scale robot hand.

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Robot Hand Could Disable IEDs

Robot Hand Could Disable IEDs | The Robot Times | Scoop.it
Researchers are showing off a robotic hand that they say is dexterous enough to disarm an improvised explosive device.
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