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Video Friday: Humanoid Learns Tennis Skills Playing Humans

6+ hour ago  (319+ words) Your weekly selection of awesome robot videos 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....

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spectrum.ieee.org > tennis-playing-robot

Watch This Humanoid Robot Learn Tennis by Playing a Human

6+ hour, 23+ min ago  (251+ words) Your weekly selection of awesome robot videos Evan Ackerman is IEEE Spectrum's robotics editor. This humanoid robot is learning to play tennis from its human opponent. Video Friday is your weekly selection of awesome robotics videos, collected by your friends…...

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spectrum.ieee.org > ev-battery-swapping-aria-ev

Aria EV Challenges the Auto Industry With Repairable Design

2+ week, 3+ day ago  (424+ words) The March issue of IEEE Spectrum is here! The Aria EV allows drivers to easily swap batteries as needed Willie Jones covers transportation for IEEE Spectrum and the history of technology for The Institute. The Aria EV includes a toolbox…...

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spectrum.ieee.org > amp > ev-battery-swapping-aria-ev-2675301955

This Student-Built EV Focuses on Repairability

2+ week, 3+ day ago  (425+ words) The Aria EV allows drivers to easily swap batteries as needed At first glance, the Aria EV looks not much different than any other student-built electric prototype'no different than the battery-powered cars built by engineering students from dozens of universities…...

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spectrum.ieee.org > amp > solid-state-battery-2675273089-2675273089

Karma Automotive Plans First U.S. EV With a Solid-State Battery

3+ week, 4+ day ago  (518+ words) Factorial Energy's cells will power the Kaveya coupe due next year In the race to bring solid-state batteries to cars, a dark horse is breaking out of the pack: Karma Automotive plans to integrate Factorial Energy's cells in its new…...

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spectrum.ieee.org > 3d-printed-batteries

Material's Printed Batteries Put Power in Every Nook and Cranny

1+ mon, 2+ week ago  (572+ words) The February issue of IEEE Spectrum is here! Former F1 engineer prints batteries to fit almost anywhere Drones have plenty of structural elements that could be filled with printed batteries rather than attaching today's blocky cubes or cylinders. "Things are shrinking,…...

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spectrum.ieee.org > norway-ev-policy-electric-vehicles

How Did Norway Achieve Near-Total EV Adoption?

1+ mon, 3+ week ago  (345+ words) Almost 100 percent of new cars registered in November were electric Lucas Laursen is the technology policy editor at IEEE Spectrum. Cecilie Knibe Kroglund, the state secretary in Norway's Ministry of Transport, says the country's EV policies have been a success....

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spectrum.ieee.org > ces-2026-solid-state-batteries

Will Solid-State Batteries Transform Electric Motorcycles?

2+ mon, 1+ week ago  (557+ words) Verge Motorcycles and Donut Lab say they'll beat BYD to market The solid-state battery pack of the Verge Motorcycles TS Pro stores either 20.2 or 33.3 kilowatt hours, depending on the model. In a global race to get solid-state batteries on the…...

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spectrum.ieee.org > amp > ces-2026-solid-state-batteries-2674854331

CES 2026: The First Solid-State Vehicle May Be a Motorcycle

2+ mon, 1+ week ago  (136+ words) Newer models are more prone to silent but deadly failure modes Robo-umps, a supercomputer the size of a city, and more Real-time light amplification boosts telescopes for under $250 5 cool devices on display at the year's biggest tech expo Read Paul…...