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Grasshopping Robots Made Possible With New, Improved Latch Control

Mar 2, 2023 | Robots

If animals and insects can jump across grass and sand, why can’t robots? Sarah Bergbreiter, Professor of Mechanical Engineering, has found that researchers don’t have to look far to enable this in robots. Existing latch mechanisms that were once thought of...

Ford Patents AV Repossession

Mar 2, 2023 | Autonomous Vehicles, Detroit, Featured

Ford is trying to patent technology that would allow cars to repossess themselves. As first spotted by The Drive, a Ford patent application titled “Systems and Methods to Repossess a Vehicle” was published by the United States Patent and Trademark...

Michigan: $10K Scholarships For Students Who Join EV Sector

Mar 2, 2023 | Electric Vehicles, Michigan

Michigan is dangling a $10,000 carrot in front of tech students, incentivizing them to stay in state and build the electric vehicle sector. The state announced the Michigander EV Scholars program, its latest incentive to boost its electric vehicle workforce....

USPS Buying 9,250 Ford E-Transit EVs And 14,000 EV Chargers

Mar 2, 2023 | Charging, Electric Vehicles, Featured

The US Postal Service is buying 9,250 Ford E-Transit battery-electric vehicles and 14,000 EV charging stations from three different suppliers as part of its plans to electrify a large portion of its mail delivery fleet. In an announcement post on Tuesday, the agency...

Countries Meet To Halt Wide-ranging Ocean Threats

Mar 1, 2023 | Climate, Oceanography

The world’s oceans and the multiple threats they face, from climate change and pollution to overfishing and mining, will be the focus of a global conference in Panama this week. Some 600 leaders of government, the business sector, green groups and academics will...