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...[MUSIC PLAYING] Look at the body language and watch Elon's face as he tries to justify what this robot is for. ELON MUSK: The Tesla bot will be real....
...Iris Touliatou’s fluorescent tubes, arranged into a pair of identical frames, seem puzzlingly vacant at first....
...This has nothing to do with how we skipped the rigorous pre-assembly phase that is standard practice in the auto industry....
...Another is immersed in developing a mechanical frame to give soldiers a “third arm” — the world’s only known exoskeleton research project aimed at the upper body....
...Johnson Controls, the automotive supplier, was exhibiting its prototype Camisma seat with a carbon-fibre frame that is 40 per lighter than metal equivalents....
...But Nvidia’s longer-term goal is to supply the hardware and software for the driverless car revolution and challenge current suppliers of driver assistance features — for example, collision warnings and...
...Among BMW’s luxury competitors, Audi has also been a leader in lightweight design, most notably the aluminium bodies based on its trademark “Space Frame”....
...Auto insurers in Europe and the United States are testing these waters with offers to install sensors in customers’ vehicles....
...Besides recording video, other new features include a 12.1Mp (megapixel) sensor, dual-CPU video and an updated lens kit that includes a 14-140mm lens with continuous auto-focusing, designed for HD video...
...At September’s Frankfurt auto show, where nearly all the big carmakers showed forthcoming plug-in models, Musk was sanguine about the growing competition....
...America Inc needs to relearn a culture of craft and bring back some lost arts from Asia and Latin America. Tyler Brûlé is editor-in-chief of Monocle magazine....
...Employing the leanest of lean manufacturing techniques, Think will do no body or parts production itself....
...Each had a different body, crafted to order by former coach builders of northern Italy who had switched their efforts to car design....
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