Robotics

DENSO Wins Four Medals at the 39th WorldSkills Competition

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Two Gold Medals in Mould Making and Mobile Robotics Categories

Nov 22, 2007 -- KARIYA (Japan) - DENSO Corporation and DENSO E&TS Training Center, DENSO's subsidiary responsible for providing engineering and technical training for DENSO employees, won four medals at the 39th WorldSkills Competition. The competition was held in Shizuoka prefecture, Japan, Nov. 14-21.

DENSO participants competed in five categories - Mould Making,*1 Manufacturing Team Challenge,*2 Mobile Robotics,*3 CNC Turning,*4 and Industrial Control.*5 Participants won gold medals in Mould Making and Mobile Robotics and silver medals in Manufacturing Team Challenge and CNC Turning.

Driverless Car Wins Competition with Continental Technology

Two Million Dollars for Robotic Vehicle “Boss”

Hanover, November 2007 – In a high-tech triumph for Continental, “Boss”, a self-driving Chevrolet Tahoe, won the DARPA Urban Challenge 2007 equipped with Continental technology. With the help of a dozen sensors and the international automotive supplier’s know-how in the domain of sensor data fusion, the vehicle computer was fed optimally prepared data on its surroundings. The “Boss” development team came away with the top prize – two million dollars.

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Automakers Envision the Melding of Robotics, Cars

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Southern California Automotive Design Studios Predict How Robotics and Artificial Intelligence Will Transform Transportation in 50 Years

LOS ANGELES, Oct. 12, 2007 /PRNewswire/ -- Today's vehicles feature artificial intelligence that allow hands-free parking and electronic stability control, but in 50 years vehicles might be able to move in any direction, drive and navigate robotically and have structures that morph and adapt to passengers' needs.

One to the Power of Four, Honda Research and Development, North America

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