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Virtual Incision’s mini surgical robot arrives at ISS

Robotics Business Review

A screen grab from a NASA broadcast shows a Northrop Grumman Cygnus cargo spacecraft on its way to the International Space Station on Jan. Source: NASA Virtual Incision’s MIRA surgical robot system has made it to the International Space Station (ISS). 30, 2024 with the spaceMIRA from Virtual Incision onboard.

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Kickstart: A plastic ballet, a bubble wrap tutu and mottainai

Plastics News

No one seems to know the source of the pellets. The leading theory is they've spilled from shipping containers, similar to a spill of 87 containers of plastic from a cargo freighter off the coast of Sri Lanka in May 2021. There's a big problem as far as accountability, however.

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Network Connectivity Solved in Automated Container Ports

i4.0 today

The drive to increase the efficiency of international shipping relies on high-performance cranes to transfer containerized cargo quickly and safely from ship to shore. Much of the company’s work is based on providing sensors to enable cranes to move cargo from ships to automated guided vehicles (AGVs). Today Magazine.

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Is hydrogen the fuel of the future?

E&T

Early in 2021, a team of 100 experts from across the UK launched a one-year intensive research project to investigate the best route to zero-emission commercial flight. The approach is being spearheaded by the Tees Valley Multi-Modal Hydrogen Transport Hub, which received £3m from the DfT in 2021.

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Global Supply Chain Resilience Initiative (GSCRI)

Frost & Sullivan Manufacturing

Saudi Arabia intends on supporting this logistics advancement through its Global Supply Chain Resilience Initiative, which was initiated in 2021. In addition, KSA’s 3 key ports rank amongst top 20 in the Container Port Performance Index 2021. Global Supply Chain Resilience Initiative.

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Global Supply Chain Resilience Initiative (GSCRI)

Frost & Sullivan Manufacturing

Saudi Arabia intends on supporting this logistics advancement through its Global Supply Chain Resilience Initiative, which was initiated in 2021. In addition, KSA’s 3 key ports rank amongst top 20 in the Container Port Performance Index 2021. Global Supply Chain Resilience Initiative.

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Nature-inspired tech to move transport towards net-zero

E&T

In fact, as many electric were sold every week in 2021 as the total amount sold in the whole of 2012 (120,000), the IEA reports. What is certain is that nature provides an unlimited source of inspiration for engineers and scientists looking to solve Earth’s most pressing challenge. Electric car sales are accelerating.