The Scout also has to attend or learn about robotics competitions and study career opportunities in robotics.

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"In the field of robotics or mechanical engineering, the ability to create a moving part without any welding removes a lot of the barriers to prototyping, " Martins said.

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The labor shortage will inevitably force China to upgrade its most modern factories, including investments in robotics, or face looking manufacturing to inland states and foreign competition.

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The Model A has also been designed to use less power to make it more suitable for projects involving robotics, remote sensors or which rely on solar power.

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It was a programme that included engineering familiarisation, medical, survival and robotics training as well as microgravity or "zero-g" flights and sessions in a giant pool practising spacewalking.

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The explicit goal of the M3 Actuation program is to improve power longevity by 20-fold, affording the GFE in the range of 3 to 6 or 7 hours to complete the multi-tasked Robotics Challenge.

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You can follow Erin Kennedy (RobotGrrl) on Twitter or visit her website to learn about her independent research and robotics work.

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Here, you'd like something powerful, with agile maneuver, a compact and robust size half-way between the foot soldier and his Humvee or truck, bringing support of heavy firepower, a level of armor, robotics and gear into the alleys - something that will team in numbers to move and cover dismounted soldiers and each other, just as our foot soldiers do for each other everyday.

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Specialist camps abound: for robotics fans, diabetes-sufferers, children whose parents are in the army or in prison, and so on.

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