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Diesel’s desire: an engine for everyone
For someone who wished to build an engine for everyone, August turned out to be an auspicious month. On August 10, 1893, Rudolf Diesel’s prime model was powered on its own for the first time. Five years later, on August 9, 1898, Diesel obtained a U.S. patent titled “Internal-combustion engine”. Join A.S.Ganesh as he tries to explain what fuelled Diesel’s desire…
Chinese humanoid robots smash human records in 100m sprint and high jump at Beijing robot games
At a 100-meter sprint, a humanoid robot achieved a result of 9.39 seconds, beating the human record of 9.58 seconds set by Jamaican athlete Usain Bolt in 2009; In a standing high jump, a humanoid robot was able to reach 2.88 meters, surpassing the human high jump record of 2.45 meters set by Cuba’s Javier Sotomayor in 1993
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