Abstract: A method for transporting items in a system including plural structures of different designs, plural robots connected in a wireless network for transporting the plural structures, and a control system connected in the wireless network. The method includes: receiving, by the control system, a transport request indicating a structure to be transported from a current location to a new location and determining, by the control system, based on the transport request, a number of robots to assign to the transport request. The method further includes: coordinating, by the control system, a lift operation by the number of robots of the structure, wherein during the lift operation each robot engages with a lifting location associated with the structure, and coordinating, by the control system, transport, by the number of robots, of the structure to the new location.

Abstract: The invention obtains a controller and a control method capable of improving safety by an automatic deceleration operation while preventing a motorcycle from falling over. The invention also obtains a brake system that includes such a controller. In the controller, the control method, and the brake system according to the invention, a control mode is initiated in response to trigger information that is generated in accordance with peripheral environment of the motorcycle, and the control mode makes the motorcycle, which includes a damping device damping kinetic energy, execute the automatic deceleration operation. In the control mode, the automatic deceleration operation is executed in a state where a damping rate of the damping device is increased to be higher than that immediately before initiation of the control mode.

Abstract: A brake system for vehicles may have at least one front automatic actuator device, operatively connected to a manual actuator device by means of a first control unit, and to at least one braking device of a first axle. The system may also include at least one rear automatic actuator device, operatively connected to the manual actuator device via a second control unit, and to the at least one braking device of a second axle.

Abstract: A vehicle attitude control apparatus is provided in which an active suspension device of each wheel has a mass body arranged between a sprung mass and an unsprung mass of a vehicle, and upper and lower actuators each configured to generate an actively generated force acting on the sprung and unsprung masses, respectively, by applying urging forces to the masses, and a control unit calculates a target braking/driving force of each braking/driving device for achieving target motion state quantities of the vehicle, target actively generated forces of the upper and lower actuators, and controls a braking/driving device and the upper and lower actuators, so that the target braking/driving force and the target actively generated forces of the upper and lower actuators are achieved.

Abstract: An Energy State Awareness System that alerts the pilot of an aircraft during the climb, cruise and descent phases of a flight of low airspeed conditions, and during the Approach/Landing and Go-Around phases of flight when airspeed has deviated from a pre-determined reference airspeed that is considered “Stable” for the flight conditions. In order to determine the degree of deviation, the system monitors some of various readily available signals representative of flight parameters and of the aircraft's configuration such as true airspeed, weight, flap position, center of gravity and normal load factor—nz. Some signals are used directly, others are used as inputs to internal algorithms that compute the data necessary to determine the magnitude of the deviations.

Abstract: A traffic light-based vehicle speed induction method and system, and a vehicle. The vehicle speed induction method comprises: obtaining the position of an intersection ahead having traffic lights, the current position of vehicle travelling, the current moment, and a time parameter of the traffic lights; determining the distance between the vehicle and the traffic light intersection according to the position of the traffic light intersection and the current position of vehicle travelling; determining an effective time interval for the vehicle to continue travelling according to the time parameter of the traffic lights and the current moment of vehicle travelling; and determining an induction speed range of vehicle travelling according to the distance and the effective time interval.

Abstract: Embodiments of the present invention provide techniques, including systems and methods, for planting using planting pods. A planting system can be configured to deliver pods including a payload (e.g., seeds, cuttings, or other planting materials) into or onto the ground at a predetermined location. In some embodiments, the automated planting system can include a mapping system that receives various sensor inputs and generates a map of a planting area. A pod planting system may use the map of the planting area to deliver pods to the planting area. The pod planting system may be executed automatically using the maps generated by the mapping system and/or manually by a remote operator. Each pod can include a payload to be planted on or in the ground by the pod planting system. Pods may be customized depending on the types of plants being planted, the terrain, prior planting results, etc.

Abstract: The present disclosure relates to a system and method for operating a main brake in case of a failure of an autonomous driving function of an autonomous vehicle. the system for operating the main brake in case of a failure of the autonomous driving function of the autonomous vehicle includes an autonomous driving control unit configured to perform control such that the autonomous vehicle travels in the autonomous driving mode, a main brake control unit configured to perform first communication with the autonomous driving control unit and to output a first control signal so that a frictional braking force is generated to a main brake by hydraulic pressure, and a regenerative braking control unit configured to perform second communication with the main brake control unit and to output a second control signal so that a regenerative braking force is generated to a motor.

Abstract: It is proposed a positioning assistance system for a vibrator truck, that is configured to determine a vibration point distance between the vibrator truck and the vibration point location; determine a stopping distance for stopping the vibrator truck at a vibration point location, according to a determined current speed of the vibrator truck and according to a speed profile; determine a time for stopping the vibrator truck at the vibration point location according to the current speed of the vibrator truck, when the stopping distance corresponds to said vibration point distance; and trigger the lifting down of the baseplate of the vibratory system, when at least the following condition is met: said stopping time is inferior or equal to a time for lifting down the vibratory system to the ground. Corresponding vibrator truck and method are also proposed.

Abstract: A vehicular control system includes a forward viewing camera and a non-vision sensor. The control, responsive to processing of captured non-vision sensor data and processing of frames of captured image data, at least in part controls the equipped vehicle to travel along a road. The control, responsive at least in part to processing of frames of captured image data, determines lane markers on the road and determines presence of another vehicle traveling along the traffic lane ahead of the equipped vehicle and determines a trajectory of the other vehicle relative to the equipped vehicle. The control stores a trajectory history of the determined trajectory of the other vehicle relative to the equipped vehicle as the other vehicle and the equipped vehicle travel along the traffic lane.

Abstract: A device can parse a query to determine a first road identified by the query and a second road identified by the query. The device can determine a plurality of road segment pairs that include a first road segment of a first plurality of road segments associated with the first road and a second road segment associated with second plurality of road segments associated with the second road. The device can determine a plurality of candidate intersection points based on the plurality of road segment pairs. The device can determine an intersection of the first road and the second road based on the plurality of candidate intersection points and can provide, to a client device, information identifying the intersection of the first road and the second road.

Abstract: An electric component for a human powered vehicle, comprises a transmitter, a receiver, at least one operating member, and a controller. The transmitter is configured to wirelessly transmit wireless signals to an additional electric component. The receiver is configured to wirelessly receive an acknowledgement signal from the additional electric component. The controller is configured to control the transmitter to consecutively transmit one of the wireless signals as a first control signal in response to an operation of the at least one operating member until the receiver receives the acknowledgement signal. The controller is configured to control the transmitter to transmit another of the wireless signals as a second control signal when a first predetermined time period has passed since a time point from when the operation of the at least one operating member is started until when the transmitter starts transmitting the first control signal.

Abstract: A system comprises a mobile machine (14) for collecting a plurality of bales (10,12) dispersed across a ground surface and one or more computing devices. The one or more computing devices are configured to receive location and orientation information for the plurality of bales (10,12), the location and orientation information including a location and an orientation of each of the bales (10,12), automatically determine a preferred path for collecting the bales using the location and orientation information, and present information about the preferred path to an operator of the mobile machine (14).

Abstract: Performance anomalies in complex systems can be difficult to identify and diagnose. In an example, CPU-usage associated with one or more of the systems can be determined. An anomalous event can be determined based on the determined CPU-usage. In some examples, based at least in part on determining the event, the system may be controlled in a safe state and/or reconfigured to obviate the anomalous event.

Abstract: A method for autonomous climate control optimization of a transport vehicle having a climate control system is provided. The method includes a controller receiving geolocation specific data providing location information of the transport vehicle. The method also includes the controller receiving climate control data providing operational status information of the climate control system. The method also includes the controller receiving passenger/load data providing passenger/load information travelling in the transport vehicle. Also, the method includes the controller generating adjustment instructions of the climate control system based on the geolocation specific data, the climate control data, and the passenger/load data. Further, the method includes adjusting operation of the climate control system based on the adjustment instructions.

Abstract: A set of actions corresponding to a particular state of the environment of a vehicle is identified. A respective encoding is generated for different actions of the set, using elements such as distinct colors to distinguish attributes such as target lane segments. Using the encodings as inputs to respective instances of a machine learning model, respective value metrics are estimated for each of the actions. One or more motion-control directives to implement a particular action selected using the value metrics are transmitted to motion-control subsystems of the vehicle.

Abstract: An apparatus for traffic control is disclosed. A method and a system also perform the functions of the apparatus. The apparatus includes an alert module that broadcasts an alert signal to a vehicle on a roadway. The alert indicates a presence of an alert zone along the roadway. The apparatus includes an alert zone module that broadcasts a location of the alert zone, where the alert signal has a signal strength sufficient for an autonomous vehicle control system of the vehicle to receive the alert signal a predefined distance before entering the alert zone as the vehicle approaches the alert zone. The apparatus includes an instruction module that broadcasts one or more instructions regarding driving within the alert zone.

Abstract: Methods, apparatus, systems, and computer-readable media are provided for optimizing robot-implemented tasks based at least in part on historical task and location correlated duration data collected from one or more robots. Historical task and location correlated duration data may, in some implementations, include durations of different tasks performed in different locations by one or more robots in one or more particular environments, and knowledge of such durations may be used to optimize tasks performed by the same or different robots in the future.

Abstract: Methods, systems, processes and others for hauling vehicle administration including a pick-up administration module, a digital ticket server, and a drop-off administration module. The pick-up administration module including one or more beacons and a scale house operations application, wherein the scale house operations application is also adapted for data communications with a mobile driver application associated with the hauling vehicle. In example embodiments, the scale-house operations application is configured to create a digital hauling confirmation ticket including a plurality of the hauling attributes and transmit the digital hauling confirmation ticket to a digital ticket server and the driver mobile application through the digital ticket server. In example embodiments, the drop-off administration module is configured to confirm in dependence upon the digital ticket that the material delivered by the hauling vehicle arrived at the drop-off site.

Abstract: A data storage system that moves and transfers components (e.g., the data storage cartridges, data storage magazines, etc.) utilizing drone systems is disclosed. In one embodiment, the system comprises at least one data storage library for storing, reading, and writing of data to or on a plurality of data storage cartridges and at least one drone vehicle. The system also includes a processing device and a non-transitory, computer-readable memory containing programming instructions. The programming instructions are configured to cause the processing device to receive a request to transfer a data storage component to a destination location, in response to receiving the request, instruct a drone vehicle to perform at least part of the transfer of the data storage component to the destination location, and by the drone vehicle, perform at least part of the transfer of the data storage component to the destination location.