Abstract: An example method includes determining objects and actions associated with the objects for completing a task to be executed by a robotic system, where each action is associated with trajectory. The method further includes determining a pose for each person in an environment associated with the robotic system, predicting a trajectory for each person based on the determined pose associated with the respective person and the actions and trajectories associated with the actions, and adjusting trajectories for one or more of the actions to be performed by the robotic system based on the predicted trajectories for each person.

Abstract: Bi-specific fusion proteins with therapeutic uses are provided, as well as pharmaceutical compositions comprising such fusion proteins, and methods for using such fusion proteins to repair or regenerate damaged or diseased tissue. The bi-specific fusion proteins generally comprise: (a) a targeting polypeptide domain that binds to a target molecule; and (b) an activator domain that detectably modulates tissue regeneration.

Abstract: An apparatus for a robotic limb includes one or more limb segments connected via one or more joints. The robotic limb may feature one or more dual-reduction quasi-quasi-direct-drive joint actuators that permit the robotic limb to move throughout a scene. The robotic limb may further include an end-effector connected to a free end of the robotic limb with one or more opposable fingers comprising a four bar linkage. The end-effector may include a main actuator that actuates the one or more fingers via the four-bar linkages to complete various tasks.

Abstract: In one embodiment, a method includes accessing a trajectory plan for a task to be executed by a robotic system, determining actions to constrain the trajectory plan based on information associated with an environment associated with the robotic system, wherein pose-based waypoints and joint positions of the robotic system would be constrained by the actions, determining joint-based waypoints for the trajectory plan based on the pose-based waypoints, and executing the task based on the joint-based waypoints for the trajectory plan.

Abstract: Bi-specific fusion proteins with therapeutic uses are provided, as well as pharmaceutical compositions comprising such fusion proteins, and methods for using such fusion proteins to repair or regenerate damaged or diseased tissue. The bi-specific fusion proteins generally comprise: (a) a targeting polypeptide domain that binds to a target molecule; and (b) an activator domain that detectably modulates tissue regeneration.

Abstract: A method of manufacturing a saw blade includes providing a saw blade body having an edge, forming a plurality of tooth bodies that defines a plurality of gullets in the saw blade body, coupling a cutting member to the edge of the saw blade body, and shaping the cutting member to form a cutting tooth after the cutting member is coupled to the edge. Each one of the plurality of tooth bodies defines an undercut portion positioned between adjacent tooth bodies. The cutting tooth includes a rake face extending from a tip of the cutting tooth toward the saw blade body and a relief face extending from the tip toward a second end of the cutting tooth sloping toward the saw blade body.

Abstract: Bi-specific fusion proteins with therapeutic uses are provided, as well as pharmaceutical compositions comprising such fusion proteins, and methods for using such fusion proteins to repair damaged tissue. The bi-specific fusion proteins generally comprise: (a) a targeting polypeptide domain that binds to an ischemia-associated molecule; and (b) an activator domain that that detectably modulates the activity of a cellular network.

Abstract: An apparatus and method for a wall clock AI voice assistant, such as a computing device, is provided herein. The wall-mountable electronic clock includes an optical sensor, a microphone, a digital display and a speaker. The optical sensor captures image data representing at least a portion of a user. The microphone receives an audio input from the user when certain criteria is met, such as when the image data representing at least a portion of the user is captured. The digital display provides visual information to the user provided in response to the captured image data or the audio input. The speaker provides audio information provides from a digital voice assistant in response to the captured image data or the audio input.

Abstract: In one embodiment, a method includes, by an electronic device, accessing activity data containing one or more non-image-based sensor signals from a first wearable device, where the activity data corresponds to an activity a user performs during a first timeframe, accessing from a first camera device, one or more cameras of the first camera device, where the video data corresponds to the first activity of the first user during the first timeframe, segmenting the activity data based on one or more features of the one or more non-image-based sensor signals to identify one or more segments of activity data corresponding to a second timeframe, classifying the one or more segments of the video data based on the one or more identified events associated with the first activity during the second timeframe, classifying the segments of the video data based on the one or more events during the second timeframe.

Abstract: A method of manufacturing a saw blade includes providing a saw blade body, forming a plurality of gullets and a first portion of a plurality of tooth bodies in the saw blade body with each gullet positioned between adjacent tooth bodies, and forming a second portion of the plurality of tooth bodies in the saw blade body separate to forming the plurality of gullets and the first portion of the plurality of tooth bodies in the saw blade body.

Abstract: In one embodiment, a method for monitoring a kitchen environment by a smart hood includes accessing sensor data indicating parameters of a cooking utensil detected by the smart hood apparatus from sensors of the smart hood apparatus, wherein the sensors comprise one or more of a camera, a thermal sensor, an audio sensor, or an air particle sensor, determining occupancy information associated with the cooking utensil based on the sensor data by algorithms, wherein the occupancy information indicates whether the cooking utensil is placed within an allowable deviation from a target location on a cooktop, determining a thermal state of an accessory associated with the cooking utensil based on the sensor data by the algorithms, and sending instructions for presenting the occupancy information associated with the cooking utensil and the thermal state of the accessory.

Abstract: In one embodiment, a method for monitoring for boiling fluid in a kitchen environment by a smart hood apparatus includes accessing sensor data indicating one or more parameters of a cooking utensil detected by the smart hood apparatus from sensors associated with the smart hood apparatus, wherein the sensors comprise one or more of a camera, a thermal sensor, or an audio sensor, and wherein the cooking utensil contains fluid, determining information associated with boiling events associated with the fluid in the cooking utensil based on the sensor data by algorithms, wherein the information comprises at least a boiling time required for the fluid to boil, and sending instructions for presenting a notification comprising the information associated with the boiling events.

Abstract: Bi-specific fusion proteins with therapeutic uses are provided, as well as pharmaceutical compositions comprising such fusion proteins, and methods for using such fusion proteins to repair damaged tissue. The bi-specific fusion proteins generally comprise: (a) a targeting polypeptide domain that binds to an ischemia-associated molecule; and (b) an activator domain that that detectably modulates the activity of a cellular network.

Abstract: In one embodiment, a method includes causing a robotic limb to intercouple with a handle of a knife. The knife comprising a handle at a proximal end where the handle is configured to intercouple with the robotic limb, a bade connected to the handle, and an indentation at a distal end where the indentation is configured to intercouple with a bar of the cutting surface, and where the blade is rotatable around a first axis while intercoupled with the bar. The method includes causing the indentation of the knife to be intercoupled with the bar of a cutting board. The cutting board comprising the cutting surface and the bar affixed to the cutting surface. The method includes adjusting, by the robotic limb the position of the knife along the bar to along with an object on the cutting surface and rotating the knife to cut the object.

Abstract: In one embodiment, a method includes accessing a trajectory plan for a task to be executed by a robotic system, determining actions to constrain the trajectory plan based on information associated with an environment associated with the robotic system, wherein pose-based waypoints and joint positions of the robotic system would be constrained by the actions, determining joint-based waypoints for the trajectory plan based on the pose-based waypoints, and executing the task based on the joint-based waypoints for the trajectory plan.

Abstract: In one embodiment, a method includes generating a trajectory plan to complete a task to be executed by a robotic system, identifying objects in the environment required for completing the task, determining attributes for each of the identified objects, determining trajectory-parameters for the trajectory plan based on the determined attributes for each identified object and operational conditions in an environment associated with the robotic system, and executing the task based on the determined trajectory-parameters for the trajectory plan.

Abstract: In one embodiment, a method includes determining objects and actions associated with the objects for completing a task to be executed by a robotic system, wherein each action is associated with trajectory, determining a pose for each person in an environment associated with the robotic system, predicting a trajectory for each person based on the determined pose associated with the respective person and the actions and trajectories associated with the actions, and adjusting trajectories for one or more of the actions to be performed by the robotic system based on the predicted trajectories for each person.

Abstract: In one embodiment, a method includes presenting to a user, on a display of a head-worn client computing device, a three-dimensional video including images of a real-life scene that is remote from the user's physical environment. The method also includes presenting to the user, on the display of the head-worn client computing device, a graphical object including an image of the user's physical environment or a virtual graphical object.

Abstract: Bi-specific fusion proteins with therapeutic uses are provided, as well as pharmaceutical compositions comprising such fusion proteins, and methods for using such fusion proteins to repair or regenerate damaged or diseased tissue. The bi-specific fusion proteins generally comprise: (a) a targeting polypeptide domain that binds to a target molecule; and (b) an activator domain that detectably modulates tissue regeneration.

Abstract: Bi-specific fusion proteins with therapeutic uses are provided, as well as pharmaceutical compositions comprising such fusion proteins, and methods for using such fusion proteins to repair or regenerate damaged or diseased tissue. The bi-specific fusion proteins generally comprise: (a) a targeting polypeptide domain that binds to a target molecule; and (b) an activator domain that detectably modulates tissue regeneration.