Abstract: Aspects include a robotic device for inspection of components of a belt conveyor comprising a mobile platform and a robotic arm having a first end coupled to the mobile platform and a second end, the robotic arm configured to guide the second end to contact at least one of the components of the belt conveyor. Further included is a method for inspecting components of a belt conveyor using a robotic device, including: obtaining temperature and/or noise data of at least one of the components of the belt conveyor; and, if the data are outside a range, then: driving a second end a robotic arm of the robotic device for contacting at least one of the components; and obtaining vibration data from at least one of the components.

Abstract: A resource manager is provided, which is configured to manage a plurality of hardware resources in a computing device. The resources are managed in dependence on a record of each of the plurality of hardware resources, and an indication of dependencies between the plurality of hardware resousrces.

Abstract: A computing device is arranged to include a resource manager that controls access to all power resources on the device. The resource manager detects unused devices by counting the components that have requested usage and powers down unused resources, and for those resources offering multiple power levels, it guarantees that the operating level is no higher than is needed.

Abstract: The present invention provides a method for shutting down a computing device on which multiple software components are running. More specifically, the present invention provides a method for prioritising the shutdown of the software components according to whether the device will experience significant problems when restarting if the components are not provisioned sufficient resources to complete specific shutdown operations.

Abstract: A computing device which if in the process of powering down either to total shutdown or to a standby mode to have this process interrupted by a user request or an external event, in which case the device is able to reverse the power down process and resume full operation, thus improving the user to power dorm experience.

Abstract: A computing device is arranged to include a resource manager that controls access to all power resources on the device. The resource manager detects unused devices by counting the components that have requested usage and powers down unused resources, and for those resources offering multiple power levels, it guarantees that the operating level is no higher than is needed.