Abstract: An information processing apparatus and an information processing method, and a robot apparatus that process information to be used for user identification and the like are provided. An information processing apparatus for performing processing related to a first device configured to autonomously behave to a user identified by an identification device, includes an acquisition unit configured to acquire a state of the identification device, and a decision unit configured to decide a behavior of the first device on the basis of the state. The decision unit decides a behavior of the first device for collecting voice data from a user whose voice data is insufficient, and decides a behavior of the first device for collecting face image data from a user whose face image data is insufficient, from the user.

Abstract: A method for manufacturing a rotor capable of efficiently cooling down a magnet inserted into a magnet insertion hole of a rotor core is provided. The method for manufacturing the rotor includes: fixing a first end plate in which a slit is formed to one end part of the rotor core in an axial direction and causing a magnet insertion hole of the rotor core and the slit of the first end plate to be continuous; fixing a second end plate to another end part of the rotor core in the axial direction; and holding the magnet inserted into the magnet insertion hole of the rotor core by a convex part that is formed in a position of the first end plate overlapping the magnet in the axial direction of the rotor core and the second end plate and fixing the magnet therein.

Abstract: An information processing device presents first information indicating that voice input for the voice operation is possible and second information representing a domain of utterance in which voice operation is possible in response to an occurrence of a predetermined state transition, and performs voice recognition for voice input by a user.

Abstract: The present technology relates to an information processing device and an information processing method that enable output of information using a more optimal output modal. Provided is an information processing device including a processing unit configured to perform processes of: acquiring apparatus information regarding an output modal for each electronic apparatus; selecting an electronic apparatus having an output modal that outputs information from among a plurality of electronic apparatuses on the basis of the acquired apparatus information; and outputting the information from an output modal of the selected electronic apparatus. The present technology can be applied to, for example, electronic apparatuses such as information apparatuses, video apparatuses, audio apparatuses, or household electrical appliances.

Abstract: The present invention relates to a polychloroprene latex composition, a dip-molded product, a pressure-sensitive adhesive, an adhesive, and an adhesive product. The polychloroprene latex composition contains a chloroprene (co)polymer (A) and an aromatic compound (B) having 7 to 10 carbon atoms, and the polychloroprene latex composition has a proportion of the aromatic compound (B) having 7 to 10 carbon atoms of 0.0012 to 0.15 parts by mass based on 100 parts by mass of solid content of the polychloroprene latex composition.

Abstract: The present invention relates to a chloroprene copolymer latex, a chloroprene copolymer latex composition, a chloroprene copolymer rubber molded article, a dip-molded product, and a method for producing a chloroprene copolymer latex. The method for producing a chloroprene copolymer latex has a step of emulsion polymerizing 2-chloro-1,3-butadiene (A-1) and 2-methyl-1,3-butadiene (A-2) in the presence of sulfur (A-3).

Abstract: A traffic signal system and a traffic signal deployment method that enable a traffic signal to be disposed quickly are provided. A traffic signal system includes multiple drones each of which can hold a traffic signal, and a server that can communicate with the multiple drones, in which the server includes a position information acquisition unit that acquires position information of a target point, the target point being a place where it is necessary to dispose the traffic signal, and the drone includes: a flight control unit that controls flight of the drone holding the traffic signal so that it moves to the target point and hovers at the target point based on the position information; and a light control unit that controls lighting of the traffic signal so that timings of the lighting of the multiple traffic signals are synchronized with each other.

Abstract: The present invention relates to a latex composition, a molded body, and a method for producing a molded body, and the latex composition includes a chloroprene polymer (A), and a thiol compound (B) having 2 or more mercapto groups in a molecule.

Abstract: There is provided a chloroprene copolymer latex composition capable of obtaining a molded product having excellent mechanical properties and flexibility even when vulcanized and molded under milder conditions than before. A chloroprene copolymer latex composition contains a chloroprene copolymer latex (A), a metal oxide (B), a vulcanization accelerator (C), and an antioxidant (D). The chloroprene copolymer latex (A) is a latex containing particles of a chloroprene copolymer which is a copolymer of chloroprene (A-1), 2,3-dichloro-1,3-butadiene (A-2), and sulfur (A-3). The content of the sulfur (A-3) in the chloroprene copolymer is 0.1 part by mass or more and 1.0 part by mass or less when the total amount of the chloroprene (A-1) and the 2,3-dichloro-1,3-butadiene (A-2) is set to 100 parts by mass.

Abstract: There is provided an adhesive agent exhibiting high adhesive strength to polyolefin. An adhesive agent contains a chloroprene copolymer latex containing a chloroprene copolymer (A) and a metal oxide (B). The chloroprene copolymer (A) is a copolymer of a monomer group containing chloroprene (A-1), ?,?-unsaturated carboxylic acid (A-2), and 2,3-dichloro-1,3-butadiene (A-3). The chloroprene copolymer (A) has a tetrahydrofuran-soluble component soluble in tetrahydrofuran and the weight average molecular weight of the tetrahydrofuran-soluble component is 80000 or more and 140000 or less. When the amount of the metal oxide (B) based on 100 parts by mass of the chloroprene copolymer (A) is defined as Y part(s) by mass and the weight average molecular weight of the tetrahydrofuran-soluble component is defined as X, the content of the metal oxide (B) satisfies Formula: ?1.2×X/100000+1.6<Y<?4.2×X/100000+5.7.

Abstract: A sulfur-modified chloroprene polymer latex includes an emulsifier and a sulfur-modified chloroprene polymer obtained by modifying a chloroprene polymer (A) with sulfur (B), wherein the sulfur amount Y in the sulfur-modified chloroprene polymer and the z-average particle size X of the sulfur-modified chloroprene polymer satisfy formulae (1) to (3) (formula (1): 0.10<Y<0.60; formula (2): 120<X<320; and formula (3): Y<0.0025X?0.20), the total amount of a chloroprene monomer (A-1) and a monomer (A-2) copolymerizable with the chloroprene monomer which constitute the chloroprene polymer is 100 parts by mass, the amount of sulfur (B) contained in the sulfur-modified chloroprene polymer is Y parts by mass, and the z-average particle size of the sulfur-modified chloroprene polymer is X nm. The sulfur-modified chloroprene polymer latex composition can also include a metal oxide (C), a cross-linking accelerator (D), and an antioxidant (E).

Abstract: An isoprene-based polymer latex composition includes a chloroprene polymer latex (A) and an isoprene polymer latex (B), in which the chloroprene polymer has a z-average particle size of 180 nm or greater and smaller than 300 nm, and a tetrahydrofuran-insoluble fraction of 80 to 99% by mass; the chloroprene polymer latex (A) is (1) a copolymer latex of chloroprene (A-1) and 2,3-dichloro-1,3-butadiene (A-2-1), or (2) a copolymer latex of the above (A-1) and (A-2-1), and another monomer (A-2-2); and the copolymer is obtained by copolymerization in which the ratio of 2,3-dichloro-1,3-butadiene (A-2-1) is 5.0 to 30.0% by mass relative to the total amount of the monomer components chloroprene (A-1) and 2,3-dichloro-1,3-butadiene (A-2-1) of 100% by mass. The isoprene-based polymer latex composition's quality is maintained, and the properties after cross-linking of a molded product obtained by dipping a dipping former into the composition multiple times do not deteriorate.

Abstract: A method for producing a chloroprene graft copolymer latex includes a step of adding an ethylenic double bond-containing silane coupling agent (B) to a chloroprene polymer latex and graft copolymerizing the ethylenic double bond-containing silane coupling agent (B) to the chloroprene polymer (A) in the chloroprene polymer latex at 10° C. to 50° C. (inclusive). The amount of the ethylenic double bond-containing silane coupling agent (B) added is 0.4 parts by mass to 9.0 parts by mass (inclusive) per 100 parts by mass of the chloroprene polymer (A). The present invention also relates to an adhesive containing the chloroprene graft copolymer latex and to a method for using the adhesive. The present invention can provide a method for producing a chloroprene graft copolymer latex containing no organic solvent and having high adhesive strength to glass, an adhesive containing the same, and a method for using the adhesive.

Abstract: The present invention relates to a method for producing a chloroprene polymer latex, comprising: adding (B) a sodium. salt of a naphthalene sulfonate formaldehyde condensate and. (C) sodium dodecylbenzenesulfonate to a monomer solution that contains (A-1) 2-chloro-1,3-butadiene (chloroprene) or a monomer solution that contains (A-1) 2-chloro-1,3-butadiene (chloroprene) and (A-2-1) 2,3-dichloro-1,3-butadiene, and performing polymerization. Consequently, the present invention enables the production of a chloroprene polymer latex which is suppressed in aggregates that are generated during the production of a chloroprene polymer latex having a high solid content.

Abstract: There is provided a chloroprene copolymer latex composition capable of obtaining a molded product having excellent mechanical properties and flexibility even when vulcanized and molded under milder conditions than before. A chloroprene copolymer latex composition contains a chloroprene copolymer latex (A), a metal oxide (B), a vulcanization accelerator (C), and an antioxidant (D). The chloroprene copolymer latex (A) is a latex containing particles of a chloroprene copolymer which is a copolymer of chloroprene (A-1), 2,3-dichloro-1,3-butadiene (A-2), and sulfur (A-3). The content of the sulfur (A-3) in the chloroprene copolymer is 0.1 part by mass or more and 1.0 part by mass or less when the total amount of the chloroprene (A-1) and the 2,3-dichloro-1,3-butadiene (A-2) is set to 100 parts by mass.

Abstract: A composition for rubber, including a chloroprene-based polymer latex (A), a metal oxide (B), an antioxidant (C), a surfactant (D) and a pH adjuster (E), and being free of a vulcanization accelerator, in which a tetrahydrofuran (THT) insoluble matter content in a chloroprene-based polymer in the (A) is from 50 mass % to 85 mass %, and in which contents of the (B), the (C), the (D), and the (E) with respect to 100 parts by mass of a solid content of the (A) are from 1 part by mass to 10 parts by mass, from 0.1 part by mass to 5 parts by mass, from 0.1 part by mass to 10 parts by mass, and from 0.01 part by mass to 5 parts by mass, respectively.

Abstract: A heater control unit controls electric power supplied to a heater provided in a seat. The heater control unit includes an outside air temperature measuring portion that measures an outside air temperature, a seat surface temperature measuring portion that measures a surface temperature of the seat, and a control portion. The control portion controls a time for which an initial electric power larger than an electric power in a steady state after the initial state is output to the heater, according to the measured outside air temperature and the measured seat surface temperature in an initial state immediately after the heater is activated.

Abstract: A heater control unit controls electric power supplied to a heater provided in a seat. The heater control unit includes an outside air temperature measuring portion that measures an outside air temperature, a seat surface temperature measuring portion that measures a surface temperature of the seat, and a control portion. The control portion controls a time for which an initial electric power larger than an electric power in a steady state after the initial state is output to the heater, according to the measured outside air temperature and the measured seat surface temperature in an initial state immediately after the heater is activated.

Abstract: A latex of a chloroprene polymer formed from one or more monomers comprising 2-chloro-1,3-butadiene as the main monomer ingredient, characterized in that the solid matter in the polymer latex has a gel content less than 3 mass %, the solid matter in the polymer latex includes a tetrahydrofuran-soluble component having a weight-average molecular weight of from 550,000 to 1,100,000 and a molecular-weight distribution (Mw/Mn) of from 2.0 to 3.1, and the dried solid matter in the polymer latex has a crystallization rate (R) represented by hardness increase at ?10° C. (R is the time required for initial hardness (time=0) to increase by 30 points at ?10° C. as measured according to JIS-K6301) less than 60 minutes. The chloroprene polymer latex has an excellent balance among initial bond strength, contact adhesion, and water resistance. This latex is useful as an adhesive and can be used in applications where heat resistance of 60° C. or higher, initial bond strength, and contact adhesion are required.

Abstract: A latex of a chloroprene polymer formed from one or more monomers comprising 2-chloro-1,3-butadiene as the main monomer ingredient, characterized in that the solid matter in the polymer latex has a gel content less than 3 mass %, the solid matter in the polymer latex includes a tetrahydrofuran-soluble component having a weight-average molecular weight of from 550,000 to 1,100,000 and a molecular-weight distribution (Mw/Mn) of from 2.0 to 3.1, and the dried solid matter in the polymer latex has a crystallization rate (R) represented by hardness increase at ?10° C. (R is the time required for initial hardness (time=0) to increase by 30 points at ?10° C. as measured according to JIS-K6301) less than 60 minutes. The chloroprene polymer latex has an excellent balance among initial bond strength, contact adhesion, and water resistance. This latex is useful as an adhesive and can be used in applications where heat resistance of 60° C. or higher, initial bond strength, and contact adhesion are required.