Abstract: Disclosed herein is a platform for conveying a plurality of work parts in a sequence of manufacturing stations, the platform being mobile and including an inclined surface, and a set of two elements, one element of the set extending along a first plane and another element of the set extending along a second plane, an intersection of the first plane with the inclined surface defining a first direction, an intersection of the second plane with the inclined surface defining a second direction, the first direction and the second direction delimiting an angular sector, so that a work part placed on the inclined surface within the angular sector is driven by its weight downwards with respect to a slope of the inclined plane towards an intersection of the first direction and the second direction.

Abstract: An automated charging system for an electric vehicle is disclosed that includes a plug with a built-in camera assembly. The camera assembly captures images of a charging port of the electric vehicle, which are processed by one or more processors to estimate the location of the charging port relative to the plug. A multi-stage localization architecture is described that includes a gross localization procedure and a fine localization procedure. The gross localization procedure can implement a first convolutional neural network (CNN) to estimate a position of an object in the image. The fine localization procedure can implement a second CNN to estimate a position and orientation of the object. Actuators for moving the plug in a three-dimensional space can be controlled by the multi-stage localization architecture.

Abstract: A method (600) for configuring one or more components of a process plant includes receiving (602) a change request (226) and receiving (604) a system dependency graph (228) corresponding to the process plant. The method (600) further includes selecting (606) a subset of components (230) among the plurality of components based on configuration of the process plant and identifying (608) a subset of nodes (232) among the plurality of nodes by traversing a path in the system dependent graph (228). The method (600) also includes computing (610) an impact parameter (234) value based on a traversed path and computing (612) a plurality of change parameter values (236) based on the traversed path. The method (600) further includes determining (614) an effort estimate (210) based on the impact parameter (234) value and the plurality of change parameter values (236) using a machine learning technique.

Abstract: A plug connection system that autonomously charges an electric vehicle (EV) is provided. The method includes: adjusting configuration settings of an image capturing device; capturing an image using the image capturing device, wherein a portion of the image comprises an optically distinctive object associated with a charging portal of the EV, and wherein the image comprises a plurality of pixels; applying a pixel value threshold associated with a pixel metric to the image to filter the plurality of pixels of the image to a first subset of pixels; determining, based on filtering the plurality of pixels to the first subset of pixels, a location of the optically distinctive object associated with the charging portal of the EV within the image; and providing information to maneuver a robotic arm to a physical position associated with the location of the optically distinctive object within the image.

Abstract: A monitoring system for a mechanically driven circuit breaker that includes fixed and moveable contacts, and a main actuator, wherein the moveable contact is selectively spaced from the fixed contact, and wherein the main actuator transitions the circuit breaker between states, the monitoring system comprising an actuation device; a sensor; and a processing unit. The actuation device applies a micro-motion to the actuator without the circuit breaker transitioning states; wherein the sensor acquires sensor data associated with the application of the micro-motion; wherein the sensor provides sensor data to the processing unit; and wherein the processing unit determines whether the circuit breaker has a fault using the sensor data.

Abstract: A method of determining a degree of clogging of discharge holes of an apparatus for applying a coating medium to an object, the method including conducting air through the discharge holes; determining an output air pressure between an air flow regulator of the apparatus and the discharge holes, the air flow regulator being arranged to regulate a flow of the air; and determining a degree of clogging of the discharge holes based on the output air pressure. An apparatus for applying a coating medium to an object, a calibration system including an apparatus and a blocking device, an industrial robot including an apparatus, and a method of determining clogging characteristics of an apparatus, are also provided.

Abstract: A connector for electric vehicle supply equipment includes: a housing; a first electrical coupling member supported by the housing and that mates with an inlet of an electric vehicle, the first electrical coupling member including a first pin part; a second electrical coupling member supported by the housing and that mates with the inlet, the second electrical coupling member including a second pin part; and a conductive barrier supported by the housing that extends between the first and second pin parts. The conductive barrier interacts with at least one of the first and second pin parts to provide a conduction path for electrical power monitorable to evaluate electrical isolation of the first and second electrical coupling members and avoid electrical arcing or short-circuiting.

Abstract: A system and a method, for assisting a user in programming a robot. Storage circuitry includes predefined possible values for a physical condition of at least two joints, the values being subdivided into two or more ranges. Processing circuitry is arranged to acquire a first path of the Tool Centre Point (TCP), receive, for each of a plurality of points of the first path and for the joints, a value associated with the physical condition at the respective points, determine which of the ranges the value is associated with, generate at least one additional path, associate each of the at least two joints to a respective path, and send instructions to a display, to illustrate the first path and the additional path, together with the information of which range the values are associated with at the plurality of points of the paths.

Abstract: A cooling arrangement for being arranged between a charging connector of an electric vehicle charging system and a charging socket of an electric vehicle includes a power link that is electrically and thermally conductive and configured for being arranged between a charging contact of the charging connector and a socket contact of the charging socket, wherein the power link is thermally connected to a cooling unit.

Abstract: A robotic system includes a moveable component, a controller, and an environment sensor for monitoring at least a region of the operating range, the environment sensor comprising a camera configured to deliver a 2D image of a field of view of the camera and a TOF device for measuring a distance between the environment sensor and an object in the field of view based on propagation time of a polling signal from the TOF device to the object and back; wherein an optical element for redirecting the field of view to the region is provided in a light path between the region and the environment sensor.

Abstract: A connecting interface for a function module and/or function module instance in an industrial process environment for connecting an external function to the function module and/or function module instance, The function module and/or function module instance including definitions according to which the industrial process is operated, and the connecting interface containing information to create an external function module containing the external function by which the external functions can be added to the function module and/or function module instance.

Abstract: An electric charging system includes an automatic connection device (ACD) outside a chargeable device. The ACD is electrically coupled to an energy source and includes a plug head electrically and mechanically connectable to the chargeable device and a first mechanism that positions the plug head at an inlet. The head includes a plug head connector with electrically conductive pins and a plug head lock with a first shape. The inlet includes electrically conductive sockets complementary to the electrically conductive pins; a plug head coupler including a shape that is complementary to the first shape and mechanically couples with the plug head via the plug head lock; and a second mechanism that mechanically and electrically couples the pins to the sockets. The second mechanism can produce a force greater than the first mechanism, and the first mechanism moves with greater translational and rotational precision than the second mechanism.

Abstract: A DC contactor arrangement for bidirectional power switching includes a DC+ contactor for connecting a power source with a load, and a DC? contactor for connecting the power source with the load. At least one of the DC+ or DC? contactors is a unidirectional DC contactor. The DC+ contactor and the DC? contactor are configured to be switched at different times, when the DC+ contactor and the DC? contactor are under load.

Abstract: A system of aggregating servers includes a first aggregating server that establishes a session for linking with a first system; a second aggregating server that establishes a session linking with a second system; wherein the first and second aggregating servers replicate mutually structured data provided by the first and/or second system, to provide access to the structured data of the respective systems for the first and second aggregating servers; and coordinate the respective sessions of the system of aggregating servers with the first and/or second system to prevent improper access to the at least first system to be aggregated and/or the at least second system to be aggregated.

Abstract: Disclosed is an electrostatic coating apparatus including: an atomizing head cleaning flow path which is disposed at a coating machine and through which a cleaning fluid for cleaning a rotary atomizing head and a front end of a feed tube of a cartridge flows; a cleaning fluid flow path connecting a cleaning fluid supply source with the atomizing head cleaning flow path; a cleaning fluid valve disposed in the cleaning fluid flow path and configured to open and close the cleaning fluid flow path; a discharge air flow path connected to the atomizing head cleaning flow path and through which the discharge air flows; a cleaning fluid discharge flow path connected to the cleaning fluid flow path at a connection point located between the atomizing head cleaning flow path and the cleaning fluid valve; a discharge air switching valve disposed in the atomizing head cleaning flow path and configured to open and close the atomizing head cleaning flow path; and a cleaning fluid discharge valve disposed in the cleaning flu

Abstract: A system, method, and apparatus are provided for estimating a flux of fugitive gas emissions. The method is performed using a gas analyzer coupled to a sampling wand, where gas enters the inlet tip of the sampling wand prior to being sampled by the gas analyzer. The sampling wand is fixed to a mobile device that includes an inertial measurement unit. Location information from the inertial measurement unit is used to compile a high resolution geo-spatial map of gas concentration levels across a cross-sectional area of a gas plume. A near-field Gaussian plume inversion calculation is then performed to estimate the flux based on the gas concentration data and the location information.

Abstract: In an embodiment, the present disclosure discloses a method and a module for controlling data transfer in a manufacturing plant. The IoT module is configured to receive a request for a plurality of parameters from a second application from one or more applications. The request is made by a first application from the one or more applications. The IoT module determines status of the requested parameters. The status indicates if the requested parameters are authorized for sharing. Further, the IoT module transfers only the authorized parameters to the first module based on the status. Thus, the present disclosure provides a method and a IoT module for sharing data securely within the manufacturing plant.

Abstract: A system and method for detecting stator inter-turn fault in induction machines includes receiving a time series data of a stator current using a plurality of current sensors connected to a stator of the induction machine, determining first and second signature time series data of stator current using fundamental components and harmonic components of the stator current, determining first and second scaled signatures using an Unbalance Factor, determining a discrimination factor, and detecting a stator inter-turn fault when the discrimination factor is greater than a predetermined stator inter-turn fault threshold value.

Abstract: A system and method for configuring an intelligent electronic device (IED) from a plurality of IEDs connected in a communication network of a substation with a computing system includes a computing system communicatively connected in the communication network of the substation for transmitting a configuration of at least one application function to the IED for operating an electrical equipment in the substation. The method for configuring the IED comprises using a virtual model of the IED to generate the IED configurations through a simulation that involves a sequence prediction technique. The sequence prediction technique facilitates generating a sequence of functions arranged in an order and sequentially determining connections between at least one input and at least one output of the one or more functions that comprises the application function. The generated sequence of functions and sequence of connections constitute the IED configuration corresponding to a given application function.

Abstract: A measurement system for determining a density ? or a compressibility ? of a liquid medium in a vessel includes: at least one pressure sensor for measuring a hydrostatic pressure ?p of the liquid medium as a measured hydrostatic pressure ?p; at least one ultrasound sensor for measuring a first time of flight t1 along a first propagation path comprising a point at a level surface of the liquid medium, and for measuring a second time of flight t2 along a second propagation path, which is different from the first propagation path; and a control unit for determining the density ? or the compressibility ? of the liquid medium based on the measured hydrostatic pressure ?p, the first time of flight t1, and the second time of flight t2.