Abstract: There is described a system, method, and medium for managing a group of radio frequency (RF) sensors. The system comprising a first sensor, a second sensor and an upstream device. A sensor management system comprises a first sensor, a second sensor, and an upstream device. The first sensor is positioned at a first location and transmits a wireless signal. The second sensor is positioned at a second location and detects the wireless signal. The first and second locations of the first and second sensors correspond to an expected wireless signal of the first sensor. The upstream device performs an action in response to determining that a difference between the detected wireless signal and the expected wireless signal exceeds a predetermined threshold.

Abstract: Server for use in directing a mail element or package delivery is configured for determining if a mail element or package is destined for a location inside a local market or outside the local market, wherein the local market includes a plurality of post offices within a distance from a post office where the mail element or package initially arrives upon, and wherein a route determination is executed by sorting the mail element or package with an automated or robotic machine directed by the server. When the mail element or package is destined for a location inside the local market, the server directs transport of the mail element or package to a destination post office within the local market. When the mail element or package is destined for a location outside the local market, the server directs transport of the mail element or package to a regional center.

Abstract: A method for controlling a robot is provided. The method includes the steps of: acquiring at least one of sound information and action information for a robot from a user in a serving place; determining identification information on the user on the basis of at least one of the sound information and the action information; and determining an operation to be performed by the robot on the basis of the identification information.

Abstract: A method for controlling a robot is provided. The method includes the steps of: acquiring information on a sound associated with a robot call in a serving place; determining a call target robot associated with the sound, among a plurality of robots in the serving place, on the basis of the acquired information; and providing feedback associated with the sound by the call target robot.

Abstract: A robotic kitchen system for preparing food items in combination with at least one kitchen appliance such as a fryer comprises an automated bin assembly, a robotic arm, and a basket held by the robotic arm. The automated bin assembly comprises at least one automated bin for holding the food items. A camera or sensor array collects image data of the food items in the bin(s). A central processor is operable to compute and provide directions to the first robotic arm and automated bin assembly based on the image data and stored data to (a) move the robotic arm to the bin; (b) actuate the bin to drop the food items from the bin into the basket; (c) and to move the basket into the fryer all without human interaction. Related methods are also described.

Abstract: An autonomous garden weeding robot includes a chassis, a motorized cutting subsystem, and a drive subsystem for maneuvering the chassis. A weed sensor subsystem is located on the chassis at a first elevation from the ground and a crop/obstacle sensor subsystem is located on the chassis at a second, higher elevation from the ground. The drive subsystem is controlled to maneuver the chassis about a garden. Upon detection of a weed, the motorized cutting subsystem is energized to cut the weed. The motorized cutting subsystem is de-energized after the chassis has moved a predetermined distance and/or after a predetermined period of time. Upon detection of a crop or obstacle, the drive subsystem is controlled to maneuver the chassis away from the obstacle.

Abstract: A method for controlling a serving robot is provided. The method includes the steps of: acquiring at least one of weight information on a support coupled to the serving robot and image information on the support; recognizing at least one serving object placed on or removed from the support on the basis of at least one of the weight information and the image information; and determining at least one destination of the serving robot on the basis of a result of the recognition and order information of at least one customer in a serving place.

Abstract: A method for providing a service using a robot is provided. The method includes the steps of: acquiring information associated with a serving place of the robot and information on a customer visiting the serving place; determining service guide information including information on at least one of a travel route to a table to be provided to the customer, among a plurality of tables in the serving place, and a conversation scenario to be provided to the customer during travel to the table to be provided to the customer, with reference to the information associated with the serving place and the information on the customer; and providing the customer with a service associated with the serving place by the robot with reference to the service guide information.

Abstract: A method for providing an advertising content using a robot is provided. The method includes the steps of: determining, with reference to first situation information on a customer in a serving place and second situation information on at least one robot for providing a service in the serving place, an advertising content to be provided for at least one of the customer and the serving place and presentation property information of the advertising content; and providing the advertising content by the at least one robot with reference to the presentation property information.

Abstract: In variants, a method for automated gamete selection can include: sampling a video of a scene having a plurality of gametes, tracking each gamete across successive images, and determining attribute values for a gamete, and selecting the gamete. The attribute values can be determined using a model trained to predict the attribute values for the gamete based on a video.

Abstract: Systems, methods, and related technologies are disclosed for multi-device robot control. In one implementation, input(s) are received and provided to a personal assistant or another application or service. In response, command(s) directed to an external device are received, e.g., from the personal assistant. Based on the command(s), a robot is maneuvered in relation to a location associated with the external device. Transmission of instruction(s) from the robot to the external device is initiated.

Abstract: An inspection robot, and methods and a controller thereof are disclosed. An inspection robot may include an inspection chassis including a plurality of inspection sensors and coupled to at least one drive module to drive the robot over an inspection surface. The inspection robot may also include a controller including an inspection data circuit to interpret inspection base data, an inspection processing circuit to determine refined inspection data, and an inspection configuration circuit to determine an inspection response value in response to the refined inspection data. The controller may further include an inspection response circuit to, in response to the inspection response value, provide an inspection command value while the inspection robot is interrogating the inspection surface.

Abstract: A building management system and method for sensor time correction is described. The system comprises multiple sensors and an energy manager communicating with the sensors. The sensors, distributed within a particular area, provide multiple time measurements in response to detecting an object traversing among the sensors in which the time measurements are associated with unsynchronized time. The energy manager identifies a predicted time for traversing among the sensors based on one or more distances between pairs of sensors and an average velocity of the object to traverse among the sensors. The energy manager determines a sensor time error for each sensor by cross-correlating the time measurements with the predicted time.

Abstract: The present invention relates to a serving apparatus. According to one aspect of the invention, there is provided a serving apparatus, comprising: a driving unit; a body unit connecting to the driving unit and having a top side and an interior, wherein at least a part of a lateral side of the body unit is open; and a body container disposed in the interior of the body unit, wherein food or food containers are placed at the body container and the top side.

Abstract: Systems, apparatus and methods for providing an inspection map are disclosed. An apparatus for performing an inspection may include an inspection data circuit to interpret inspection data, a robot positioning circuit to interpret position data, and a processed data circuit to link the inspection data with the position data to determine position-based inspection data. The apparatus may further include a user interaction circuit to interpret an inspection visualization request for an inspection map and an inspection visualization circuit to determine the inspection map based on the position-based inspection data, and a provisioning circuit structured to provide the inspection map to a user device.

Abstract: Systems, methods and apparatus for rapid development of an inspection scheme for an inspection robot are disclosed. An apparatus may include an inspection definition circuit to interpret an inspection description value, and a robot configuration circuit to determine an inspection robot configuration description in response to the inspection description value. The apparatus may further include a configuration implementation circuit, communicatively coupled to a configuration interface of an inspection robot, to provide at least a portion of the inspection robot configuration description to the configuration interface.

Abstract: There is described an emergency lighting system for minimizing power leakage to assure proper operation of an emergency mode. The system comprises a digital addressable lighting bus having digital control lines, a driver, and a lighting control. The driver receives emergency power and provides the emergency power to a light emitter in response to detecting that the digital control lines are shorted. The lighting control receives normal power and includes a relay contact that shorts the digital control lines in response to detecting lack of the normal power. For another aspect, the driver and the lighting control are coupled to lighting control lines, which are either digital or analog control lines. For yet another aspect, a control bypass comprises a power unit, a relay coil, and a relay contact. The relay contact manages outputs of the power unit in response to activation and de-activation by the relay coil.

Abstract: Systems and methods for real time feedback and for updating welding instructions for a welding robot in real time is described herein. The data of a workspace that includes a part to be welded can be received via at least one sensor. This data can be transformed into a point cloud data representing a three-dimensional surface of the part. A desired state indicative of a desired position of at least a portion of the welding robot with respect to the part can be identified. An estimated state indicative of an estimated position of at least the portion of the welding robot with respect to the part can be compared to the desired state. The welding instructions can be updated based on the comparison.

Abstract: There is described an upstream device for translating clock domain for non-synchronized sensors comprising a communication component, a memory component, and a processor. The communication component detects a report received from a sensor that includes a beacon receive time in a sensor clock domain and a current report transmit time in the sensor clock domain. The memory component provides a previous report receive time in the aggregator clock domain and a previous report transmit time in the sensor clock domain. The processor identifies a current report receive time in an aggregator clock domain based on the report detected by the communication component. The processor also determines a beacon receive time in the aggregator clock domain based, at least in part, on the beacon receive time in the sensor clock domain, the current report transmit time, the current report receive time, the previous report receive time, the previous report transmit time.

Abstract: A system for control of a mobility device comprising a controller for analyzing data from at least one sensor on the mobility device, wherein the data is used to determine the gait of user. The gait data is then used to provide motion command to an electric motor on the mobility device.