Abstract: An example test system includes test sites for testing devices under test (DUTs), where the test sites include a test site configured to hold a DUT for testing. The test system includes a thermal control system to control a temperature of the DUT separately from control over temperatures of other DUTs in other test sites. The thermal control system includes a thermoelectric cooler (TEC) and a structure that is thermally conductive. The TEC is in thermal communication with the DUT to control the temperature of the DUT by transferring heat between the DUT and the structure.

Abstract: An example test system includes a test socket for testing a DUT, a lid for the test socket, and an actuator configured to force the lid onto the test socket and to remove the lid from the test socket. The actuator includes an upper arm to move the lid, an attachment mechanism connected to the upper arm to contact the lid, where the attachment mechanism is configured to allow the lid to float relative to the test socket to enable alignment between the lid and the test socket, and a lower arm to anchor the actuator to a board containing the test socket. The actuator is configured to move the upper arm linearly towards and away from the test socket and to rotate the upper arm towards and away from the test socket.

Abstract: An example polarity inverter includes multiple contactors, each of which includes switches that are controllable to configure a current path. Each of the multiple contactors includes contacts, which are interleaved such that first contacts to receive voltage having a first polarity alternate with second contacts to receive voltage having a second polarity, where the first polarity and the second polarity are different. The polarity inverter also includes a first conductive plate to connect electrically to each of the first contacts, and a second conductive plate to connect electrically to each of the second contacts. The first conductive plate and the second conductive plate are in parallel. A dielectric material is between the first conductive plate and the second conductive plate.

Abstract: A method and system for programming picking and placing of a workpiece is provided. Embodiments may include associating a workpiece with an end effector that is attached to a robot and scanning the workpiece while the workpiece is associated with the end effector. Embodiments may also include determining a pose of the workpiece relative to the robot, based upon, at least in part, the scanning.

Abstract: An example test system includes a test head, and a device interface board (DIB) configured to connect to the test head. The DIB is for holding devices under test (DUTs). The DIB includes electrical conductors for transmitting electrical signals between the DUTs and the test head. Servers are programmed to function as test instruments. The servers are external to, and remote from, the test head and are configured to communicate signals over fiber optic cables with the test head. The signals include serial signals.

Abstract: A method and computing system comprising identifying one or more candidate objects for selection by a robot. A path to the one or more candidate objects may be determined based upon, at least in part, a robotic environment and at least one robotic constraint. A feasibility of grasping a first candidate object of the one or more candidate objects may be validated. If the feasibility is validated, the robot may be controlled to physically select the first candidate object. If the feasibility is not validated, at least one of a different grasping point of the first candidate object, a second path, or a second candidate object may be selected.

Abstract: Circuitry and methods of operating the same to strobe a DQ signal with a gated DQS signal are described. Some aspects are directed to a gating scheme to selectively pass a received strobe signal such as a DQS strobe signal based on a state of a drive enable (DE) signal in a drive circuit in the ATE, such that edges generated by the drive circuit are prevented from mistakenly strobing a received data signal such as a DQ signal.

Abstract: An example test head manipulator includes a tower having a base and a track, where the track is vertical relative to the base, and arms to enable support for the test head. The arms are connected to the track to move the test head vertically relative to the tower, and the arms are configured to control rotation of the test head. Each of the arms includes a cam that is rotatable, and at least one plunger in contact with the cam and that is configured to contact the test head. Rotation of the cam is controllable to move the at least one plunger to offset an uncontrolled rotation the test head.

Abstract: A method and computing system comprising identifying a plurality of robot configurations for each inspection point of a plurality of inspection points of a problem. A graph may be generated with each feasible robot configuration as a node on the graph. A distance may be calculated between a pair of feasible robot configurations. A shortest complete path connecting each node on the graph may be obtained based upon, at least in part, the distance between the pair of feasible robot configurations.

Abstract: An example includes the following operations: identifying parameters associated with a test program, where the parameters are based on at least one of a device under test (DUT) to be tested by the test program or a type of test to be performed on the DUT by the test program; assigning weights to the parameters; generating a numerical value for the test program based on the parameters, the weights, and equations that are based on the parameters and the weights, where the numerical value is indicative of a complexity of the test program; and using the numerical value to obtain information about effort needed to develop future test programs.

Abstract: An automated mobile vehicle (AMV) including a frame forming a pallet bed for a pallet, and having an automated mobile robot bus, separate and distinct from the pallet bed, a drive section coupled to the frame to provide automated vehicle mobility, and a controller operably coupled to the drive section to effect automated vehicle mobility, wherein, the robot bus has a bus interface for docking independent automated mobile robots (AMR) to the frame so that the AMR is carried by the frame, wherein the AMR has independent automated mobility so that undocked from the frame, the AMR is free to roam independent from the AMV, and wherein the AMR is fungible for docking with the frame from a number different AMRs, to effect a predetermined material handling characteristic, and wherein the controller is coupled to the AMR to manage control of the predetermined material handling characteristic with the AMR undocked from the frame and moving as a unit apart from the frame.

Abstract: Example automatic test equipment (ATE) includes a first test instrument to receive a waveform from a device under test, where the waveform is based on test signals sent from the ATE to the DUT; circuitry to generate digital pulses based on the waveform; and a second test instrument to receive the digital pulses over at least two digital pins and to process the digital pulses to test the DUT.

Abstract: Embodiments of the present disclosure are directed towards a robotic system and method. The system may include a robot and a three dimensional sensor device associated with the robot configured to scan a welding area and generate a scanned welding area. The system may include a processor configured to receive the scanned welding area and to generate a three dimensional point cloud based upon, at least in part the scanned welding area. The processor may be further configured to perform processing on the three dimensional point cloud in a two-dimensional domain. The processor may be further configured to generate one or more three dimensional welding paths and to simulate the one or more three dimensional welding paths.

Abstract: An example front-end module includes a channel to connect to a device under test (DUT). The front-end module includes a transmission line between the DUT and the front-end module that is configured for bidirectional transmission of oscillating signals including test signals and response signals, and in-phase and quadrature (IQ) circuitry configured to modulate a test signal for transmission over the transmission line to the DUT and to demodulate a response received over the transmission line from the DUT. The front-end module include at least four taps into the transmission line to obtain direct current (DC) voltage values based on the oscillating signals. Scattering (s) parameters of the channel are based on the DC voltage values. The front-end module includes at least six ports.

Abstract: An example apparatus includes a block configured to connect mechanically to a circuit board. The circuit board includes a first conductive path running to a first electrical contact on the circuit board and a second conductive path running to a second electrical contact on the circuit board. The first electrical contact and the second electrical contact are arranged in an area of the circuit board. The block includes a component having a surface that is configured to cover at least part of the area. A conductive layer is attached to at least part of the surface. The conductive layer is for creating a short circuit between the first electrical contact and the second electrical contact following connection of the block to the circuit board.

Abstract: An example test system includes power amplifier circuitry to force voltage or current to a test channel and one or more processing devices configured to control the power amplifier circuitry to comply with a compliance curve. The compliance curve relates output of the voltage to output of the current. According to the compliance curve, maximum current output increases as an absolute value of the voltage output increases.

Abstract: An example test system includes a circuit to sample a signal that is repetitive in cycles to obtain data; a processor configured to generate an eye diagram based on the data, where the eye diagram represents parametric information about the signal; and a functional test circuit to receive the signal and to perform one or more functional tests on the signal. The test systems is configured to receive the signal from a unit under test and to allow the signal to pass to the functional test circuit inline without changing at least part of the signal.

Abstract: A collaborative logistic facility management system for a logistic facility includes multiple robot autonomous guided vehicles and a system controller. The vehicles transport logistics goods or pallets between truck portals and storage locations and are configured for autonomous guidance travel, in autonomous mode and include a collaborating operator input for collaborative autonomous guided vehicle navigation and guidance. The system controller commands each vehicle to transfer the logistic goods or pallets between the truck portals and the storage locations, identifies a predetermined truck portal of a corresponding truck to be loaded or to be unloaded, and generates a collaborative zone. The controller generates a queue of robot autonomous guided vehicles on a side of the collaborative zone and commands the multiple robot autonomous guided vehicles disposed to load or unload the corresponding truck to move in autonomous mode into the queue.

Abstract: An example apparatus includes a cover to shield, at least partly, a conductive trace on a surface of a circuit board from electromagnetic interference. The cover includes a conductive surface that faces the conductive trace. The cover at least partly encloses a volume over the conductive trace. The volume is for holding air over the conductive trace. One or more contacts electrically connect the conductive surface of the cover to electrical ground on the circuit board.

Abstract: Embodiments of the present disclosure are directed towards a robotic system. The system may include a robot configured to receive an initial constrained approach for performing a robot task. The system may further include a graphical user interface in communication with the robot. The graphical user interface may be configured to allow a user to interact with the robot to determine an allowable range of robot poses associated with the robot task. The allowable range of robot poses may include fewer constraints than the initial constrained approach. The allowable range of poses may be based upon, at least in part, one or more degrees of symmetry associated with a workpiece associated with the robot task or an end effector associated with the robot. The system may also include a processor configured to communicate the allowable range of robot poses to the robot.