Abstract: A cleaning robot control method, applicable to a cleaning robot, includes: obtaining a network status of the cleaning robot and performing a preset action when the network status is a network-disconnected state or a network signal intensity is lower than a preset signal intensity threshold. A computer-readable storage medium and a cleaning robot are further provided.

Abstract: A system for the safe control of safety protections comprises at least one first control device (2) placed outside the safety perimeter (P) for sending commands to stop and enable the machine or plant (M) following the opening/closing of the accesses (A1, A2), a first safety switch (3) placed close to one or more of the accesses (A1, A2) for their locking and/or unlocking, one or more actuators having a transponder with identification code for interacting with the first control device and/or safety switch, at least one control unit connected to the first control device and to the safety switch to receive the actuation commands and enable the operation of the machine or plant (M) between an operating condition and a safety operating condition. Second means are also provided for enabling the exit from the safety perimeter (P) for one or more operators.

Abstract: The present invention relates to a substrate transfer system and method enabling a direction of a substrate or the order of substrates to be maintained even when the substrate is swing-moved and transferred by a robot transportation device, in particularly, the substrate transfer system may include: a robot transportation device that transfers at least one substrate using at least one swing-movable transport arm; and a compensatory rotation device that is mounted on the transport arm of the robot transportation device and selectively supports the substrate to thus enable compensatory rotation thereof so that, even when the transport arm has a swing motion while the substrate is transferred by the robot transportation device, a direction of the substrate or the order of the substrates can be maintained.

Abstract: This provides a system and method for handling the interchange of trailers between an over the road (OTR) truck and an autonomous vehicle (AV) yard truck in a facility yard includes an interchange zone (IZ) that is bounded by a predetermined boundary structure, having an OTR entry gate and an OTR exit gate on a first side and an AV entry gate and an AV exit gate on a second side. The system and method further includes a management process that selectively opens and closes each of the OTR entry gate, the OTR exit gate, the AV entry gate and the AV exit gate according to a predetermined set of rules.

Abstract: A method and a system for controlling a flight device, a storage medium and an electronic device are provided. The method includes: acquiring a mission flight route of a first flight device, where the mission flight route is configure to indicate a flight route of a data acquisition mission to be performed by the first flight device; generating a relay flight route of the second flight device according to the mission flight route and a relay base station distribution on the mission flight route, where the relay flight route is configured to indicate a flight route of the second flight device during execution of the data acquisition mission by the first flight device; and controlling the first flight device to perform the data acquisition mission according to the mission flight route and controlling the second flight device to perform the data acquisition mission according to the relay flight route.

Abstract: Example implementations may relate to determining a strategy for a drop process associated with a light detection and ranging (LIDAR) device. In particular, the LIDAR device could emit light pulses and detect return light pulses, and could generate a set of data points representative of the detected return light pulses. The drop process could involve a computing system discarding data point(s) of the set and/or preventing emission of light pulse(s) by the LIDAR device. Accordingly, the computing system could detect a trigger to engage in the drop process, and may responsively (i) use information associated with the environment around the vehicle, operation of the vehicle, and/or operation of the LIDAR device as a basis to determine the strategy for the drop process, and (ii) engage in the drop process in accordance with the determined strategy.

Abstract: A method and a device for controlling mode switching of a hybrid electric vehicle, and a vehicle is provided, and belongs to the field of hybrid electric vehicles. The method includes: performing, if the drive state information indicates that a current drive mode of the hybrid electric vehicle is a forward mode of a non-hybrid drive and in a case that a current speed reaches a speed limit, a pre-gear operation when a transmission gear of the hybrid electric vehicle is a neutral gear, to switch the transmission gear from the neutral gear to a second gear. The technical solution provided by the embodiments of the present disclosure can make the hybrid electric vehicle unable to switch to the hybrid drive mode due to the limitation of the ability of synchronizer on gear shifting when driving at a high speed.

Abstract: Disclosed herein relates to a system of and method for solid-state microwave amplification by stimulated emission of radiation (hereinafter “MASER”) and/or a sound amplification by stimulation emission of radiation (hereinafter “SASER”) used in a series of micro-drones to for monitoring, protecting, controlling, disabling, sterilizing, and/or destroying of a target. The micro-drones may form an autonomous, self-sustaining swarm, such that the micro-drones may exit and rejoin the hybrid drone swarm, automatically, optimizing monitoring by allowing at least one micro-drone to be constantly within the hybrid drone swarm around the target without requiring downtime. Additionally, the micro-drones may automatically recharge via at least one solar panel. In addition, the present disclosure may defend a user and/or area from enemy drones or enemy targets using a system of micro-drones.

Abstract: A system and method for utilizing model predictive control for optimal interactions that include receiving environment e data associated with a surrounding environment of an ego agent and dynamic data associated with an operation of the ego agent. The system and method also include inputting the environment data and the dynamic data to variational autoencoders. The system and method additionally include utilizing the model predictive control through functional approximation with the variational autoencoders and decoders to output probabilistic action estimates. The system and method further include outputting an estimated optimal control trajectory based on analysis of the probabilistic action estimates to control at least one system of the ego agent to operate within the surrounding environment of the ego agent.

Abstract: A system and a method for providing a sign language service are provided. The system includes a first terminal that generates at least one piece of first message data corresponding to a message to be delivered by a first user. The system also includes a server that converts the first message data received from the first terminal into first operation data corresponding to an operation of a robot. The system also includes the robot that performs an operation according to the first operation data received from the server. The server sorts two or more pieces of first operation data based on a transmission order according to a predetermined criterion, when identifying the two or more pieces of first operation data, and transmits the pieces of sorted first operation data to the robot. The robot performs the operation, based on the pieces of sorted first operation data.

Abstract: The present disclosure provides to an apparatus for managing travel of a vehicle having an autonomous travel function. The apparatus executes the following steps. The apparatus sequentially acquires sensor information from a recognition sensor mounted on the vehicle. The apparatus sequentially generates prediction information showing a position of an object at a future time point based on the sensor information acquired sequentially. The apparatus transmits a remote support request to a remote support operator. The apparatus receives a remote support given in response to the remote support request by the remote support operator. The apparatus makes the vehicle autonomously travel in accordance with the remote support in response to confirming that an actual position of an object obtained from sensor information and a predicted position of an object obtained from prediction information correspond.

Abstract: A robot management system includes: a first robot management unit that manages an activity of a first mobile robot taking a first area as an activity range; a second robot management unit that manages an activity of a second mobile robot taking a second area as an activity range; a wide area task accepting unit that accepts a wide area task involving movement from a first point in the first area to a second point in the second area; and a narrow area task setting unit that sets a first narrow area task including movement from the first point in the first area to a relay point in an overlap area and takeover processing to the second mobile robot at the relay point for supporting the second mobile robot to move to the second point, and a second narrow area task including the takeover processing from the first mobile robot 61 at the relay point.

Abstract: An apparatus and method for diagnosing a microphone of a vehicle reduce an interior noise by applying an active road surface noise reduction method, learn sounds collected using a plurality of microphones to generate a simulated signal for a specific microphone, and detect a failure of the specific microphone by comparing the simulated signal with an actually measured sound of the specific microphone so that noise reduction efficiency can be improved by distinguishing a noise from an interior sound, a failed microphone can be accurately detected using the sounds of the plurality of microphones, the spread of an unnecessary noise can be prevented by diagnosing a failure of the specific microphone, and a more comfortable and stable interior environment can be provided to occupants.

Abstract: Disclosed are a hybrid electric vehicle and a driving control method therefor, which are capable of switching to a driving mode and performing a kick-down shift more quickly. In particular, the method for controlling the hybrid electric vehicle includes: determining a first motor directly connected to an engine and an available torque in a target gear of each second motors connected to the first motor when a driving mode is changed from an electric vehicle (EV) mode to a hybrid electric vehicle (HEV) mode and a kick-down shift is required simultaneously; and determining operating points of the first motor and the second motor before an actual shift ends, based on the determined available torque and the type of kick-down shift.

Abstract: A method for inserting a wire. An image of a connector is generated using a camera system connected to an end effector. The end effector is at a connector pose facing the connector. A region in the image encompassing the connector is selected. An initial mask is created using the image and the region. The initial mask comprises a background region and a connector region. A segmentation mask is created using the initial mask and the image, wherein the segmentation mask includes edges for the connector. Thresholding is applied to the segmentation mask to recover pixels for the connector and generate a final mask. The final mask is used to insert the wire into the connector.

Abstract: A robotic system with independently controllable higher derivatives is disclosed. An indication is received of a trajectory through which an end effector comprising a robotic arm is to be moved. A plan is determined to use a combination of one or more motors and one or more energy removal devices to move one or more elements comprising the robotic arm in a manner that will result in the end effector being moved through the trajectory, including by using the one or more motors to apply torque to said one or more elements comprising the robotic arm during a first interval and using the one or more energy removal devices to remove energy from one or more of said elements during a second interval that starts after the start of the first interval. Commands to implement the plan are sent via a communication interface.

Abstract: A surgical system includes a tool operable to modify a bone and circuitry programmed to orient a voxel grid relative to a model of the bone based on a planned bone modification and generate, using the voxel grid, a visualization of progress of the tool in executing the planned bone modification based on tracking data indicative of positions of the tool.

Abstract: A surgical robot, a graphical control device and a graphical display method thereof, the surgical robot including: a display; at least two manipulators; and a controller configured to: when a first manipulator is detected to be in an operational mode, obtain state information of the joint assembly sensed by the sensors of the first manipulator; obtain a kinematic model of the first manipulator; acquire configuration parameters of a virtual camera; combine the configuration parameters of the virtual camera, the kinematic model of the first manipulator and the state information thereof so as to generate an image model of the first manipulator from a viewing point of the virtual camera; and display the image model of the first manipulator in a first display window of the display. The surgical robot facilitates doctors observing the posture state of the manipulators that are used during a surgical process.

Abstract: The present disclosure relates to a harvesting system for variety of grain crops. The harvesting system comprises a harvester control unit, a grain loss monitoring GLM-ECU, a cloud communication interface ECU, a plurality of sensors, a controller area network (CAN), a buzzer/alarming device, a display unit, a cloud and a mobile application. The GLM-ECU is configured to process signals from a sieve sensor and a straw walker sensor. The harvester control unit is configured to process signals received from the plurality of sensors and the cloud communication interface ECU serves as an interface to interchange the data between the harvester control unit and the cloud. The harvester system results in increase in productivity and trust among the stake holders by virtue of real-time information sharing.

Abstract: Methods, non-transitory computer readable media, interface adapter devices, and surgical computing devices and systems that detect and analyze connectivity of an end effector to a robotic arm are disclosed. With this technology, an interface adapter device of a robotic arm includes a connectivity sensor that determines when an end effector is disconnected from the robotic arm to be used as a handpiece by a surgeon to carry out particular surgical task(s) associated with a surgical procedure. The interface adapter device can instruct the robotic arm to automatically enter an inactive state defined in a surgical plan for the surgical procedure upon detection of the disconnection. Upon reconnection of the handpiece, or installation of a different handpiece, the interface adapter device automatically facilitates readjustment of the robotic arm based on an active state (e.g., automated resumption of the surgical procedure) defined in a surgical plan for the surgical procedure.