Abstract: A method of operating a power plant is provided. The method includes generating, with one or more power generators, a total plant power. The method further includes providing a first portion of the total plant power to one or more auxiliary devices to meet an auxiliary demand. The auxiliary demand being generated through operation of the one or more auxiliary devices. The one or more auxiliary devices being one of thermally, fluidly, or mechanically coupled to the one or more power generators. The method further includes providing a second portion of the total plant power to a flexible firm skid disposed within the power plant to meet a flexible firm demand. The method further includes providing a third portion of the total plant power to a power grid outside of the power plant to meet a grid demand.

Abstract: A portable 3D printer filament extruder for kids includes a chamber, a nozzle, a heating element and a pump. The chamber has a space configured to store raw materials. The nozzle is connected with the chamber. The nozzle has an opening communicated with the space. The heating element is disposed on the chamber and configured to heat up the raw materials in the space. The pump is connected with the chamber and configured to provide pressure to the space to extrude the heated raw materials out of the chamber through the opening in a form of filament.

Abstract: Assembly-level properties defined by a manufactured product's assembly tree analyzed as trigger predicates to assist identification (i.e., selection and/or preparation) of inspection requirements for the manufactured product. Particular emphasis is placed on hierarchical relationships—assembly identification, effects of manufacturing on the visibility/accessibility of an assembly to inspection, and using assembly-level semantics to trigger inspection requirements. The identified inspection requirements are optionally open (semantic) or closed. In some embodiments, identified inspection requirements are provided to an automatic inspection planning system configured to generate an inspection plan, the actions of which said plan fulfill the inspection requirements.

Abstract: Processing of robotics log data may be performed onboard the robotics itself and log data may be converted to a form that is more suitable for parallel processing. In one aspect, robotics log data may include multiple channels. These channels are received and are used to generate data packages referred to as shards. Each shard is associated with a time window. For example, each shard may contain the robotics log data from all channels for the relevant time window. Additional data, such as an index and metadata, may be included with the shards so that each shard may be processed independently. Each shard is independently consumable and, as a result, the shards may be processed in parallel to accomplish some task. Furthermore, the creation of shards and the subsequent processing of shards may occur onboard the robotics itself.

Abstract: This disclosure generally relates to systems and methods for monitoring and recording weather event impacts on structures. A weather evaluation system can include onsite devices installed at structure locations that leverage various sensor integrations and/or AI models to permit precise, localized weather monitoring at the structures. The sensor integrations and/or AI models utilized by the onsite devices can facilitate the detection and documentation of weather damage on structures, such as damage caused by hail, high-speed winds, or the like.

Abstract: A power system includes: power converters configured to acquire an electrical characteristic value of input power or power to output, control a power conversion characteristic of an output of power based on a reference function in which an electrical characteristic value of an output of power is defined according to an input value by using the acquired electrical characteristic value as an input value, and update a stored reference function to the acquired reference function; a controller configured to set a reference function and output the set reference function to the power converters; and a DC electric line to which the plurality of power converters is connected. The controller is configured to calculate a voltage drop in the electric line from a power target value of an output and a line impedance of the electric line, and set the reference function based on the calculated voltage drop.

Abstract: A milk extracting system and computer-implemented method of adjusting the vacuum pressures applied respectively at different teat cups for milking the teats of an animal during a milk extraction procedure, where a teat-specific milk flow value is determined for each individual teat during the milk extraction, based on measurements received from respective milk flow meters, each determined teat specific milk flow value is compared with a first threshold limit, and when a determination is made that all of the teat specific milk flow values exceed the first threshold limit the vacuum pressure at each teat cup is adjusted to a high flow vacuum pressure level.

Abstract: A method for producing a machine component from a workpiece includes registering a dimension of a surface of the workpiece to be machined and a margin of tolerance of the dimension, generating a signature pattern for the surface to be machined, shaping the workpiece at least on the surface to be machined, where a signature pattern is simultaneously produced during the shaping, and producing a check code on the workpiece, where the signature pattern has maximum dimensions that are within the tolerance margin.

Abstract: Methods, apparatuses, and computer program products are disclosed for monitoring chiller efficiency degradation. An example method receives a first data set comprising chiller operations data and chiller efficiency data over a first time interval. The method receives a second data set comprising chiller operations data and chiller efficiency data over a second time interval. The method generates, with the machine learning model, a data prediction based upon the first data set and the chiller operations data of the second data set, wherein the data prediction comprises expected chiller efficiency data over the second time interval. The method determines a chiller efficiency degradation level based on a difference between the data prediction and the chiller efficiency data of the second data set.

Abstract: Automation controller and method for operating the automation controller, wherein the automation controller includes Ethernet channels to which network interfaces can be assigned via a first register with a first register value and a second register with a second register value, where the assignments are made and these are examined for variances via test values.

Abstract: Generating a digital representation of a process automation system on a cloud-based service platform uses assets integrated into measurement points. The method includes reading TAG information using an edge device, wherein the TAG information is provided in a character chain data type and represents the hierarchical structure of the respective asset. The method also includes transmitting the TAG information to the cloud-based service platform, and parsing the TAG information using an application, wherein a logic is used for the parsing process, and the name of the asset and the name of the measurement point in which the respective asset is integrated are extracted from the TAG information. A structure plan of the system is generated using the application having all of the system measurement points extracted from the TAG information together with all of the assets which are assigned to the measurement points and are extracted from the TAG information.

Abstract: A component mounting system includes an execution procedure determination section for determining an execution procedure of multiple mounting jobs, and a job switching section for switching the mounting jobs. The job switching section holds, in the attachment target section, a feeder accommodating a component common to a component used in the subsequent mounting job among components used in the previous mounting job when the previous and subsequent successive mounting jobs in the execution procedure are switched, and mounts, on an empty attachment target section among the multiple attachment target sections, a feeder accommodating a component not common to a component used in the previous mounting job among components used in the subsequent mounting job.

Abstract: Some examples relate to optimizing energy efficiency associated with workspaces in a building. In one specific example, a system can execute a trained machine-learning model to generate a predicted activity pattern associated with a workspace in a building, the predicted activity pattern being a forecast of workspace activity associated with the workspace over a future time window. The system can, based on the predicted activity pattern, generate at least one control signal for at least one control system associated with the workspace. And the system can transmit the at least one control signal to the at least one control system, the at least one control system being configured to receive the at least one control signal and responsively adjust at least one environmental condition associated with the workspace from a first setting to a second setting.

Abstract: An element which limits throughput of a plating apparatus is identified. A method for identifying an element which limits throughput of a plating apparatus is provided. The method comprises: a step for creating a time chart which represents process schedules of plural processing units and one or plural transfer apparatuses; a step for calculating, based on the time chart, at least one of an operation rate and a degree of freedom of taking-out with respect to each of elements comprising the plural processing units and the one or plural transfer apparatuses, wherein the degree of freedom of taking-out represents a degree of freedom with respect to timing when the substrate which has been processed can be taken out of one of the processing units; and a step for displaying, with respect to each of the elements comprising the plural processing units and the one or plural transfer apparatuses, at least one of the calculated operation rate and the calculated degree of freedom of taking-out.

Abstract: A building system can operate to receive an indication from a user device of a user to query a digital twin of one or more buildings, the digital twin including entities including buildings, equipment, spaces, or data of the one or more buildings, the equipment, or the spaces, the digital twin including relationships between the entities. The building system can operate to receive building data from the digital twin by querying the digital twin based on the indication received from the user device. The building system can operate to generate an analytics model based on the building data, wherein the analytics model is trained based on the building data and deploy the analytics model to operate based on data of the one or more buildings and generate one or more analytic results based on the data of the one or more buildings.

Abstract: A three-dimensional (3D) printing system for printing 3D structures includes an extruder configured to layer material along a surface during a printing process. The 3D printing system also includes a processor configured to receive an identifier from a device associated with a user and receive a non-fungible token (NFT). The NFT includes a blueprint of a structure. The processor is also configured to query a blockchain to confirm the NFT is associated with the identifier and, in response to determining that the user owns the NFT, cause the extruder to print a physical structure based on the blueprint.

Abstract: A tower control box for an intermediate tower of a center pivot irrigation system includes an overtravel shutoff switch configured to be toggled when the intermediate tower is out of alignment with a connected tower of the center pivot irrigation system beyond a misalignment threshold, wherein toggling the overtravel shutoff switch disconnects power to all wheel actuators of the center pivot irrigation system by opening a normally closed sub-switch for connecting the power and closing a normally open sub-switch for diverting the power. The tower control box may further include a misalignment indicator light and/or an externally accessible override switch connected to the overtravel shutoff switch to help identify and/or realign the intermediate tower with other towers of the center pivot irrigation system after the overtravel shutoff switch has been triggered.

Abstract: A management device for a substrate processing system and a management method for the substrate processing system are provided to allow an operation work in charge of an overhead hoist transport (OHT) control system to know an inspection work end state using an inspection work state, when an inspector performs inspection work of a manufacturing facility using an OHT. The management device includes a tag for inspector that transmits location information for inspector, a repeater that interworks with the tag for inspector to relay the location information for inspector, and an OHT control system including a location information converter that interworks with the repeater to receive the location information for inspector and converts the location information for inspector into location coordinates for inspector.

Abstract: A computer implemented method for controlling a synthesis process for a chemical or biological product, comprising the steps of at a processing device of a synthesis specification control module receiving via a communication interface a synthesis specification for the synthesis process, deriving a set of experimental requirements from the synthesis specification, receiving via the communication interface device laboratory equipment data associated with at least one laboratory equipment device deriving a set of equipment properties from the laboratory equipment data associated with at least one laboratory equipment device, comparing the set of experimental requirements with the set of equipment properties, generating control data based on the comparison providing with the processing device the control data suitable for controlling the synthesis process.

Abstract: An integrated system and associated methodology allow performing at-home spirometry tests using smart devices which leverage the built-in millimeter-wave (mmWave) technology. Implementations leverage deep learning with some embodiments including a combination of mmWave signal processing and CNN-LSTM (Convolutional Neural Network-Long Short-Term Memory Network) architecture. Smartphone devices are transformed into reliable at-home spirometers by having a user hold a device in front of their mouth, inhale their full lung volume, and forcibly exhale until the entire volume is expelled, as in typical spirometry tests. Airflow on the device surface creates tiny vibrations which directly affect the phase of the reflected mmWave signal from nearby objects. Stronger airflow yields larger vibration and higher phase change. The technology analyzes tiny vibrations created by airflow on the device surface and combines wireless signal processing with deep learning.