Abstract: An exoskeleton system, the exoskeleton system comprising one or more actuator units that include a fluidic actuator, one or more sensors and an exoskeleton device. The exoskeleton device includes a fluidic system, and a processor and memory, the memory storing instructions, that when executed by the processor, are configured to control the exoskeleton system to introduce fluid to the fluidic actuator of the one or more actuator units to cause actuation of the fluidic actuator of the one or more actuator units. The exoskeleton system may be configured to operate in, on or around a body of water and can be water and/or corrosion resistant.

Abstract: The disclosure relates to a method for sensing information concerning the extent of a product carrier, which can be transported by means of a guided vehicle that can be operated in an at least partially automated manner, in at least one direction of extent, in which at least the following steps are carried out in an automated manner by the guided vehicle: a) driving to an initial position, predefined in relation to the product carrier, the reaching of the initial position being detected by means of a sensor device of the guided vehicle, b) driving a predefined distance along the direction of extent, starting from the initial position, c) carrying out a further detection operation by means of the same sensor device of the guided vehicle once the predefined distance has been driven.

Abstract: A multifunctional vehicle includes a traveling input device that is operated by a driver of the multifunctional vehicle; an information processing device that processes operation information of the traveling input device and that switches and executes a normal driving mode for driving the multifunctional vehicle and a remote driving mode for driving the other vehicle; wearable glasses that communicate with another vehicle directly or via the information processing device; and a communication device that communicate with the other vehicle. In the normal driving mode, a vehicle control of the multifunctional vehicle is executed using control information generated based on the operation information. In the remote driving mode, the control information is transmitted to the other vehicle via the communication device. The wearable glasses are configured to display a surrounding image of the other vehicle during execution of the remote driving mode by the information processing device.

Abstract: A vehicular apparatus is configured to authenticate a user of a vehicle. In response to authenticating the user, a user management table, which manages an association between the user and a permitted or prohibited operation of the user for each vehicle scene, is referred to, and the permitted or prohibited operation of the user authenticated is specified to provide a specified result. An application corresponding to the permitted or prohibited operation of the user is notified of the specified result to manage the operation of the user.

Abstract: A household service matching system built on a communication network, includes: a request disclosing unit configured to disclose on the communication network, a request transmitted from a terminal apparatus related to a client who wishes to entrust household service; an acceptance receiving unit configured to receive an acceptance transmitted from a terminal apparatus related to a consignment applicant in response to the request; a determination unit configured to determine a formal consignee from consignment applicants related to the terminal apparatuses having transmitted the acceptance; a vehicle dispatching unit configured to dispatch a vehicle for picking up the formal consignee to a designated position designated by the formal consignee; and a vehicle control unit configured to control the vehicle such that the vehicle that carries the formal consignee arrives at the client's address.

Abstract: Applied within an automated robotic manufacturing system that includes additive manufacturing capabilities, methods and enabling devices are disclosed for achieving precise multi-dimension positional alignment among a plurality of diverse took that are involved in collaboratively constructing a solid object. The enabling devices according to various embodiments include an automatically deployed contact sensing probe and a tool center point sensor that detects contact with tools in multiple axes. At least one disclosed method advantageously utilizes both sensing devices in complement.

Abstract: A vehicle includes a tilt rotor that is aft of a fixed wing and that is attached to the fixed wing via a pylon. A flight computer configured to instruct the tilt rotor to produce a maximum downward angle including by updating an actuator authority database associated with the flight computer to reflect the maximum downward angle, and generating a rotor control signal for the tilt rotor using the updated actuator authority database that reflects the maximum downward angle, wherein the maximum downward angle is adjustable.

Abstract: A decoupling control method for a humanoid robot includes: decomposing tasks of the humanoid robot to obtain kinematic tasks and dynamic tasks, and classifying corresponding joints of the humanoid robot into kinematic task joints or dynamic task joints; solving desired positions and desired speeds of the kinematic task joints for performing the kinematic tasks according to desired positions and desired speeds of ends in the kinematic tasks using inverse kinematics; calculating torques of the kinematic task joints based on the desired positions and desired speeds of the kinematic task joints; and solving a pre-built optimization model of torques required for the dynamic task joints based on the calculated torques of the kinematic task joints, to obtain torques required by the dynamic task joints for performing the dynamic tasks.

Abstract: A system for a vehicle includes a vehicle processor disposed to control a drive system, and a memory for storing executable instructions. The vehicle processor is programmed to execute the instructions to determine, via the vehicle processor, a localization of a mobile device using a tethered wireless connection between the mobile device and the vehicle, receive, via the processor, an absolute heading of the mobile device, determine, via the vehicle processor, based on the localization of the mobile device, a relative bearing angle from the mobile device to the vehicle. The system may use the tethered wireless connection and the relative bearing angle from the mobile device to the vehicle to determine that a user is actuating a Human Machine Interface (HMI) element indicative of user attention to a remote parking maneuver and complete the remote parking maneuver.

Abstract: A battery management device includes: a first switch state acquisition unit configured to acquire the state of an ignition switch; a determination unit configured to determine to perform correction control for correcting an error in the state of charge (SOC) of the battery when the ignition switch is operated from ON to OFF; a correction control unit configured to perform the correction control of the SOC of the battery when it is determined that the correction control is to be performed; and a second switch state acquisition unit configured to acquire the state of a cancel switch for canceling the execution of the correction control. When the ignition switch is operated from ON to OFF while the cancel switch is ON, the determination unit determines that the correction control is not to be performed.

Abstract: A method in an aircraft for identifying valid runway intersections for takeoff is provided. The method comprises: estimating a runway length required for takeoff based on aircraft parameters; estimating, at each of a plurality of runway intersections, a corrected runway length at the runway intersection by applying an elevation correction, a temperature correction, and a gradient correction; determining, based on the estimated runway length required for takeoff and the corrected runway length at each of the plurality of runway intersections, each valid runway intersection from the plurality of runway intersections whose corrected runway length is long enough for use by the aircraft for takeoff and each invalid runway intersection from the plurality of runway intersections whose corrected runway length is not long enough for use by the aircraft for takeoff; and signaling an aircraft display device to display on a map depicting the takeoff runway each invalid runway intersection.

Abstract: A sensor system and method for a dynamic change in a touch response time of a door hand touch sensor is provided. The sensor system receives a first communication associated with an actuation setting of the door via the in-vehicle communication bus. The actuation setting includes an option to trigger lock or unlock operations of the door based on a movement of a portable device towards or away from the vehicle. Thereafter, the sensor system controls the touch sensing unit to change a touch response time of the touch sensing unit from a first value to a second value. The change is performed based on the first communication.

Abstract: Provided is an off-line simulation system that enables performance of efficient vision correction training. This vision correction training system for vision correction training is provided with a head mount display capable of displaying an image in a virtual space, and a teaching device communicably connected to the head mount display. The teaching device has: a vision correction unit that, on the basis of a captured image captured by a camera after the position of a workpiece has been moved, performs vision correction on a predetermined movement; and a correction confirmation unit that confirms that the vision correction is appropriately performed on the predetermined movement.

Abstract: Methods and systems for training an autonomous vehicle (AV) motion planning model are disclosed. The system receives a log of data representing objects detected by an AV over time. The system identifies a group of sample times in the log. Each sample time represents a time at which the AV made a choice in response to a state of an object. For each of the sample times, the system will generate candidate trajectories for the AV, and it will output the candidate trajectories on a display. The system will receive a label with a rating for each candidate trajectory. The system will then save, to a data set, each of the candidate trajectories in association with its label and the data from the log for its corresponding sample time. The system may then apply the data set to an AV motion planning model to train the model.

Abstract: An information presentation device for an autonomous vehicle that automatically moves to a predetermined position where a user can get into an own vehicle in response to a request from the user includes an identification unit and an information presentation unit. The identification unit searches for a person present around the own vehicle based on external environment information including a target present around the own vehicle, and identifies whether a person extracted by the search coincides with the user of the own vehicle. When the identification indicating, as an identification result of the identification unit, that the person extracted by the search coincides with the user of the own vehicle is performed, the information presentation unit performs presentation of information to be presented to the user, and changes a presentation mode of information to be presented to the user according to a distance from the own vehicle to the user.

Abstract: The invention relates to a method (100) of controlling a vehicle electrical energy storage system having a plurality of battery units connectable to form a battery unit assembly for providing traction power to a vehicle electric propulsion system. The method comprises the steps of selecting (105) a plurality of sub-sets of battery units from the plurality of battery units, determining (120) an alternative operational power (AOPn) of the electrical energy storage system for each sub-set of the plurality of selected sub-sets of battery units, and for the plurality of selected sub-sets of battery units, identify (140) the sub-set having the highest alternative operational power for providing power to the electric propulsion system among the plurality of sub-sets of battery units.

Abstract: Provided is a vehicle including an autonomous driver assistance system. The vehicle is capable of: acquiring a road image while driving; recognizing other vehicles and lanes from the acquired road image; recognizing the recognized driving pattern of the other vehicle based on the recognized location information of the other vehicle and the recognized location information of the lane, determining whether the other vehicle is a vehicle that fails to comply with a safety driving obligation based on the recognized driving pattern, outputting warning information when it is determined that the other vehicle is not complying with the safety driving obligation; determining whether a lane change is necessary based on the recognized location information of the lane of the other vehicle and the driving pattern of the other vehicle; guiding the lane change when it is determined that it is necessary to change the lane.

Abstract: In picking up tools in an automatic milking arrangement, the positions of the tools are determined by registering, via a camera at an origin location, three-dimensional image data representing the tools whose positions are to be determined. Using an algorithm involving matching the image data against reference data, tool candidates are identified in the three-dimensional image data. A respective position is calculated for the tools based on the origin location and data expressing respective distances from the origin location to each of the identified tool candidates. It is presumed that the tools have predefined locations relative to one another. Therefore, any second tool candidate is disregarded, which is detected at a separation distance from a first tool candidate when the separation distance exceeds a first threshold distance in relation to the predefined relative locations.

Abstract: Systems and methods for classifying at least a portion of an image as being textured or textureless are presented. The system receives an image generated by an image capture device, wherein the image represents one or more objects in a field of view of the image capture device. The system generates one or more bitmaps based on at least one image portion of the image. The one or more bitmaps describe whether one or more features for feature detection are present in the at least one image portion, or describe whether one or more visual features for feature detection are present in the at least one image portion, or describe whether there is variation in intensity across the at least one image portion. The system determines whether to classify the at least one image portion as textured or textureless based on the one or more bitmaps.

Abstract: This document describes neuromorphic controllers. In one aspect, a method for controlling one or more joints of a robotic arm includes receiving, by neuromorphic controller comprising a spiking neural network (SNN), a target value of a joint control variable for a joint of the robotic arm. The SNN includes two position proprioceptor neurons, two-speed proprioceptor neurons, a presynaptic inhibitory neuron, an extensor motor neuron, and a flexor motor neuron. The neuromorphic controller updates an actual value of the joint control variable for the joint of the robotic arm based on the target value of the joint control variable. The updating includes generating, by one of the two position proprioceptor neurons, the first spikes to one of the extensors motor neurons or the flexor motor neuron based on a difference between the actual value of the joint control variable and the target value of the joint control variable.