Abstract: A data safety observer system is described. In one or more implementations, a method includes executing at least one application that generates parameter data to cause a vehicle operation performed by at least one vehicle subsystem coupled to a vehicle network, conducting an integrity check on the parameter data that verifies whether the parameter data will cause the vehicle operation to maintain a safety envelope around the vehicle, responsive to determining that the parameter data does not satisfy the integrity check by verifying that the parameter data will not cause the vehicle operation to maintain the safety envelope around the vehicle, modifying the parameter data such that the vehicle safety envelope is maintained during performance of the vehicle operation, and outputting the modified parameter data on the vehicle network for causing the vehicle subsystem to perform the vehicle operation in a way that maintains the vehicle safety envelope.

Abstract: A system and method are provided that monitor and control, in real time, access to a plurality of resource entities usable by robotic vehicles during workflow. The system can comprise a plurality of industrial controllers each coupled to at least one presence detector configured to detect a state of availability of an entity from a plurality of entities. The system can further comprise management system configured to register a state of availability of each entity in an environment and to selectively grant temporary, exclusive access of an entity to an autonomous mobile robot (AMR) based on the state of availability of the entity. If the state indicates an entity is unoccupied access can be granted, else access is denied. Each controller is registered in the management system in association with at least one uniquely identified entity.

Abstract: A method for operating a device networking system including a provider having a processor, a first device having a first transceiver and a second device having a second transceiver includes arranging the first and second devices to communicate connection information via the transceivers when the first device is communicatively coupled with the second device on a first physical communication interface. The processor communicatively couples the first device and the second device to one another through the provider by establishing a brokered communication link between the first device and the second device based on the first connection information received from the first device, such that the brokered communication link has a first communication link between the provider and the first device and a second communication link between the provider and the second device on the second physical communication interface.

Abstract: A mobile body control device includes, an acceleration acquirer configured to acquire an actual acceleration of a mobile body, a gradient acquirer configured to acquire a gradient of a travel route, a preceding mobile body detector configured to detect a preceding mobile body, and a following controller configured to execute following control to calculate a target acceleration. The following controller is configured to start suppression control to calculate a corrected target acceleration by reducing an absolute value of the target acceleration on condition that a downward gradient of the travel route is equal to or more than a prescribed gradient determination value and a difference between the target acceleration and the actual acceleration is equal to or less than a prescribed difference determination value. While the following controller is executing the suppression control, a propulsion device and a brake device are controlled based on the corrected target acceleration.

Abstract: Examples provide a method for model predictive control for automated driving in complex geometries. The method includes receiving road lane line information from a first camera associated with a first side of a vehicle, a second camera associated with a second side of the vehicle, and map data. The method further includes initiating a perception task using the road lane line information and determining that the perception task is disturbed due to road lane geometry. The method further includes generating patches of a target path, each of the patches having an associated confidence value. The method further includes generating a combined target path by stitching together the patches of the target path. The method further includes generating, using the combined target path, desired steering commands for the vehicle. The method further includes controlling the vehicle using the desired steering commands to cause the vehicle to follow the combined target path.

Abstract: A mixed traffic flow-oriented vehicle eco-driving control method and an electronic device are provided. The method includes: calculating a gathering wave speed and a dissipation wave speed at an intersection, and obtaining a farthest queue point position of a connected and autonomous vehicle at a downstream intersection and a time acquiring predicted trajectories of the manual-driving vehicle; constructing and solving an optimal ecological reference trajectory planning model of the connected and autonomous vehicle, obtaining an acceleration curve of the connected and autonomous vehicle, and acquiring an ecological reference trajectory of the connected and autonomous vehicle; and setting a risk factor based on the predicted trajectories of the manual-driving vehicles, constructing a tracking target based on the risk factor and the ecological reference trajectory, using a model predictive control for solving, and obtaining a control input of the connected and autonomous vehicle.

Abstract: A method for operating a semantic robotic system in communication with a plurality of devices, the semantic robotic system having at least one processor and at least one transceiver includes storing in the memory an intrinsic semantic associated with an object type, the intrinsic semantic further indicating a purpose of the object type. The method further causes the at least one processor to detect a first object of a first object type based on one or more first data inputs, infer a first semantic in rapport with the first object of the first object type based on one or more second data inputs, generate semantic augmentation data based on a determination that the first inferred semantic is non-affirmative by having a high entropy with respect to the intrinsic semantic, and cause the at least one transceiver to transmit the semantic augmentation data to a remote device.

Abstract: Systems, methods and non-transitory computer readable media for personalizing robotic interactions are provided. For example, a digital data record associated with a relation between a specific digital character and a particular character may be accessed. Further, an input in a natural language may be received from the particular character. Further, a conversational artificial intelligence model may be used to analyze the digital data record and the input to determine a desired movement for a specific portion of a specific body. The specific body may be associated with the specific digital character. Further, digital signals may be generated. The digital signals may be configured to cause the specific portion of the specific body to undergo the desired movement during an interaction of the specific digital character with the particular character.

Abstract: A surgical system and method of operating the same. A manipulator supports and facilitates movement of a surgical tool along a tool path relative to a surgical site. Controller(s) determine commanded states and actual states of the surgical tool relative to the tool path for a plurality of time steps. The controller(s) detect at least one deviation between the commanded states and the actual states of the surgical tool for at least one of the plurality of time steps. The controller(s) respond to the deviation by modification of one or both of: a feed rate of the surgical tool; and the tool path.

Abstract: An electronic control device includes a coordination control section configured to implement coordination between a service-system functional block and a control-system functional block. The coordination control section includes a request transfer section transferring the access request transmitted from the service-system functional block to the control-system functional block, a log creation section creating an access log and storing the created access log in a preset first storage section, a statistical log creation section executing a statistical process on execution statuses of a plurality of the access requests, creating a statistical access log, and storing the created statistical access log in a preset second storage section, a statistical transmission section transmitting the statistical access log to a server, a log transmission section transmitting the access log to the server, and a log deletion section configured to delete the access log from the first storage section.

Abstract: Facilitating navigation localization for a mobile robot operating autonomously can include a deployment of a retractable landmark in a work area in response to an operational threshold not being met for a mobile robot to autonomously operate traversing the work area. The operational threshold not being met can be based on a determination of when landmarks in the work area for the mobile robot to use as perimeter markers do not meet the operational threshold.

Abstract: In various aspects, a control system for a vehicle is provided. The control system may be configured to provide an alert indication. The control system may include a satellite communication system (SATCOM) that includes an antenna. The SATCOM may be configured to operate in a plurality of modes. At least one of the plurality of modes may be an on mode. The control system may be configured to provide at least one alert indication when (i) the SATCOM is operating in the on mode and (ii) a distance between the vehicle and at least one other vehicle is or is predicted to be less than or equal to a threshold value.

Abstract: Methods, systems, and apparatus, including computer programs encoded on computer storage media, for using feature interfaces for real-time robotics control. One of the methods includes receiving a definition of a real-time action to be executed by the real-time robotics control system to control a robot using one or more underlying hardware subsystems. The real-time action is invoked including providing a respective part identifier of a part for each of the one or more feature interfaces called by the real-time action.

Abstract: A control arrangement and a method for controlling vehicle speed of a vehicle using a cruise control system are provided. The vehicle comprises a power take-off connected to a powertrain of the vehicle. The method comprises a step of, in response to a determination that the power take-off is subjected to a load, predicting future braking torque resulting from the power take-off load. The method further comprises a step of determining a planned driving strategy for an upcoming road section taking into account the predicted future braking torque. The method further comprises controlling the powertrain in accordance with the planned driving strategy, thereby controlling vehicle speed of the vehicle.

Abstract: A holding position determination device includes a control unit that determines the position where an end effector adapted to hold a holding target contacts the holding target as a holding position. The control unit acquires an end effector model that identifies an area where a holding portion of the end effector can exist. The control unit acquires a rule map that includes a map defining the position of the holding target to be held by the end effector based on an image of holding target obtained by photographing the holding target. The control unit determines the holding position based on the end effector model and the rule map.

Abstract: A system for controlling torque in a vehicle includes first and second propulsion systems, the first propulsion system including a combustion engine configured to drive a primary axle, the second propulsion system including an electric motor configured to drive a secondary axle, where the first propulsion system and the primary axle are mechanically independent from the second propulsion system and the secondary axle. A controller is configured to perform a method that includes estimating a first amount of torque applied to the primary axle in response to a primary axle torque request, determining a difference between the first amount of torque applied to the primary axle and the primary axle torque request, and based on the difference exceeding a selected threshold, calculating a dynamic fill torque and applying a second amount of torque to the secondary axle via the electric motor according to the calculated dynamic fill torque.

Abstract: Disclosed herein are systems, devices, and methods for real-time determinations of likelihoods for possible trajectories of a collaborator in a workspace with a robot. The system determines a current kinematic state of the collaborator and determines a goal of the collaborator based on occupancy information about objects in the workspace. The system also determines a possible trajectory for the collaborator based on the goal and the current kinematic state and determines a short-horizon trajectory for the collaborator based on previously observed kinematic states of the collaborator towards the goal. The system also determines a likelihood that the collaborator will follow the possible trajectory based on the short-horizon trajectory, the goal, and the current kinematic state. The system also generates a movement instruction to control movement of the robot based on the likelihood that the collaborator will follow the possible trajectory.

Abstract: A system comprising an unmanned aerial vehicle (UAV) configured to transition from a terminal homing mode to a target search mode, responsive to an uplink signal and/or an autonomous determination of scene change.

Abstract: A system, method, and computer-readable medium for calibrating performance parameters of an aircraft during a phantom fuel procedure, including determining an independent fuel weight parameter during operation of the aircraft value based on output of fuel level sensors of a fuel quantity subsystem coupled to the aircraft flight control system, receiving a zero fuel weight parameter, receiving a fuel weight parameter corresponding to a weight of fuel onboard the aircraft and a phantom fuel value, determining a gross weight parameter based on the zero fuel weight, determining a fuel consumption parameter value of the aircraft based on output of fuel flow sensors coupled to the aircraft flight control system, updating the gross weight parameter during operation of the aircraft based on the fuel weight parameter and the fuel consumption parameter value, and determining performance parameter for the aircraft during operation of the aircraft based on the gross weight parameter.

Abstract: A method of controlling an actuator having a maximum velocity and a maximum acceleration includes accessing a reference trajectory signal comprising temporally-spaced reference positions for the actuator and accessing a trajectory template having at least a third derivative continuity and at least one characteristic constrained by the maximum velocity and the maximum acceleration. The method includes generating a smooth reference trajectory signal based on the reference trajectory signal and the trajectory template and outputting the smooth reference trajectory signal. Controls for the actuator can be generated based on the smooth reference trajectory signal.