Abstract: The present disclosure pertains to a process for monitoring stress applied to a tendon by a hydraulic jack during tensioning of concrete. The process may include measuring an amount of hydraulic fluid that flows through the hydraulic jack during tensioning. The measured amount of hydraulic fluid is corelated with an amount of stress applied per unit of hydraulic fluid to determine a total amount of stress employed on the tendon. The process may also include measuring the distance of travel of the hydraulic piston. The measured travel can be used to calculated the distance the tendon has been pulled (elongation) as well as the stress applied to the tendon.

Abstract: The present disclosure relates to an automated method for predicting compatibility of assemblies for a functional unit of a field device of automation technology. With targeting, those combinations of assemblies are selected, which in combination lead to a functional unit, which can be described by functional parameters, wherein the functional parameters lie within a predetermined value range as a function of the particular application of the field device.

Abstract: This invention disclosure presents a mass flow controller (MFC) with a dual-mode proportional-integral-derivative (PID) control loop. In training mode, the PID loop determines solenoid coil current setpoints for various operating states stipulated by a process recipe, storing them for later retrieval. During the execution of a semiconductor manufacturing process, the stored setpoints enable rapid flow delivery without continuous PID control. Real-time flow rate monitoring and Statistical Process Control (SPC) ensure stability, triggering retraining if necessary, enhancing MFC speed, accuracy, and reliability.

Abstract: Embodiments of the disclosure describe systems and methods for remotely modifying an operating state of a wireless radio on a first device via a second device. The system comprises a first device comprising a wireless radio, and a controller in a second device configured to communicate with the first device via a serial communication bus. The controller is configured to receive an input to trigger a change in an operating state of the wireless radio on the first device. Further, the controller is configured to transmit, via the serial communication bus, a signalling message to the first device to initiate change in the operating state of the wireless radio on the first device, wherein the first device is configured to modify the operating state of the wireless radio on the first device.

Abstract: Systems, methods, and other embodiments associated with autonomous situation awareness based on ambient intelligence and permuted binary-state predicate classification are described. In one embodiment, a method includes accessing a stream of multivariate observations of system status and command variables. The method supplements the multivariate observations with ML estimates of ambient variables based on the system variables and command variables. The method determines anomalies of the system variables based on residuals between observed values and ML estimates of the system variables based on the supplemented observations. The method evaluates the anomalies with predicates to select one of the command variables to be adjusted. The method generates a suggestion for the selected command variable based on ML predictions of future values for the system variables. And, the method generates an electronic alert to adjust the controls of the asset to match the suggestion for the selected command variable.

Abstract: A tool transport system includes a display unit, a plurality of machine tools, a tool storage unit, a transport device for transporting a designated tool among tools stored in the tool storage unit to a designated machine tool among the plurality of machine tools and a controller for controlling the tool transport system. The controller executes a process of acquiring stocked tool information defining identification information of each tool stocked by the tool transport system, a process of specifying a plurality of tools to be used in the plurality of machine tools on the basis of a machining schedule of workpiece in the plurality of machine tools, a process of specifying an unstocked tool that is not defined in the stocked tool information among the plurality of tools to be used, and a process of displaying identification information of the unstocked tool on the display unit.

Abstract: An information collection device includes a power supply unit that supplies power to operate the information collection device; an input unit that is connected to a sensor capable of detecting a state of the substrate processing apparatus and inputs sensor data indicating the state of the substrate processing apparatus detected by the sensor, a relay unit that relays transmission of the sensor data; and a control unit that collects the sensor data input by the input unit through the relay unit.

Abstract: To provide enhanced search capabilities in a process control system, a knowledge repository is generated that includes both contextual data and time series data. The contextual data organizes process plant-related data according to semantic relations between the process plant-related data and the process plant entities. When a user submits a process plant search query related to process plant entities within a process plant, search results are obtained by identifying a data set from the knowledge repository. The contextual data categorizes process parameters so that users can search for a particular process parameter category. Users can tag previous searches to execute them once again at a later time.

Abstract: An industrial plant machine learning system includes a machine learning model, providing machine learning data, an industrial plant providing plant data and an abstraction layer, connecting the machine learning model and the industrial plant, wherein the abstraction layer is configured to provide standardized communication between the machine learning model and the industrial plant, using a machine learning markup language.

Abstract: The present disclosure includes a heating, ventilation, and/or air-conditioning (HVAC) control system with a controller and a device communicatively coupled to the controller. The device is configured to implement an engagement protocol, wherein to grant the controller write access to protected registers of the device the engagement protocol functions to require: receiving a reset command at a reset register of the device; receiving a passcode at a passcode register of the device; matching the passcode received at the passcode register to an authentication passcode; and receiving or matching the passcode within a timeframe defined by a timer.

Abstract: A work type identification apparatus (2000) acquires, for a target region (12) of a target object (10) on which a wiping work is to be performed, a 5 temperature data sequence (40) indicating a time variation of a temperature of the target region (12). The work type identification apparatus (2000) determines a type of wiping work performed on the target region (12) based on the time variation of the temperature of the target region (12) indicated by the temperature data sequence (40).

Abstract: An information processing device includes a memory, and a processor configured to execute a process. The process includes acquiring a first controller model, the first controller model including information indicating a control condition based on a measurement value, and information indicating a control action defining an action of a control target when the control condition is satisfied; and outputting a second controller model, the second controller model being capable of tolerating a measurement value including a measurement error, wherein the second controller model includes information indicating a control condition based on the information indicating the control condition included in the first controller model, and information indicating a control action based on the information indicating the control condition and the information indicating the control action included in the first controller model.

Abstract: A program fragmentation unit (131) divides a target program into fragments according to groups of processing. A fragment group extraction unit (132) extracts, from among sets of fragments, each set in which instruction groups match between fragments, as a fragment group. A functionalization candidate extraction unit (136) extracts, from among sets of fragment groups, a set in which instruction groups match between fragment groups, usage patterns of a variable group match between the fragment groups, and types of variables match between the fragment groups, as a functionalization candidate. An output unit (140) outputs information on the functionalization candidate.

Abstract: A location tracking system includes a plurality of markers disposed on a fixture in an area having an absolute coordinate in the factory, an image collecting device fixedly attached to a tracking target for management, configured to recognize an absolute location of a reference marker detected by a visual odometry (VO) method in an image captured by a camera, and estimate a relative location based on the absolute location of the reference marker; and a server configured to track a location of the target based on the relative location received through a wireless communication from the image collecting device.

Abstract: Implementations are described herein for providing a GUI that is designed to visualize how aliases are assigned and/or distributed in a process automation facility. In various implementations, alias registration data associated with distributed control nodes (DCNs) of a process automation facility may be retrieved. The alias registration data may include mappings between connection strings of input/output (I/O) channels made accessible by the DCNs and aliases registered to the I/O channels. A graphical user interface (GUI) may be rendered with graphical elements that visualize at least some of the DCNs and at least some of the mappings between the connection strings and the aliases. The mappings may be analyzed to detect irregularities among the registered aliases. One or more of the graphical elements of the GUI that correspond to the one or more detected irregularities among the registered aliases may be visually emphasized.

Abstract: A system for autonomously generating an implementing a machine executable file is disclosed herein. The system can include a node and an artificial intelligence generated machine executable (“AGMX”) platform communicatively coupled to the node. The AGMX platform can include a control circuit and a memory to store an artificial intelligence model that, when executed by the control circuit, causes the AGMX platform to receive a user input including an objective, generate an instruction for the node to execute based on the objective, determine a management authority protocol to be assigned to the node, wherein the management authority protocol defines an ability of the node to deviate from the instruction, generate an AGMX file including the instruction and the management authority protocol, wherein the AGMX file is to be executed by the node, and transmit the AGMX file to the node for execution by the node.

Abstract: An agricultural implement includes a plurality of ground-engaging tools configured to modify a surface configuration of an agricultural field and a hydraulically-controlled subsystem configured to modify an operating angle of the plurality of ground-engaging tools. The agricultural implement also includes a sensor coupled to the hydraulically-controlled subsystem configured to generate sensor signals indicative of a current operating angle of the plurality of ground-engaging tools. The agricultural implement also includes an implement control system configured to receive the sensor signals from the sensor to determine the current operating angle of the plurality of ground-engaging tools, and, upon determining the current operating angle is to be changed to a new operating angle, generate control signals for the hydraulically-controlled subsystem to modify the operating angle of the plurality of ground-engaging tools from the current operating angle to the new operating angle.

Abstract: A system can comprise a processor and a memory that can store executable instructions that, when executed by the processor, facilitate performance of operations comprising generating data comprising a power source identifier to be transmitted as a data transmission; and transmitting, to a power consumer, the data transmission via a power connection from a power source. The data transmission can comprise other information related to the power source. The operations can further comprise receiving one or more consumption data transmissions from one or more power consumers, wherein the one or more power consumers are associated with the power source and comprise the power consumer, and wherein at least one of the one or more consumption data transmissions comprises a consumption indicator associated with the power consumer.

Abstract: According to the present disclosure, a method includes, wherein a processor, acquiring an activity quantity data of an animal, calculating an exercise consumption energy quantity of the animal based on the activity quantity data, calculating an estimation consumption energy quantity of the animal based on an information of a body weight of the animal, correcting the estimated consumption energy quantity of the animal using the exercise consumption energy quantity of the animal, and outputting an information related to the corrected estimation consumption energy quantity.

Abstract: A system of nodes generates machine instructions representing a tool path for a tool to manufacture an object from a workpiece material. The system includes a generator node, adapted to generate and transmit a raw pass packet. The raw pass packet includes a plurality of passes, each pass having a plurality of points, and each point detailing a location in space to be traversed by the tool to manufacture an object from the material. The system includes a filter node, that receives, modifies and transmits the raw pass packet. A processing node is adapted to receive the raw pass packet and convert it to another format. The nodes are arranged as a directed acyclic graph, each node being associated with an ordering number and each node only transmitting data to a node with a higher ordering number and only receiving data from a node with a lower ordering number.