Abstract: A robotic device includes a control system. The control system receives a first measurement indicative of a first distance between a center of mass of the machine and a first position in which a first leg of the machine last made initial contact with a surface. The control system also receives a second measurement indicative of a second distance between the center of mass of the machine and a second position in which the first leg of the machine was last raised from the surface. The control system further determines a third position in which to place a second leg of the machine based on the received first measurement and the received second measurement. Additionally, the control system provides instructions to move the second leg of the machine to the determined third position.

Abstract: A system for use in surgery includes a central body, a visualization system operably connected to the central body, a video rendering system, a head-mounted display for displaying images from the video rendering system, a sensor system, and a robotic device operably connected to the central body. The visualization system includes at least one camera and a pan system and/or a tilt system. The sensor system tracks the position and/or orientation in space of the head-mounted display relative to a reference point. The pan system and/or the tilt system are configured to adjust the field of view of the camera in response to information from the sensor system about changes in at least one of position and orientation in space of the head-mounted display relative to the reference point.

Abstract: A method, apparatus and system for controlling an attitude of a spacecraft, the spacecraft including an attitude control system operatively associated with a ground-based spacecraft control system. According to an exemplary embodiment, the spacecraft attitude control system uses a B-spline interpolator for commanding the spacecraft and a Kalman filtering process is used to estimate B-spline interpolator coefficients. The methods and systems disclosed herein can be implemented in, for example, executable machine code and/or integrated circuit hardware.

Abstract: A mobile object control device of an embodiment includes a partition line candidate recognizer that recognizes candidates for partition lines for partitioning a traveling lane in which a mobile object travels from a first image including the vicinity of the mobile object captured by an image capturer, and a partition line searcher that selects a partition line candidate closest to a past partition line for partitioning the traveling lane of the mobile object before a predetermined time, among the partition line candidates recognized by the partition line candidate recognizer, as a partition line for partitioning a current traveling lane of the mobile object.

Abstract: A system and method are provided for distributed perception sensing via an object detection station arranged such that an associated one or more object detection sensors have respective fields of perception including at least a portion of a virtually defined perimeter extending at least partially about a working area. The object detection station detects a motion incident corresponding to a violation of the virtually defined perimeter, wherein a detected source of the motion incident is classified with respect to one or more defined source types, and one or more signals at least corresponding to the motion incident are wirelessly communicated to one or more working machines operating within the working area. At least one of the working machines may then be selectively transitioned from a normal operating mode to a hierarchical intervention mode with respect to the detected source and/or a relative position thereof within the working area.

Abstract: A method, apparatus and system for controlling an attitude of a spacecraft, the spacecraft including an attitude control system operatively associated with a ground-based spacecraft control system. According to an exemplary embodiment, the spacecraft attitude control system uses a B-spline interpolator for commanding the spacecraft. The methods and systems disclosed herein can be implemented in, for example, executable machine code and/or integrated circuit hardware.

Abstract: Speed control techniques include, based on a set of target speed inputs indicative a target speed for an electric motor, determining a set of profiling inputs including (i) the target speed and (ii) a set of desired acceleration calibrations, performing jerk-based profiling based on the set of profiling inputs to determine at least one of an open-loop acceleration command and a profiled target speed, determining a closed-loop torque adjustment based on the profiled target speed and a measured speed of the electric motor, determining an electric motor torque command based on the open-loop acceleration command and the closed-loop torque adjustment, and controlling the electric motor based on the respective electric motor torque command to improve vehicle responsiveness in reaching the target speed.

Abstract: Disclosed is a system, method, and computer program product embodiments for estimating the state of a school transportation vehicle. For example, the method includes capturing sensor data that includes information about an environment of an autonomous vehicle. The method further includes detecting a school transportation vehicle in the sensor data, receiving a list of indicators associated with a set of candidate states for the school transportation vehicle, and analyzing data from one or more sources to determine indicator values. The method further includes using the indicator values to compute a probability mass function that includes a likelihood that the school transportation vehicle is in each of the candidate states. The method further includes imposing one or more goals on a motion control system of the autonomous vehicle based on the probability mass function and causing the autonomous vehicle to operate according to the one or more goals.

Abstract: An electronic device may be configured to, based at least on items on a plurality of serving trays and/or pieces of order information of a plurality of destinations, determine a serving order in which the items on the plurality of serving trays need to be delivered, and while an item is delivered to one destination among the plurality of destinations, provide protection for a serving tray to which a serving order subsequent to a serving order of the one destination is mapped.

Abstract: A point which requires visual attention is added to map data. A map data generation device acquires image data in which the outside is captured from a vehicle by an input device and a point data of the vehicle, associates both data, and generates a visual saliency map acquired by estimating fluctuation of visual saliency based on the image data by the visual saliency extraction unit. Then, whether or not a point or a section indicated by position information corresponding to the visual saliency map is a point or a section which requires visual attention is analyzed based on the visual saliency map by an analysis unit, and the point or the section which requires the visual attention is added to the map data based on an analysis result of the analysis unit by an addition device.

Abstract: A driving assistance device recognizes traveling environment information on a vehicle, detects a moving object having a speed component from an outside of a traveling road of the vehicle to an inside of the traveling road, determines whether the moving object will collide with the vehicle based on movement information of the vehicle and the moving object, performs execution of emergency braking if a physical quantity indicating a correlation between the vehicle and the moving object is equal to or smaller than a preset threshold, and cancels the execution of the emergency braking if the physical quantity is equal to or smaller than the threshold and a structure that blocks entry of the moving object into the traveling road is present on a movement path of the moving object.

Abstract: A wheel loader with a front bucket is capable of preventing spillage of load materials from the bucket, even without adjusting an angle of the bucket where a traveling state is switched from a flat ground to an inclined ground. The wheel loader has a bucket provided on the front of a vehicle body to scoop and discharge a work material, an inclination sensor for detecting an inclination angle ? of the vehicle body, and a controller configured to, in the case where a height position of the bucket is higher than a predetermined height and it is determined that the vehicle body is in a state of being inclined rearward, activate a bucket cylinder for causing the bucket to correct an angle of the bucket toward a front side where the bucket dumps in accordance with the inclination angle of the vehicle body.

Abstract: A working machine includes a machine body, a lifting device to link a working device to the machine body, the lifting device being capable of moving up and down with the working device between a grounding state in which the working device is in contact with a ground and an ungrounding state in which the working device is out of contact with the ground, and an automatic travel controller to cause the machine body to perform automatic travel according to a planned travel route. The automatic travel controller includes a lifting controller to control the lifting device to move up with the working device from the grounding state to the ungrounding state, and cause the machine body to turn or travel rearward after the lifting controller controls the lifting device to move up with the working device from the grounding state to the ungrounding state.

Abstract: A robot and a method of capturing an image applied to the robot, an electronic device for implementing the method of capturing the image, and a computer-readable storage medium are provided. The robot includes: a robot body; a workbench; a telescopic structure having one end pivotally connected to the robot body and the other end connected to the workbench; a driving mechanism arranged on the robot body and configured to drive the telescopic structure to extend, retract and/or move relative to the robot body; and an image capture device arranged on the workbench. The telescopic structure is configured to allow the image capture device to capture an image of a target object from different angles with the extension, retraction and/or movement of the telescopic structure.

Abstract: The present disclosure provides systems and methods for determining the orientation of a device based on visible and/or non-visible orientation cues. The orientation cues may be a geographically located objects, such as a park, body of water, monument, building, landmark, etc. The orientation cues may be visible or non-visible with respect to the location of the device. The device may use one or more image sensors to detect the visible orientation cues. Non-visible orientation cues may be associated with map data. Using the location of the orientation cue and the distance of the orientation cue to the device, the orientation of the device may be determined. The device may then provide an output indicating the orientation of the device.

Abstract: A robot for interacting with a target object includes a robotic manipulator, a calibrating image, a camera and a processor. The robotic manipulator corresponds to a robotic manipulator coordinate. The calibrating image is disposed on the robotic manipulator. The camera corresponds to a camera coordinate and for shooting the target object and generating a picture. The processor is configured to move the robotic manipulator such that the calibrating image moves towards the target object and enters the picture. The processor records robotic manipulator coordinate datasets and camera coordinate datasets of the calibrating image as the calibrating image moving towards the target object, and uses the robotic manipulator coordinate datasets and the camera coordinate datasets to execute a hand-eye calibrating algorithm to obtain a calibrated mapping between the camera coordinate and the robotic manipulator coordinate.

Abstract: A boom is attached to a machine main body. A bucket is attached to the boom. A boom cylinder is attached to the machine main body and drives the boom. A bucket cylinder is attached to the machine main body and drives the bucket with respect to the boom. A controller calculates a mass of a load within the bucket based on boom cylinder force and bucket cylinder force.

Abstract: A system includes an outboard motor, a lift actuator, a sensor, and a controller. The sensor detects motion information indicating an up-and-down directional motion of a bow of a watercraft. The controller is configured or programmed to selectively set either a lift-up direction or a lift-down direction as a lift direction in accordance with the up-and-down directional motion of the bow based on the motion information. The controller is configured or programmed to control the lift actuator to cause the outboard motor to perform the lift motion in the lift direction, and set a duration of the lift motion to be different between when the outboard motor is caused to perform the lift motion in the lift-up direction and when the outboard motor is caused to perform the lift motion in the lift-down direction.

Abstract: A ship assistance device including a storage medium storing a computer-readable command and a processor connected to the storage medium, the processor executing the computer-readable command to: calculate a pitching amount of a ship body based on a plurality of images photographed by a camera mounted on the ship body; estimate a pitching cycle of the ship body at least based on the calculated pitching amount; predict pitching of the ship body based on the estimated pitching cycle; and control a throttle of the ship body so as to reduce the predicted pitching of the ship body.

Abstract: An apparatus for use in surgery is disclosed that includes an articulated instrument having a tip and at least one joint capable of bending, a controller for controlling the radius of bending of the instrument, and a sensor for calculating the amount of bending and the position of the tip of the articulated instrument.