Abstract: A system for capturing and displaying vehicle data includes a vehicle data capture system having a pair of elongated platforms for receiving a subject vehicle, a plurality of cameras and microphones, and a series of dynamometer units for capturing vehicle images, sounds, and performance information. An interior data capture unit includes a portable camera and microphone, an OBD scanner and temperature sensor for capturing information from the interior of the subject vehicle. A system controller is communicatively linked to a platform provider over a network and sends the captured vehicle data. The platform provider includes functionality for receiving the vehicle data from the system controller, and for communicating with a third party data provider to receive additional data pertaining to a subject vehicle. All received data is provided as a comprehensive vehicle report and submitted to a client interface device.

Abstract: A vehicle control device includes: a steering angle calculating unit configured to calculate a target steering angle of a steering wheel of a subject vehicle such that the subject vehicle follows a travel trajectory for a lane change; a steering angle correcting unit configured to correct the target steering angle based on a subject-lane slope representing a slope of a road surface in a width direction of a subject lane in which the subject vehicle is traveling and an adjacent-lane slope representing a slope of a road surface in a width direction of an adjacent lane being a lane change destination of the subject vehicle; and a steering control unit configured to perform steering control such that a steering angle of the steering wheel follows the corrected target steering angle.

Abstract: A control method for controlling an actuator (11) connected to a load (50) for handling, the method comprising the steps of: detecting an intention to handle the load (50); applying an increasing command to the actuator (11) until detecting a movement of the actuator (11); storing the value reached by the command when a movement of the actuator (11) is detected; using the stored value reached by the command to determine an estimate of the opposing force exerted by the load (50) for handling; and controlling the actuator by means of a force servocontrol relationship using the estimate of the opposing force exerted by the load (50) for handling in order to establish the commands to be applied to the actuator (11). A cobot (1) arranged to perform the method.

Abstract: An apparatus (104) and a method (800) for controlling steering of rear wheels (103) of a vehicle (100) are disclosed. The apparatus (104) comprises a control means (105) configured to receive a first signal indicative of a front wheel steering angle and a second signal indicative of a selected mode selected from at least a first mode and a second mode. The control means is also configured to determine a proposed rear wheel steering angle in dependence on the first signal and the second signal and to provide an output signal configured to cause steering of rear wheels (103) at the proposed rear wheel steering angle.

Abstract: An example operation includes one or more of determining a characteristic of an occupant in a transport and a current driving environment of the transport, wherein the characteristic includes a position of the occupant, determining that the current driving environment will lead to a collision of the transport, and based on a predicted result of the collision, sending a predicted state of the occupant based on the position, to an emergency service node.

Abstract: An autonomous traveling system includes: an information storage unit storing beforehand, for each of points on a target route from a departure place to a destination, turnability information indicating whether an autonomous traveling body traveling autonomously along the target route can turn to change a traveling posture thereof; and a travel planning unit determining the traveling posture with respect to each of traveling sections connecting the points, and determines, from among the points, a turn execution point at which the autonomous traveling body turns in order to take the determined traveling posture in each of the traveling sections, based on the turnability information, wherein the autonomous traveling body includes a travel control execution unit executing control for causing the autonomous traveling body to turn every time the autonomous traveling body reaches the turn execution point and to advance in each of the traveling sections in the determined traveling posture.

Abstract: A vehicle control system generates at least one primary candidate of a target trajectory for an automated driving of a vehicle and executes a primary evaluation. An evaluation index of the primary evaluation includes a travel safety level of a travel to follow the primary candidate. The primary candidate having highest travel safety level is selected as at least one strong candidate of the target trajectory. If only one is selected as the strong candidate, the vehicle control system determines the selected strong candidate as a finalist candidate of the target trajectory. If two or more strong candidates are selected, the vehicle control system executes a secondary evaluation for the strong candidates to determine the finalist candidate. An additional evaluation index is used in the secondary evaluation.

Abstract: A mobile robot is configured for operation in a commercial or industrial setting, such as an office building or retail store. The robot can patrol one or more routes within a building, and can detect violations of security policies by objects, building infrastructure and security systems, or individuals. In response to the detected violations, the robot can perform one or more security operations. The robot can include a removable fabric panel, enabling sensors within the robot body to capture signals that propagate through the fabric. In addition, the robot can scan RFID tags of objects within an area, for instance coupled to store inventory. Likewise, the robot can generate or update one or more semantic maps for use by the robot in navigating an area and for measuring compliance with security policies.

Abstract: Methods, systems, and apparatus, including computer programs encoded on computer storage media, for using traffic light viewsheds. One of the methods includes obtaining, by an on-board computer system of vehicle, viewshed data comprising a plurality of viewsheds for a plurality of respective traffic lights. An indication of a candidate driving plan that uses input from a traffic light detection of a particular traffic light having a viewshed is received. If a current location of the vehicle is within the particular viewshed for the particular traffic light, execution of the candidate driving plan is conditioned based on whether the current location of the vehicle is within the particular viewshed for the particular traffic light.

Abstract: Disclosed are a steering control device, a steering control method, and a steering support system including same. Particularly, the steering control device according to the present disclosure comprises: a noise frequency calculation unit for calculating the noise frequency of noise transmitted to a wheel; a noise frequency filtering unit for determining filtering degree on the basis of two or more driving modes, and filtering the noise frequency according to the filtering degree; and a reactive torque calculation unit for calculating reactive torque on the basis of the filtered noise frequency.

Abstract: Systems and methods to facilitate a steep final approach phase of flight of an aircraft are disclosed. In one embodiment, a method for operating an aircraft during a steep approach phase of flight of the aircraft comprises operating an engine of the aircraft at an idle speed associated with the steep approach type that is lower than an idle speed associated with a non-steep approach type capable of being executed by the aircraft. The method also comprises operating an ice protection system of the aircraft during the steep approach phase of flight of the aircraft.

Abstract: Provided are autonomous vehicles and methods of controlling autonomous vehicles through topological planning with bounds, including receiving map data and sensor data, expanding a topological tree by adding a plurality of nodes to represent a plurality of actions associated with the plurality of constraints, generating a bound based on a constraint in the geographic area, the bound associated with an action for navigating the autonomous vehicle relative to the at least one constraint, storing the bound in a central bound storage, linking a set of bounds of a tree node to the bound via a bound identifier, wherein the first bound is initially linked as an active bound, or alternatively, as an inactive bound after determining it is not the most restrictive bound at any sample index, and control the autonomous vehicle based on the topological tree, to navigate the plurality of constraints.

Abstract: Systems and methods for selecting a trajectory for an autonomous vehicle based on perceived risk are provided. A trajectory is selected that satisfies objective safety constraints and minimizes an overall cost based at least in part on cost components representing the perceived risk of the trajectory. The vehicle is navigated according to the selected (e.g., optimized) trajectory.

Abstract: A system for adjusting steering damping based on sound frequency analysis includes: an acoustic main body configured to play music and determine whether the music is being played; a sound collection device configured to collect a sound signal of the music being played; a sound frequency analysis device configured to receive the sound signal of the music collected by the sound collection device and determine whether the collected music has a strong beat; and a power steering electronic control unit electrically connected to the sound frequency analysis device and configured to receive a determination result of the sound frequency analysis device and adjust the steering damping according to the received determination result of the sound frequency analysis device.

Abstract: A method of transporting equipment modules to an incident scene with an comprises: determining an initial location of the incident scene; dispatching an ambulance loaded with the autonomous mobile response unit and a plurality of equipment modules to the initial location; determining a refined location of the incident scene; selecting a first equipment module; dispensing the first equipment module from the ambulance onto the autonomous mobile response unit; deploying the autonomous mobile response unit from the ambulance at the initial location; communicating the refined location of the incident scene to the autonomous mobile response unit; generating, with the navigation system, a drive path from the initial location to the refined location; and driving, with the drive system, the autonomous mobile response unit loaded with the first equipment module based on the drive path such that the autonomous mobile response unit travels from the initial location to the refined location.

Abstract: In various examples, a yield scenario may be identified for a first vehicle. A wait element is received that encodes a first path for the first vehicle to traverse a yield area and a second path for a second vehicle to traverse the yield area. The first path is employed to determine a first trajectory in the yield area for the first vehicle based at least on a first location of the first vehicle at a time and the second path is employed to determine a second trajectory in the yield area for the second vehicle based at least on a second location of the second vehicle at the time. To operate the first vehicle in accordance with a wait state, it may be determined whether there is a conflict between the first trajectory and the second trajectory, where the wait state defines a yielding behavior for the first vehicle.

Abstract: A vehicle control method for controlling a vehicle including executing a front wheel and a rear wheel including: front wheel-only steering operation control for turning the front wheel without turning the rear wheel in response to a steering instruction from a driving entity; executing rear wheel-only steering operation control for turning the rear wheel without turning the front wheel in response to the steering instruction from the driving entity; and executing a specified control execution process for executing one type of steering operation control specified by the driving entity among a plurality of types of steering operation control including at least the front wheel-only steering operation control and the rear wheel-only steering operation control.

Abstract: A system for determining and presenting visual representations includes a receiving module configured to receive a set of coordinates representing one or more geographic locations of one or more features of interest, and an analysis module configured to define a region corresponding to the set of coordinates, the region having an extent based on a level of uncertainty associated with the one or more features of interest. The system also includes a visualization module configured to generate a visual representation of the defined region and present the visual representation on a map.

Abstract: A robot system includes a robot body, a memory, an operation controlling module, a manipulator, and a limit range setting module configured to set a limit range of the corrective manipulation by the manipulator. The operation controlling module executes a given limiting processing when a corrective manipulation is performed beyond the limit range from an operational position based on automatic operation information. The limit range setting module calculates a positional deviation between the operational position based on the automatic operation information before the correction and an operational position based on the corrected operation information, and when the positional deviation is at or below a first threshold, narrows the limit range in the next corrective manipulation by the manipulator.

Abstract: A programmable motion system is disclosed that includes a dynamic end effector system. The dynamic end effector system includes a plurality of acquisition units that are provided at an exchange station within an area accessible by the programmable motion device, and a coupling system for coupling any of the plurality of acquisition units to an end effector of the programmable motion device such that any of the acquisition units may be automatically selected from the exchange station and used by the programmable motion device without requiring any activation or actuation by the exchange station and without requiring any intervention by a human.