Abstract: A method includes operating an autonomous mobile robot (AMR) in a first physical location according to a first safety protocol of the AMR and based on a location of the AMR relative to a second physical location different from the first physical location and with a second safety protocol different from the first safety protocol, switching the AMR to operate under the second safety protocol rather than the first safety protocol while the AMR is located in the second physical location. The method also includes, in response to detecting that the AMR is exiting the second physical location after the AMR has completed operating in the second physical location, switching the AMR to operate under the first safety protocol.

Abstract: An end-to-end automatic speech recognition (ASR) system can be constructed by fusing a first ASR model with a transformer. The input of the transformer is a learned layer generated by the first ASR model. The fused ASR model and transformer can be treated as a single end-to-end model and trained as a single model. In some embodiments, the end-to-end speech recognition system can be trained using a teacher-student training technique by selectively truncating portions of the first ASR model and/or the transformer components and selectively freezing various layers during the training passes.

Abstract: Medical devices and methods for making and using medical devices are disclosed. An example medical device may include a catheter. The catheter may include a catheter shaft and a balloon. The balloon may comprise a cone portion, a waist portion, and a body portion. A fiber braid may be disposed along the balloon. An inner surface of the waist portion may be thermally bonded to an outer surface of the catheter shaft and an inner surface of the fiber braid may be adhesively bonded to an outer surface of the waist portion.

Abstract: Various embodiments of the present disclosure disclose methods and systems for actively monitoring an opto-fluidic instrument for vibrational disturbances and correcting images obtained during the detected disturbances. In various embodiments, an optical imaging system may acquire Z-stack images of samples supported by an XY-stage. Vibrations can cause individual stacks to be sheared, i.e., to not be co-located with respect to neighboring Z-stacks. In various embodiments, an offset between the measured positions and the expected positions of the sheared stacks may be computed, and a determination as to whether to correct or reacquire the Z-stack images may be made based at least in part on the computed offset.

Abstract: A breathing system, comprising a breathing circuit comprising a plurality of breathing tubes; a flow sensor coupled to the breathing circuit, the flow sensor comprising a housing defining a flow channel and having a plurality of coupling members, wherein each coupling member of the plurality of coupling members defines an opening therethrough; and a suction tube assembly. A first set of coupling members of the plurality of coupling members is coupled to an end of the suction tube assembly via one or more connectors, one or more valves are disposed between the first set of coupling members and the suction tube assembly.

Abstract: This document describes systems and techniques for narrow display borders using a display-to-frame interposer (“interposer”). In aspects, the interposer is bonded, on a first side, to a mechanical frame. On a second side, the interposer is bonded to a backside of a display panel module, including a folded portion, and supports a cover layer through the display panel module. In such a configuration, a display border, which extends from an edge of the cover layer to an active area of the display panel module and resides above the folded portion, can be reduced.

Abstract: Oil lubricated supercritical fluid pumps with oil separators are disclosed herein. An example pump system to pressurize a fluid within a closed loop thermal transport bus disclosed herein includes a pump housing, a duct fluidly coupled to the pump housing, a first portion of the duct to include a mixture of an oil and the supercritical fluid, a second portion of the duct to include the supercritical fluid, and a separator positioned in a third portion of the duct between the first portion of the duct and the second portion of the duct, the separator to separate the oil in the mixture from the supercritical fluid.

Abstract: The invention generally relates to an improved processes for the preparation of a cyclic dinucleotide which is useful as a STING agonist.

Abstract: Example thrust bearing apparatus includes: a thrust disk extending radially from the shaft, the thrust disk having a first side and a second side opposite the first side; a bearing housing surrounding the thrust disk and the shaft, the bearing housing having a first wall facing the first side of the thrust disk and a second wall facing the second side of the thrust disk; a first thrust pad coupled to the first wall of the bearing housing, the first thrust pad including a first plurality of serrations circumferentially arranged in a first pattern along the first thrust pad; and a second thrust pad coupled to the first side of the thrust disk, the second thrust pad including a second plurality of serrations circumferentially arranged in a second pattern along the second thrust pad.

Abstract: An application receives a natural language query from a user into a cell of a notebook environment and responsively determines a set of precedent cells and a profile of the user. The application determines a portion of the data warehouse graph that corresponds to the natural language query. The application primes the large language model with priming context that is based on the portion of the data warehouse graph that corresponds to the natural language query, the precedent cells from which the code cell depends, and the profile of the user, the priming resulting in a primed large language model. The application inputs the natural language query into the primed large language model and receives, as output from the large language model, a response to the natural language query. The application provides the response to the natural language query to the user.

Abstract: Modern automatic speech recognition (ASR) systems can utilize artificial intelligence (AI) models to service ASR requests. The number and scale of AI models used in a modern ASR system can be substantial. The process of configuring and reconfiguring hardware to execute various AI models corresponding to a substantial number of ASR requests can be time consuming and inefficient. Among other features, the described technology utilizes batching of ASR requests, splitting of the ASR requests, and/or parallel processing to efficiently use hardware tasked with executing AI models corresponding to ASR requests. In one embodiment, the compute graphs of ASR tasks are used to batch the ASR requests. The corresponding AI models of each batch can be loaded into hardware, and batches can be processed in parallel. In some embodiments, the ASR requests are split, batched, and processed in parallel.

Abstract: Methods, systems, and apparatus, including computer programs encoded on computer storage media, for generating a prediction of an audio signal. One of the methods includes receiving a request to generate an audio signal conditioned on an input; processing the input using an embedding neural network to map the input to one or more embedding tokens; generating a semantic representation of the audio signal; generating, using one or more generative neural networks and conditioned on at least the semantic representation and the embedding tokens, an acoustic representation of the audio signal; and processing at least the acoustic representation using a decoder neural network to generate the prediction of the audio signal.

Abstract: A safety controller is configured to monitor at least one vehicle controller that is separate from the safety controller. The safety controller is operatively connected to monitor inputs and outputs of the vehicle controller. The safety controller includes a standard computing module with customized input and output modules. The safety controller is configured to override vehicle controller commands to items controlled by the vehicle controller. In one form, the vehicle controller handles level 1 functions and safety controller handles level 2 and 3 monitoring. In one particular example, the safety controller is at a minimum ISO 26262 ASIL C certified. The safety controller in one aspect uses an AUTomotive Open System ARchitecture (AUTOSAR).

Abstract: Medical devices and methods for making and using medical devices are disclosed. An example medical device may include a catheter. The catheter may include a catheter shaft and a balloon. The balloon may comprise a cone portion, a waist portion, and a body portion. A fiber braid may be disposed along the balloon. An inner surface of the waist portion may be thermally bonded to an outer surface of the catheter shaft and an inner surface of the fiber braid may be adhesively bonded to an outer surface of the waist portion.

Abstract: Methods and apparatus to provide vortex cooled secondary flow for a supercritical carbon dioxide pump are disclosed herein. An example thermal management system includes a hot secondary flow extract section fluidly coupled to an outlet of a pump system, a cooled secondary flow section fluidly coupled to the hot secondary flow extract section, the hot secondary flow extract section including a vortex tube to generate cooled secondary air flow from hot secondary flow extract air of the hot secondary flow extract section, and a bearing inlet fluidly coupled to the cooled secondary flow section, the bearing inlet positioned to route the cooled secondary flow to bearings of the pump system.

Abstract: Methods, apparatus, systems, and articles of manufacture are disclosed to a flux-modulated permanent magnet clutch. Disclosed is a magnetic clutch apparatus comprising a tension spring, an outer ring coupled to the tension spring, the outer ring including a first plurality of magnets, an inner ring coupled to an output shaft, the inner ring including a second plurality of magnets, the outer ring to magnetically engage with the inner ring, and an intermediate ring coupled to an input shaft, the intermediate ring disposed between the inner ring and the outer ring, the intermediate ring including a ferrous metal.

Abstract: Methods, apparatus, systems, and articles of manufacture are disclosed to reduce failure to bearings in a pump system. Disclosed herein is a pump system comprising a shaft connected to an impeller of the pump system, and a bearing to provide a dampening to the shaft, the bearing including a journal lining, the journal lining supported in the pump system, a spring-loaded foil to separate the shaft from the journal lining, an inner lining between the shaft and the spring-loaded foil, and a deformation limiter located between the spring-loaded foil and the journal lining.

Abstract: Systems and methods are provided for sensing impacts applied to an article during a production and transportation process. The systems and methods can include a plurality of impact sensors fixed to the article and a processor coupled to the plurality of impact sensors. Each impact sensor can be fixed to the article at a corresponding sensor location and the plurality of impact sensors can be configured to generate a plurality of impact measurements in response to an impact applied to the article. The processor can be configured to: receive the plurality of impact measurements from the plurality of impact sensors; determine, from the plurality of impact measurements, that an impact condition is satisfied; determine an impact location based on the plurality of impact measurements and the corresponding sensor locations; and determine an overall impact magnitude based on the impact location and the plurality of impact measurements.

Abstract: Systems and methods are disclosed for containers having mechanical secured door indicators. In one embodiment, an example container may include a first container wall, a second container wall, a third container wall, and a fourth container wall configured to move from an open position to a closed positon. The fourth container wall may include a first portion coupled to the second container wall, and a second portion coupled to the third container wall, where the first portion and the second portion are coplanar when the fourth container wall is in the closed position. The foldable container may include a bottom container platform having a machine-readable code, and a pivotable arm configured to cover the machine-readable code when the fourth container wall is in the closed position, and to uncover the machine-readable code when the fourth container wall is not in the closed position.

Abstract: The invention generally relates to an improved processes for the preparation of a cyclic dinucleotide which is useful as a STING agonist of the following formula (I), involving the use of compounds A and B.