Abstract: A system for processing workpieces for producing motor vehicles, includes multiple work areas. The multiple work areas are arranged in a work plane, in each of which at least one work device is arranged, which is configured to process at least one workpiece. At least one transport device, which is movably arranged in a transport plane that is different from the work plane and that is configured to transport at least one object and/or one workpiece out of at least one work area or into at least one work area and/or to carry out at least one maintenance process on the at least one work device.

Abstract: Various embodiments for predicting which software vulnerabilities will be exploited by malicious hackers and hence prioritized by patching are disclosed.

Abstract: A method for producing a motor vehicle by producing multiple structural modules, wherein each structural module includes at least one structural component of a vehicle body and at least one vehicle component, and assembling the multiple structural modules to form the motor vehicle, whereby the motor vehicle is already provided with a plurality of vehicle components upon completion of the supporting motor vehicle structure, and wherein the structural modules are joined to one another on the structural component side exclusively using cold joining techniques.

Abstract: Various embodiments for predicting which software vulnerabilities will be exploited by malicious hackers and hence prioritized by patching are disclosed.

Abstract: A method for producing a structural component includes building a first base body layer by layer, positioning a supplementary profile on the first base body, and building a second base body layer by layer. The method further includes fastening the supplementary profile to the first base body and to the second base body by substance-to-substance bonding while enclosing the supplementary profile at least partially between the first base body and the second base body.

Abstract: Techniques for performing quantum information processing using an asymmetric error channel are provided. According to some aspects, a quantum information processing includes a data qubit and an ancilla qubit, the ancilla qubit having an asymmetric error channel. The data qubit is coupled to the ancilla qubit. The ancilla qubit may be driven with a stabilizing microwave field to create the asymmetric error channel.

Abstract: A method for repairing a solar panel with a front-side-encapsulating element and a rear-side-encapsulating element, said method comprising the following steps: a) applying an adhesive paste or liquid to the rear-side-encapsulating element; b) applying a covering layer to the adhesive paste or liquid, and c) hardening the adhesive paste or liquid. The invention also relates to a solar panel comprising a front-side-encapsulating element, a rear-side-encapsulating element, an adhesive layer on a side of the rear-side-encapsulating element facing away from the front-side-encapsulating element, and a covering layer on a side of the adhesive layer facing away from the front-side-encapsulating element.

Abstract: Various embodiments for predicting which software vulnerabilities will be exploited by malicious hackers and hence prioritized by patching are disclosed.

Abstract: Various embodiments for predicting which software vulnerabilities will be exploited by malicious hackers and hence prioritized by patching are disclosed.

Abstract: A method for welding components includes the following steps: providing a first component and a second component; bringing together the two components; welding the two components by use of a laser beam, wherein a plurality of welding impulses are generated through the repeated activation and deactivation of the laser beam, with each welding pulse being interrupted by welding-free rest intervals in which the laser beam is deactivated, wherein a local welding area is generated by each welding pulse, in which material of the two components is melted and fused in a locally limited manner, wherein individual welding areas of those generated by the welding pulses overlap.

Abstract: Techniques for quantum error correction of a multi-level system are provided and described. In some aspects, techniques for encoding a state of a multi-level quantum system include encoding a quantum information in a two-mode state of two quantum mechanical oscillators. Techniques for protecting the two-mode state against dephasing and energy loss are described.

Abstract: A component arrangement and a method for producing the component arrangement are provided. The component arrangement includes a first component and a second component, which are arranged in an overlapping arrangement and are connected by a laser fillet weld and at two fixing points arranged laterally offset from the laser fillet weld, one of the components is provided with at least one projection, which projects in the direction of the other component and which is arranged and formed such that, when the components are positioned correctly in relation to one another and are pressed together at the fixing points, a flange portion of the first component, set at an angle in the region of the laser fillet weld to be formed, is pressed onto the second component by way of the component edge.

Abstract: Techniques for performing quantum information processing using an asymmetric error channel are provided. According to some aspects, a quantum information processing includes a data qubit and an ancilla qubit, the ancilla qubit having an asymmetric error channel. The data qubit is coupled to the ancilla qubit. The ancilla qubit may be driven with a stabilizing microwave field to create the asymmetric error channel.

Abstract: A tool for laser beam processing is provided. The tool includes an upper tool and a lower tool, which are able to be advanced toward one another by way of a press, such that at least one component is able to be fixed in a predefined position between the upper tool and the lower tool. At least one laser beam exit surface, which is part of an inner surface of the upper tool or lower tool, and at least one laser beam guide, into which laser radiation is able to be coupled and is able to be directed through the laser beam exit surface onto a processing location on the component are provided. A control device, which enables and/or disables the coupling of laser radiation into the at least one laser beam guide depending on the advancing movement between upper tool and lower tool is provided. Furthermore, a laser beam processing apparatus and a method for laser beam processing are also provided.

Abstract: Techniques for performing quantum information processing using an asymmetric error channel are provided. According to some aspects, a quantum information processing includes a data qubit and an ancilla qubit, the ancilla qubit having an asymmetric error channel. The data qubit is coupled to the ancilla qubit. The ancilla qubit may be driven with a stabilizing microwave field to create the asymmetric error channel.

Abstract: Various embodiments for predicting which software vulnerabilities will be exploited by malicious hackers and hence prioritized by patching are disclosed.