Abstract: The present technology relates to an information processing apparatus, an information processing method, and a program capable of appropriately estimating an internal temperature of a food material being heated. An information processing apparatus according to the present technology includes: a construction unit that constructs a three-dimensional model representing a shape and a temperature distribution of a cooking object on the basis of sensor data acquired by sensors that measure states of a cooking utensil and the cooking object; and an internal temperature estimation unit that estimates an internal temperature of the cooking object by performing thermal conduction analysis based on the three-dimensional model. The present technology can be applied to a cooking assistance system that assists cooking work by a cook.

Abstract: A coating system is provided with a coating robot (14a to 14d) including a coating apparatus (38) configured to coat a coated object (12) structured by swingably connecting at least two members (18, 20) to a body (12), an opener robot (16) configured to swing said two members (18, 20) in a direction away from the body (12) at different timings, a first displacement mechanism (32) configured to displace the coating robot (14a to 14d) along a first guide member (28), and a second displacement mechanism (34) configured to displace the opener robot (16) along a second guide member (30), the opener robot (16) including a hooking member (48) which is hooked on the two members (18, 20) at the different timings. The first guide member (28) and the second guide member (30) are arranged in different heights so that the opener robot (16) and the coating robot (14a to 14d) are arranged in different heights.

Abstract: A magnetic recording medium includes a tape-shaped nonmagnetic support, and a vertical magnetic layer formed on a main surface of the nonmagnetic support by a vacuum thin-film forming technique, signals being recorded on and reproduced from the vertical magnetic layer in a linear system. In the magnetic recording medium, the dipulse ratio of the vertical recording layer is 0.36 or more.

Abstract: A magnetic recording medium includes a tape-shaped nonmagnetic support, and a vertical magnetic layer formed on a main surface of the nonmagnetic support by a vacuum thin-film forming technique, signals being recorded on and reproduced from the vertical magnetic layer in a linear system. In the magnetic recording medium, the dipulse ratio of the vertical recording layer is 0.36 or more.

Abstract: An automotive body delivered in a direction, and covers such as an engine hood and a trunk lid and doors of the automotive body are opened and held in an open position. Thereafter, prescribed areas of the automotive body are coated, and those doors which are located downstream with respect to the direction in which the automotive body is delivered and those areas of the automotive body which correspond to those doors which are located upstream with respect to the same direction, are coated. Thereafter, the covers and the doors of the automotive body are closed.

Abstract: A paint discharge control device includes a housing having a paint supply port and a paint discharge port defined therein, a paint passage through which the paint supply and discharge ports communicate with each other, a diaphragm disposed in the paint passage and actuatable by air under pressure for controlling the rate of a paint flow through said paint passage, a piston slidably disposed in the housing and having a hole defined therein as part of the paint passage, and a needle valve supported in the housing and having a portion disposed in the hole in the piston. The paint passage includes a paint discharge control passageway defined between the hole and the needle valve portion. The cross-sectional area of the paint discharge control passageway can be varied in response to sliding movement of the piston in the housing.