Abstract: A robot includes: at least one sensor; a driver configured to move the robot; a memory configured to store at least one instruction; and a processor configured to execute the at least one instruction to: identify sub spaces of a traveling space of the robot, obtain navigability information corresponding to the respective sub spaces based on sensing data obtained by the at least one sensor while the robot is traveling, obtain time information on time required for passing through the respective sub spaces based on a traveling map, the traveling map being obtained based on the navigability information, identify a moving path of the robot based on the time information, and control the driver based on the moving path, wherein the navigability information includes at least one of region information associated with a sub space, information associated with at least one other robot, and information associated with a dynamic object.

Abstract: A robot includes: a plurality of wheels; a plurality of motors; at least one sensor; a memory configured to store first information on a size of the robot; and a processor. The processor is configured to: acquire image data of an escalator from the at least one sensor, acquire second information on a size of a plurality of steps included in the escalator based on the image data, based on the first information and the second information, identify both a boarding position available for the robot to board the escalator among the plurality of steps, and a posture of the robot configured to allow the robot to board at the boarding position, acquire control information for controlling the robot to board at the boarding position in the posture when the boarding position and the posture have been identified, and control the plurality of motors based on the control information.

Abstract: A thin film transistor can include an active layer; a gate electrode at least partially overlapping with the active layer; and a source electrode and a drain electrode spaced apart from each other and connected to the active layer, respectively. Also, the active layer includes a channel overlapping with the gate electrode; a first connection portion connected to a first side of the channel portion; and a second connection portion connected to a second side of the channel portion. Also, the channel has a crystalline structure, the first connection portion includes a first amorphous portion contacting the channel, and the second connection portion includes a second amorphous portion contacting the channel.

Abstract: Disclosed are a method of preparing a carbon-silicon composite powder including A) adding crystalline carbon and a precursor of amorphous carbon to a silicon slurry containing silicon particles and a dispersion medium to prepare a first mixed solution containing silicon particles, crystalline carbon and the precursor of amorphous carbon in a weight ratio of 20 to 70:20 to 70:1 to 19, B) spray drying the first mixed solution to prepare a first composite powder, C) adding the first composite powder to an aqueous solvent containing carbon fibers to prepare a second mixed solution, D) subjecting the second mixed solution to cold isostatic pressing, followed by drying to prepare a second composite powder, and E) screening the second composite powder without pulverization to prepare a carbon-silicon composite powder, a carbon-silicon composite powder produced using the same, and a lithium secondary battery including the same.

Abstract: A robot, includes: a camera: a driver comprising a plurality of wheels and a suspension for connecting each of the plurality of wheels to a body of the robot; and a processor. The processor is configured to: identify both a movement direction of a moving walkway and a movement speed of the moving walkway based on a plurality of images of the moving walkway received from the camera after the processor identifies that the robot is located in an entrance area of the moving walkway, control the driver so that the robot faces an entering direction corresponding to the identified movement direction; control the suspension connected to at least one of the plurality of wheels so that the robot is tilted at an angle corresponding to the identified movement speed, and control the driver so that the tilted robot moves in the entering direction and enters the moving walkway.

Abstract: Disclosed are an anode active material having a multilayered structure including a core including a carbon material, a first shell surrounding the core and including silicon particles, and a second shell surrounding the first shell and including a first crystalline carbon layer, a first amorphous carbon layer, a second crystalline carbon layer, and a second amorphous carbon layer, a method of preparing the same, and a lithium secondary battery including the same.

Abstract: Provided is a robot and method of controlling same, where the robot includes: a sensor; a driver; a memory storing an instruction; and a processor configured to execute the instruction to: identify, through the sensor, a height difference between a first stair and a second stair of an escalator, identify whether the robot is adjacent to a disembarkment area of the escalator based on the identified height difference, based on identifying that the robot is adjacent to the disembarkment area, identify, through the sensor, whether an object is located within a first distance of the robot in a movement direction of the escalator, and based on identifying the object located within the first distance of the robot in the movement direction of the escalator, control the driver to cause the robot to move on the escalator in a direction opposite to the movement direction of the escalator.

Abstract: Provided are a thermal battery system and an ignition method of the same, wherein the thermal battery system includes: a thermal battery assembly including a plurality of thermal batteries arranged in series and in parallel; an ignition circuit connected to the plurality of thermal batteries in the thermal battery assembly; and a control unit configured to control the ignition circuit such that each of the plurality of thermal batteries in the thermal battery assembly is selectively ignited, wherein the control unit is configured to selectively ignite one of the plurality of thermal batteries in an active matrix manner by controlling an ignition circuit.

Abstract: An apparatus includes: a vapor generating chamber configured to accommodate a heat transfer fluid and to be filled with saturated vapor generated by the heat transfer fluid; a heater configured to heat the heat transfer fluid in the vapor generating chamber; a substrate stage configured to be movable upward or downward in the vapor generating chamber and to support a substrate on which an electronic device is mounted via a solder. The apparatus also includes at least one mesh plate extending in a horizontal direction in the vapor generating chamber. The at least one mesh plate includes a plurality of openings through which the vapor moves.

Abstract: In a memory device, a control circuit detects determines an aggressor row address, indicating an aggressor row of a memory cell array, at a random time. The aggressor row address or a value derived from the aggressor row address is stored in a queue. The control circuit controls a refresh operation of one or more victim rows based on the aggressor row address in response to a targeted refresh command.

Abstract: An electronic apparatus for providing a traversability map of a robot and a controlling method thereof are provided. The electronic apparatus includes a transceiver, a memory configured to store feature information of each of a plurality of robots, and at least one processor configured to receive sensing data obtained by sensing vicinity by at least one external device from the external device from the at least one external device, through the transceiver, generate at least one map with respect to a space where the at least one external device is positioned based on the received sensing data, generate a traversability map for traversal of a robot based on feature information of at least one robot among the plurality of robots and the generated at least one map, and control the transceiver to transmit the traversability map to the robot.

Abstract: Disclosed is a robot lawnmower including a body frame, a main wheel disposed on both sides of the body frame, a motor to drive the main wheel, a first edge blade provided in a region of the body frame corresponding to the main wheel and coupled to be rotatable with respect to the body frame by receiving a driving force of the motor, and a second edge blade disposed between the body frame and the main wheel to rotate together with the main wheel and cut a grass by a relative rotation of the first edge blade and the main wheel.

Abstract: Provided are embodiments for providing analytics indicative of object detection or fill-level detection at or near real-time based on video data captured during an unloading or loading process. A computerized system may detect and classify, using an object-detection machine learning (ML) model, an object based on the video data. A computerized system may further determine, using a fill-level ML model, a fill-level of the storage compartment based on a comparison of edges of the storage compartment to a total dimension corresponding to the edge. In this manner, the various implementations described herein provide a technique for computing systems employing image processing and machine learning techniques to a video data stream to generate analytics associated with the unloading or loading process at or near real-time.

Abstract: A fluid cooling apparatus capable of improving liquefaction efficiency of a fluid by appropriately cooling the fluid in various temperature ranges through a simple process.

Abstract: A nanocrystal particle including at least one semiconductor material and at least one halogen element, the nanocrystal particle including: a core comprising a first semiconductor nanocrystal; and a shell surrounding the core and comprising a crystalline or amorphous material, wherein the halogen element is present as being doped therein or as a metal halide

Abstract: A memory device includes a row decoder, a column decoder, and a repair control circuit, which is configured to: (i) compare a row address with a stored failed row address, (ii) compare a column address with a stored failed column address, (iii) control the row decoder to activate the at least one of a plurality of redundancy word lines when the row address corresponds to the failed row address, and (iv) control the column decoder to activate at least one of a plurality of redundancy bit lines when the column address corresponds to the failed column address. The repair control circuit varies a repair unit according to an address input during a repair operation.

Abstract: A nanocrystal particle including at least one semiconductor material and at least one halogen element, the nanocrystal particle including: a core comprising a first semiconductor nanocrystal; and a shell surrounding the core and comprising a crystalline or amorphous material, wherein the halogen element is present as being doped therein or as a metal halide.

Abstract: A semiconductor package including a circuit substrate including a plurality of interconnections; a first chip on the circuit substrate; a second chip stacked on the first chip; a plurality of first pads on the circuit substrate, the plurality of first pads overlapping the first chip; a plurality of bumps between the circuit substrate and the first chip; a plurality of second pads on an edge portion of a first side of the circuit substrate, the plurality of second pads electrically connected to the second chip through a conductive wire; an underfill that fills a space between the circuit substrate and the first chip; and a first dam on the circuit substrate, the first dam overlapping the first chip. The first dam includes a conductive material and overlaps at least one of the plurality of interconnections.

Abstract: Provided is a natural gas liquefaction apparatus including: a cryogenic heat exchanger through which natural gas passes through and is liquefied into liquefied natural gas (LNG) through heat exchange with a first refrigerant and a second refrigerant; a first refrigerant cycle through which the first refrigerant circulates, which has some paths passing through the cryogenic heat exchanger to perform heat exchange, and which has a path of the first refrigerant divided into a plurality of paths after performing heat exchange at the cryogenic heat exchanger and performs expansion and pre-compression of the first refrigerant; and a second refrigerant cycle through which the second refrigerant circulates and which has some paths passing though the cryogenic heat exchanger.

Abstract: The present invention relates to a technology that monitors a normal operation state through whether the flow of minute current is maintained in real time when a latch relay is turned on and allows the latch relay to be forcibly turned off through current prestored in a supercapacitor when an off operation of the latch relay is not normally performed.