Abstract: An apparatus for providing intelligent synchronization includes a processing element configured to receive a message indicating that data for synchronization is available. The processing element may also be configured to select, in response to receipt of the message, a synchronization method from a plurality of synchronization methods based at least in part on whether the apparatus includes new data that has not been communicated to a synchronization element.

Abstract: Systems, methods, and apparatuses providing for navigation of a convoy of autonomous vehicles including a lead vehicle and at least one following vehicle wherein a master which sets the free parameters of a navigation strategy may be any one of the vehicles including the following vehicles. It is possible to control the convoy of the present invention firm any position including the rear position.

Abstract: Systems, methods, and apparatuses for high-speed navigation. The present invention preferably encompasses systems, methods, and apparatuses that provide for autonomous high-speed navigation of terrain by an un-manned robot. By preferably employing a pre-planned route, path, and speed; extensive sensor-based information collection about the local environment; and information about vehicle pose, the robots of the present invention evaluate the relative cost of various potential paths and thus arrive at a path to traverse the environment. The information collection about the local environment allows the robot to evaluate terrain and to identify any obstacles that may be encountered. The robots of the present invention thus employ map-based data fusion in which sensor information is incorporated into a cost map, which is preferably a rectilinear grid aligned with the world coordinate system and is centered on the vehicle.

Abstract: A network interface is presented that receives packet data from a shared medium and accomplishes the signal processing required to convert the data packet to host computer formatted data separately from receiving the data packet. The network interface receives the data packet, converts the analog signal to a digitized signal, and stores the resulting sample packet in a storage queue. An off-line processor, which may be the host computer itself, performs the signal processing required to interpret the sample packet. In transmission, the off-line process converts host-formatted data to a digitized version of a transmission data packet and stores that in a transmission queue. A transmitter converts the transmission data packet format and transmits the data to the shared medium.

Abstract: A method for forming a carbon doped oxide (CDO) film comprises doping an organosilane precursor material with a glycol material and using the doped organosilane precursor material in a deposition process to form the CDO film. The glycol material may be propylene glycol (PD). The PD-doped CDO films formed using the methods of the invention have been shown to have an increase in strength (e.g., an increase in Young's modulus) with a minimal effect on the dielectric constant of the PD-doped CDO film.

Abstract: The invention comprises an autonomous off-road vehicle capable of traveling at high speeds. Preferred embodiments of the invention comprise a system for sensory instrument stabilization comprises three axis assemblies movable about three orthogonal axes. The invention also comprises novel methods for generating a high accuracy route for a robotically controlled vehicle. Other aspects of the invention include drive time, perception-based path adjustments to steer a robotic vehicle within an intended corridor. Another embodiment of the invention comprises the consideration of vehicular dynamics in generating a high accuracy route and in steering a robotic vehicle within an intended corridor.

Abstract: Embodiments of a performance tracking system and method are disclosed. One method embodiment, among others, includes receiving standardized physical performance test data over a network from a test site, the standardized physical performance test data corresponding to physical performance for a plurality of individuals, and processing the standardized physical performance test data to provide standardized data of physical performance among the plurality of individuals.

Abstract: The present invention provides a system and method for providing notification on remote devices. In architecture, the system includes a computer device for performing the operation. The computer device comprises a message send module that sends a message to the remote device using an IP transmission means and a determination module that determines that the message sent by the IP transmission means was not received by the remote device. Moreover, the computer device further comprises a resend module that resends the message automatically using a SMS transmission means. The present invention can also be viewed as a method for providing notification on remote devices. The method operates by (1) sending a message to the remote device using a IP transmission means; (2) determining that the message sent by the IP transmission means was not received by the remote device; and (3) resending the message automatically using a SMS transmission means.

Abstract: An apparatus is described to provide a fault tolerant power-on of a computer system, using a BIOS memory containing a primary power-on system level configuration program for a computer system and a separate memory which contains a subset of the primary power-on system level configuration program. The subset program is accessed automatically, without human intervention, responding to a checksum detector of the BIOS memory data.

Abstract: It is characterized in that it consists in using a self-propelled sea plough (1) remote-controlled via a control flexible (2), said sea plough carrying at least one reel (6) of flexible conduit (7), controlling said sea plough from a site (5) so as to lay and bury a length of the flexible conduit up to a first predetermined point (P.sub.1), controlling said sea plough beyond said first predetermined point from another site (10), continuing laying and burying of the flexible conduit as far as a second predetermined point (P.sub.2), one of said sites being the land (5) and the other comprising a waterborne vessel.Applications include simultaneous laying and burying of flexible conduits such as optical cables, coaxial cables for analogue transmission, electrical cables, single or multiple flexible tubular conduits.

Abstract: The invention is a new and distinct variety of grapevine designated ‘Chisago’, which has a combination of outstanding wine quality, vigor, disease resistance, and cold hardiness.