Abstract: A plurality of mobile machines each includes an onboard communications and control system configured to communicate with each of the other machines using a persistent domain for communicating persistent data, using a transient domain for communicating transient data, and using an announcement domain for communicating announcement data. Each of the onboard communications and control systems includes a routing service to route data via one of the persistent communications domain, the transient communications domain and the announcement communications domain depending on the nature of the data. The routing service only routes data via the persistent communications domain and the transient communications domain to other machines that are part of the same work group.

Abstract: Each of a plurality of mobile machines includes an onboard communications and control system configured to communicate with each of the other machines via at least two different electronic communication methods, communicate working information specific to the machine to each of the other machines, receive working information from the other machines and store the received working information in the data pool. An offboard computing system is configured to communicate with each of the mobile machines using at least one of the at least two different electronic communication methods, receive the working information from each of the machines, store the received working information in a data pool and communicate the data pool to each of the machines. Each of the data pools always includes the most recent working information from each of the mobile machines. The mobile machines may use the data pools to coordinate operations.

Abstract: A set is provided for applying a flat, flexible two-dimensional thin-film strip into living tissue, particularly into brain tissue. The set includes the thin-film strip itself to be applied and an application tool, which is removable and mechanically connectable to the thin-film strip by a coupling device. After application of the thin-film strip in situ the application tool is removable from the tissue without residue by mechanically disengaging the coupling device itself, while leaving the thin-film strip behind.

Abstract: A set is provided for applying a flat, flexible two-dimensional thin-film strip into living tissue, particularly into brain tissue. The set includes the thin-film strip itself to be applied and an application tool, which is removable and mechanically connectable to the thin-film strip by a coupling device. After application of the thin-film strip in situ the application tool is removable from the tissue without residue by mechanically disengaging the coupling device itself, while leaving the thin-film strip behind.