Abstract: Provided is a robot arranged in a housing having a front wall having a plurality of openings and a back wall facing the front wall and having an opening, the robot including: a first movable portion; a second movable portion which has a third arm and a hand; an information storage unit which stores cooperative operation-related information; a cooperative operation selection unit selects, based on a position of an access target of access by the hand and the cooperative operation-related information stored in the information storage unit, whether to cause the hand to access the access target by an cooperative operation of the third arm and the hand or to cause the hand to access the access target by an cooperative operation of the third arm, the hand, and the first movable portion; and a control unit which controls the first movable portion and the second movable portion.

Abstract: An information processing system includes an input information acquisition unit for acquiring input information including a natural language sentence input by a user to obtain a natural language sentence based on a first knowledge in a specific application, a model selection unit for selecting, through decision making, from among one or a plurality of large-scale language models, a tuning model that is a large-scale language model fine-tuned using the second knowledge different from the first knowledge in the specific application, a relevant knowledge acquisition unit for acquiring relevant knowledge relevant to the input information from the first knowledge, and an output information generation unit for generating output information including the natural language sentence corresponding to the relevant knowledge and the input information using the tuning model.

Abstract: A monitoring support apparatus includes an image acquirer, an identifier, and an image generator. The image acquirer is configured to acquire an image observed from a mobile unit and captured. The identifier is configured to obtain information regarding a target that has brought the mobile unit to a halt. The image generator is configured to generate a superposed image by displaying in the image acquired by the image acquirer a picture indicating a position of the target during a predetermined period.

Abstract: Provided are methods that can prevent either or both of kinking and collapsing of a steel sheet coiled in coil form regardless of the characteristics of the steel sheet. A method of determining a tension pattern of tension applied to a steel sheet to coil the steel sheet in coil form comprises calculating the tension pattern using an apparent elastic modulus in a radial direction of a coil.

Abstract: A plasma nano mist generation device includes: a discharge tube into which a solution is injected, the discharge tube being configured by a dielectric material; a liquid feeding unit configured to feed the solution into the discharge tube; an electrode provided in the discharge tube; a voltage application unit configured to apply a voltage to the electrode; a ground electrode provided on a side of a distal end of the electrode and on an outer periphery of the discharge tube, the ground electrode being grounded in the device itself; and a controller configured to control the liquid feeding unit and the voltage application unit such that the solution is fed to the discharge tube and a voltage is applied to the electrode in order to generate dielectric barrier discharge on the side of the distal end of the electrode to generate plasma nano mist.

Abstract: A document preparation support device includes a retrieval unit that retrieves a related document corresponding to text included in a document preparation command input by an author, a generation unit that generates a tentative document on the basis of the document preparation command and the retrieved related document, and an extraction unit that, on the basis of the content of a draft document generated from the tentative document by the author, extracts a check item to be reviewed by a document reviewer in the draft document.

Abstract: Provided is a robot arranged in a housing having a front wall having a plurality of openings and a back wall facing the front wall and having an opening, the robot including: a first movable portion; a second movable portion which has a third arm and a hand; an information storage unit which stores cooperative operation-related information; a cooperative operation selection unit selects, based on a position of an access target of access by the hand and the cooperative operation-related information stored in the information storage unit, whether to cause the hand to access the access target by an cooperative operation of the third arm and the hand or to cause the hand to access the access target by an cooperative operation of the third arm, the hand, and the first movable portion; and a control unit which controls the first movable portion and the second movable portion.

Abstract: Provided is a robot including: a first movable portion which has a first arm having a proximal end side connected to a first base and a second arm having a proximal end side connected to a distal end side of the first arm; a second movable portion which has a second base having a proximal end side connected to a distal end side of the second arm, a third arm having a proximal end side connected to a distal end side of the second base, and a hand having a proximal end side connected to a distal end side of the third arm and holding a wafer; and a control unit, and a width, in a direction perpendicular to the vertical plane, of a trajectory of the first movable portion falls within a width, in the direction perpendicular to the vertical plane, of a trajectory of the wafer.

Abstract: Provided is a system including: a housing having a front wall including a plurality of openings for access to a cassette storing a wafer and a back wall facing the front wall; and a robot arranged in the housing, in which the robot has a first base, a first movable portion, a second movable portion having a hand holding the wafer, and a control unit which controls the first movable portion and the second movable portion, and the plurality of openings are positioned in a maximum accessible region of the hand determined based on a position where the robot is arranged in the housing, a length of the first movable portion in a state where the first movable portion is maximally extended, and a length of the second movable portion in a state where the second movable portion is maximally extended.

Abstract: Provided is a robot arranged in a housing, the robot including: a first movable portion; a second movable portion having a hand holding a wafer; and a control unit which controls the first movable portion and the second movable portion so as to convey the wafer in a state where the wafer held by the hand is located inside an operation region defined in a space between a front wall and a back wall so as not to overlap an open/close region for a cassette opener, which is provided at a position corresponding to an opening of the front wall, to open and close a cassette, and to cause the hand to access the opening of the front wall in a state where the hand is parallel to a horizontal plane.

Abstract: A robot includes: an articulated arm and a plurality of actuators. The articulated arm includes a plurality of links connected by a plurality of joints. The plurality of links include: a hand; a base; and one or more arm links. The plurality of actuators are configured to drive the plurality of joints respectively around rotational axes. Each of the plurality of actuators includes: a main body fixed to one link at a corresponding joint; and an output shaft protruding from the main body along a rotational axis of the rotational axes, fixed to another link, and configured to rotate around the rotational axis. The articulated arm further includes, for each of the plurality of actuators, a seal member detachably attached to the one link separately from the main body, to seal between the one link and the output shaft.

Abstract: A robot includes: an articulated arm and a plurality of motors. The articulated arm includes a plurality of links connected by a plurality of joints. The plurality of links include: a hand configured to support the electronic substrate; a base; and one or more arm links connecting the hand to the base. The plurality of motors are configured to drive the plurality of joints respectively around rotational axes each of which is along a vertical orientation orthogonal to the electronic substrate supported by the hand, to change a position and a posture of the hand with respect to the base while the hand supporting the electronic substrate. Each of the plurality of motors is a direct drive motor and is disposed at a corresponding joint of the plurality of joints.

Abstract: To provide a transistor having a favorable electric characteristics and high reliability and a display device including the transistor. The transistor is a bottom-gate transistor formed using an oxide semiconductor for a channel region. An oxide semiconductor layer subjected to dehydration or dehydrogenation through heat treatment is used as an active layer. The active layer includes a first region of a superficial portion microcrystallized and a second region of the rest portion. By using the oxide semiconductor layer having such a structure, a change to an n-type, which is attributed to entry of moisture to the superficial portion or elimination of oxygen from the superficial portion, and generation of a parasitic channel can be suppressed. In addition, contact resistance between the oxide semiconductor layer and source and drain electrodes can be reduced.

Abstract: A transfer robot includes a plurality of hands, a plurality of hand drive motors, and an arm. The plurality of hands are capable of holding a transfer target object, and pivot individually around a pivoting axis. The plurality of hand drive motors are arranged in a direction following the pivoting axis, such that a motor axis to which the plurality of hands are each connected becomes concentric with the pivoting axis, and directly drive the plurality of hands, respectively. The arm includes therein the plurality of hand drive motors.

Abstract: Provided are methods that can prevent either or both of kinking and collapsing of a steel sheet coiled in coil form regardless of the characteristics of the steel sheet. A method of determining a tension pattern of tension applied to a steel sheet to coil the steel sheet in coil form comprises calculating the tension pattern using an apparent elastic modulus in a radial direction of a coil.

Abstract: New uses of an FF-MAS metabolism inhibitor for protecting and/or regenerating a neuromuscular junction or for treating and/or preventing a disorder of a neuromuscular junction are disclosed. In one aspect, a method for protecting and/or regenerating a neuromuscular junction or a method for treating and/or preventing a disorder of a neuromuscular junction, the method including administering an effective amount of an FF-MAS metabolism inhibitor to a mammal is disclosed. In one aspect, an FF-MAS metabolism inhibitor for use in protecting and/or regenerating a neuromuscular junction or for use in treating and/or preventing a disorder of a neuromuscular junction is disclosed. In one aspect, uses of an FF-MAS metabolism inhibitor for manufacturing an agent for protecting and/or regenerating a neuromuscular junction or for manufacturing an agent for treating and/or preventing a disorder of a neuromuscular junction are disclosed.

Abstract: A point cloud decoding device includes: a geometry information decoding unit configured to decode numbers of points of respective layers of an octree structure.

Abstract: To provide a connector for which cost can be reduced. A first connector 1 includes first metal members 10A that function as terminals and second metal members 10B that function as reinforcing brackets. Each first metal member 10A and second metal member 10B include a main body part 11, a first edge part 15, a second edge part 16, and a third edge part 17. A first edge part 15 of the first metal member 10A is positioned on the upper side of the main body part 11 that is the side that receives the mating connector. The second metal member 10B is retained in a different orientation from the first metal member 10A. The first edge part 15 of the second metal member 10B is positioned below the main body part 11 of the second metal member 10B and can be attached to a first circuit board B1 arranged on the lower side of the first connector 1.

Abstract: A novel metal oxide is provided. The metal oxide includes a c-axis aligned crystal and contains indium, an element M (M is gallium, aluminum, yttrium, or tin), and zinc. In the metal oxide, the diffusion length of hydrogen is 200 nm or less and absorption due to localized states measured by a CPM is 0.01/cm or less. The diffusion length of hydrogen is calculated with the temperature being 400° C. and 1 hour.

Abstract: To provide a connector for which cost can be reduced. A first connector 1 includes first metal members 10A that function as terminals and second metal members 10B that function as reinforcing brackets. Each first metal member 10A and second metal member 10B include a main body part 11, a first edge part 15, a second edge part 16, and a third edge part 17. A first edge part 15 of the first metal member 10A is positioned on the upper side of the main body part 11 that is the side that receives the mating connector. The second metal member 10B is retained in a different orientation from the first metal member 10A. The first edge part 15 of the second metal member 10B is positioned below the main body part 11 of the second metal member 10B and can be attached to a first circuit board B1 arranged on the lower side of the first connector 1.