Abstract: A detachable deposition accessory for depositing a material on a ground surface, the wherein the detachable deposition accessory is operable to move in a first direction, the detachable deposition accessory comprising: locomotion means, the locomotion means mounted on a chassis; a deposition arrangement comprising one or more spray nozzles; a coupling capable of attaching the detachable deposition accessory to an autonomous mobile robot (AMR); and a deposition material cartridge mount, wherein the deposition material cartridge mount is operable to receive a removable paint cartridge at a first end and is fluidly coupled to the deposition arrangement at a second end. Thus advantageously, there is provided the means to quickly and easily change the abilities of the autonomous deposition machine attached to an AMR for multiple different deposition application situations.

Abstract: A spray head arrangement, suitable for use in a ground deposition apparatus, wherein in operation the spray head arrangement is moved linearly along a horizontal mounting rail, the spray head arrangement comprising: a vertical mounting rail; a second support arm arranged orthogonally to the vertical mounting rail; plurality of nozzles mounted to the second support arm and operable to deposit a material on a ground surface; and a mounting carriage, wherein the mounting carriage comprises: four guide wheels on a first side of the mounting carriage, the four guide wheels on the first side of the mounting carriage comprising two guide wheels configured to engage a first side of a track portion of the vertical mounting rail and two guide wheels configured to engage with a second side of the track portion of the vertical mounting rail opposite the first side of the track portion of the vertical mounting rail; and four guide wheels on a second side of the carriage opposite the first side of the carriage, the four gu

Abstract: A dual roll laminating film cartridge refill for a reusable cartridge loadable in a laminating machine. The refill includes a first roll of continuous adhesive-coated translucent laminating film having a first axial end and a second axial end. The refill includes a second roll of continuous adhesive-coated translucent laminating film having a first axial end and a second axial end. A first connector couples the first axial ends of the first and second rolls at a predefined gap distance. A second connector is independent from and spaced from the first connector, the second connector coupling the second axial ends of the first and second rolls at the predefined gap distance. The first and second connectors are uniquely shaped and asymmetrical to provide a keyed interface to the reusable cartridge.

Abstract: A deposition arrangement, suitable for use in a ground deposition apparatus, the ground deposition apparatus operable to move in a first direction, the deposition arrangement comprising: a horizontal mounting rail arranged in a second direction, substantially orthogonal to the first direction; a spray head arrangement, the spray head arrangement being movably connected to the horizontal mounting rail and arranged in a third direction, substantially orthogonal to the first direction and substantially orthogonal to the second direction; a plurality of spray nozzles, mounted to the spray head arrangement, and wherein the plurality of spray nozzles is aligned in a horizontal axis in the first direction.

Abstract: A coupling arrangement for a coupling a detachable deposition accessory to an autonomous mobile robot (AMR), the coupling arrangement comprising: a first portion, the first portion is configured to be removably coupled to the AMR, and is operable to be pivotable about the pitch axis only; a second portion, the second portion is fixedly attached to the AMR and is configured to retain the first portion and limit movement of the detachable deposition accessory in the yaw axis, when coupled to the AMR; and a support arm, wherein the support arm extends between the first and second portions. Thus advantageously, there is provided the means to quickly and easily change the abilities of the autonomous deposition machine attached to an AMR for multiple different deposition application situations.

Abstract: A tank management system for an autonomous ground marking robot, the tank management system comprising: an input operable to receive sensor data from one or more sensors coupled to at least one receptacle, the receptacle operable to hold a deposition material; a processor for processing said sensor data to obtain user diagnostics; an output for outputting said user diagnostics. Thus, providing the ability to communicate real-time consumption data of deposition materials from the tank management system to a monitoring cloud database. Which then the data for forecasting demand, forecasting refill rates, forecasting automated refilling schedule intervals, remote robot or complete system performance diagnostics using ‘over the air’ methods. Eliminating the need for the operator to act removes the possibility for human error. The method may also include gathering performance diagnostics of the autonomous robot.

Abstract: A method of identifying a contributing cause of an anomaly including receiving a set of timeseries data representing metric values over time, wherein the timeseries data has at least two dimensions, for each of two or more of the timestamps in the set of timeseries data, generating a first and second graph representing (i) the metric values at that timestamp, (ii) the at least two dimensions at that timestamp, and (iii) associations between the metric values at that timestamp, analyzing the first and second graphs associated with each timestamp to identify a particular timestamp including an anomaly, and analyzing the first and second graphs associated with the identified particular timestamp to identify a node that contributed in causing the anomaly.

Abstract: A detachable deposition accessory for coupling to an autonomous deposition apparatus, and an autonomous deposition apparatus with reciprocal coupling, the detachable deposition accessory having: a locomotion arrangement; a deposition arrangement; a control unit, the control unit operable to receive at least one deposition instruction from the autonomous deposition apparatus; and a coupling capable of attaching the detachable deposition accessory to an autonomous deposition apparatus. Thus advantageously, there is provided the capability to quickly and easily change the abilities of the autonomous deposition machine for multiple different deposition application situations.

Abstract: A system and method include forecasting a series of future data points in a long sequence time series data using a decoder-only transformer model by dividing the long sequence time series data into a plurality of sequences, converting each sequence of the plurality of sequences into a first vector to obtain a plurality of first vectors, creating a plurality of second vectors from the time stamps associated with the plurality of data points, combining the first vector with the second vector of each sequence of the plurality of sequences to obtain a plurality of third vectors, computing a context matrix from the plurality of third vectors, performing a convolution operation on the context matrix to forecast the series of future data points, and outputting the series of future data points from the prediction layer.

Abstract: An integrated circuit (IC) includes first and second memory devices and a bridge. The IC also includes a first interconnect segment coupled between the first memory device and the bridge. The IC further includes a second interconnect segment coupled between the first and second memory devices, and a third interconnect segment coupled between the bridge and the second memory device. The IC includes a first DMA circuit coupled to the first interconnect segment, and a second DMA circuit coupled to the second interconnect segment. A fourth interconnect segment is coupled between the first and second DMA circuits.

Abstract: The invention relates to a method for manufacturing a three-dimensional item comprising at least one metal pattern, comprising at least: a step A of providing a flat substrate of thermoformable material; a step B of forming on a surface of the flat substrate a temporary masking coating that adheres to said surface, to obtain a masked substrate having at least one unmasked area; a step C of thermoforming the flat substrate to give the latter a generally three-dimensional shape; a step D of metallizing the masked substrate to form a metal deposit on the latter, at least on said unmasked area; and a step E of eliminating said temporary masking coating, the thermoforming step C being carried out before metallization step D and before step E of eliminating said temporary masking coating, the metallization step D being carried out by non-electrolytic deposition from one or more metallization solution(s) containing at least one metal in metal cation form and at least one reducing agent adapted to transform the me

Abstract: The invention relates to a component (1) for an electrical, radio or electronic device, comprising a substrate (3) provided with a dielectric surface (4) carrying at least one electro-conductive pattern (5) that has a lower surface (5A) in contact with the dielectric surface (4) and an opposite upper surface (5B), said electro-conductive pattern being made of metal, the upper surface of the electro-conductive pattern having a roughness Sa less than or equal to 500 nm, said electro-conductive pattern having a thickness (e) of between 10 nm and 500 nm and a sheet resistance that is less than or equal to 800 m?/?. The invention further relates to an electrical, radio or electronic device comprising such a component. Components with electro-conductive patterns; electrical, radio or electronic devices comprising components with electro-conductive patterns.

Abstract: The invention relates to a composition for making a film-forming masking coating adhering to at least part of a surface of a substrate intended to be thermoformed for manufacturing a selectively metallized three-dimensional item, said composition comprising at least one organic polymer matrix formed of one or more organic monomers and/or polymers, said polymer matrix being curable to form said masking coating that, after curing, for a thickness of between 0.1 ?m and 50 ?m, has a deformation ratio at break higher than 30%, at a temperature of between 20° C. and 270° C. The invention is particularly adapted for making a composition suitable for making a coating on the surface of a substrate intended to be thermoformed.

Abstract: A new scissor-ramp mechanism for a Continuously Variable Transmission (CVT) provides smooth transmission of variation to the width of the groove for the V-belt of the CVT. The scissor-ramp mechanism consists in driving rings that are coaxial, concentric to each other, and rotatable relative to one another, each having a driving abutting facet; and a driven ring having driven abutting facets. The driving abutting facets are adapted to abut against the driven abutting facets, with at least one abutting facet being provided by a helicoidal ramp. Rotating the driving rings relative to one another exerts a contacting section of abutting facets to migrate over the ramp, thereby changing the axial dimension of the scissor-ramp mechanism.

Abstract: A system, method, and computer-program product includes identifying a plurality of code synthesis items for a target programming language, generating a code synthesis prompt based on a first sampling of the plurality of code synthesis items, synthesizing, via a large language model, a plurality of raw code segments using the code synthesis prompt, executing the plurality of raw code segments with a code interpreter associated with the target programming language, determining one or more valid code segments of the plurality of raw code segments that the code interpreter successfully executed, aggregating, via a second sampling, the one or more valid code segments into one or more validated code synthesis training samples, and training a code generation model using the one or more validated code synthesis training samples. User interfaces may be provided to allow target coding tasks to be specified via text or speech.

Abstract: A synchronization circuit includes a first synchronizer having a first data input, a first clock input, and first output; a second synchronizer having a second data input, a second clock input, and a second output; selection circuitry having first, second, third and fourth inputs, and a synchronized data output, the first and second inputs coupled to the first and second outputs, respectively; and storage circuitry having a storage data input coupled to the synchronized data output, a third clock input, and a feedback output coupled to the fourth input.

Abstract: A memory system having an interconnect configured to receive commands from a system to read data from and/or write data to a memory device. The memory system also has a bridge configured to receive the commands from the interconnect, to manage ECC data and to perform address translation between system addresses and physical memory device addresses by calculating a first ECC memory address for a first ECC data block that is after and adjacent to a first data block having a first data address, calculating a second ECC memory address that is after and adjacent to the first ECC block, and calculating a second data address that is after and adjacent to the second ECC block. The bridge may also check and calculate ECC data for a complete burst of data, and/or cache ECC data for a complete burst of data that includes read and/or write data.

Abstract: Disclosed example welding power supplies comprise: power conversion circuitry configured to convert input power to welding power; an input device configured to receive a plurality of instances of an input; and control circuitry configured to: calculate a frequency of the plurality of instances of the input; and control the power conversion circuitry to output the welding power as a series of pulses having a pulse frequency determined based on the calculated frequency.

Abstract: Disclosed example travel speed pacing systems for welding-type operations include: an interface configured to receive an input describing a characteristic of a welding-type operation; and control circuitry configured to: determine a target travel speed based on the input; determine a target time interval at which the welding-type operation is to traverse locations corresponding to successive ones of a plurality of marked locations on the workpiece of the welding-type operation, the target time interval being based on the target travel speed and a unit distance between the marked locations; and control the interface to output indicators representative of a target time interval.

Abstract: A printer has first and second print sections 100, 200 joined along a line 12, and a controller 50. Each section contains a printhead 120; 220 travelling on a track 110; 210. A frame or frame part 104 supports the track and is driven on wheels by a motor, so that the printer can travel autonomously along a horizontally extending step edge, printing as it goes. It further includes a sensor for detecting the proximity of the vertical face 5v of the step. The printer can thus be set to print advertising, for instance, on the steps of a stadium.