Abstract: Provided are a vehicle sensor cleaning apparatus and a control method thereof. The vehicle sensor cleaning apparatus includes a liquid sprayer configured to spray washer fluid on at least one sensor arranged in a vehicle, an air sprayer configured to spray air on the at least one sensor, a liquid controller configured to control washer fluid spraying of the liquid sprayer, and an air controller configured to control air spraying of the air sprayer.

Abstract: An apparatus for controlling a discharge pressure of a fluid includes: a pump configured to suck the fluid through an inlet or to discharge the sucked fluid through an outlet; a distributor connected to the pump and to an injection nozzle provided by a sensor and configured to distribute the fluid discharged from the pump to the sensor; and a controller. The controller is configured to control the pump to operate selectively in accordance with detection of contamination of the sensor and to control operation of the distributor to be forcibly delayed during operation of the pump such that the fluid distributed to the sensor, when detected as being contaminated, is controlled to reach a selected required discharge pressure of different required discharge pressures selected in accordance with water amount information and a degree of contamination of the sensor.

Abstract: An embodiment solid electrolyte includes a first compound and a second compound. The first compound is represented by a first chemical formula Li7-aPS6-a(X11-bX2b)a, wherein X1 and X2 are the same or different and each represents F, Cl, Br, or I, and wherein 0<a?2 and 0<b<1, and the second compound is represented by a second chemical formula Li7-cP1-2dMdS6-c-3d(X11-eX2e)c, wherein X1 and X2 are the same or different and each represents F, Cl, Br, or I, wherein M represents Ge, Si, Sn, or any combination thereof, and wherein 0<c?2, 0<d<0.5, and 0<e<1.

Abstract: An electronic pedal apparatus includes a pad that rectilinearly moves and rotates along a pad guide while being kept in line contact with the pad guide including a shape of an arc when a driver operates the pad, an acceleration signal or a braking signal for a vehicle is generated by operation of the single pad, and a movement direction of the pad at the time of generating the acceleration signal is different from a movement direction of the pad at the time of generating the braking signal.

Abstract: An embodiment electronic pedal apparatus includes a pedal housing and an accelerator pedal assembly and a brake pedal assembly coupled to the pedal housing and configured to move along different movement trajectories when the accelerator pedal assembly and the brake pedal assembly are operated. In an embodiment, the accelerator pedal assembly is compressed and moved upward when the accelerator pedal assembly is operated, and the brake pedal assembly is compressed and moved downward when the brake pedal assembly is operated.

Abstract: A battery pack is advantageous for effective control and maintenance of thermal events. A battery pack according to one aspect of the present disclosure may include a battery module having one or more battery cells; a fire extinguishing tank holding a fire extinguishing liquid, disposed on top of the battery module and having a through hole formed therein; and a cover member installed in the through hole of the fire extinguishing tank and configured to open or close the through hole according to a change in internal pressure of the fire extinguishing tank.

Abstract: An apparatus for localizing a robot having robustness to a dynamic environment includes a map building unit which builds a map based on SLAM; a localizing unit which acquires first feature from sensor data acquired by a sensor mounted in a robot and localizes the robot using the first feature acquired from the sensor data based on the map built by the map building unit; and a map updating unit which reduces an error caused by the movement of the robot by correcting the first feature using an estimated position of the robot with regard to a feature obtained from a static object, among the first features acquired by the localizing unit.

Abstract: Provided is a process proximity effect correction method capable of efficiently improving the dispersion of patterns. There is a process proximity effect correction method according to some embodiments, the process proximity effect correction method of a process proximity effect correction device for performing process proximity effect correction (PPC) of a plurality of patterns using a machine learning module executed by a processor, comprising: training a sensitivity model by inputting a layout image of the plurality of patterns and a layout critical dimension (CD) of the plurality of patterns into the machine learning module; estimating an after cleaning inspection critical dimension (ACI-CD) sensitivity prediction value of the plurality of patterns by inferring an ACI-CD prediction value of the plurality of patterns; and determining a correction rate of the layout CD of the plurality of patterns using the estimated sensitivity prediction value.

Abstract: A functional safety system of a robot according to an exemplary embodiment of the present disclosure can duplicate modules so as to satisfy a performance level d (pl-d) required for the functional satisfy of a robot.

Abstract: An apparatus and a method for editing 3D SLAM data according to an exemplary embodiment of the present disclosure directly edits a key frame or an edge of simultaneous localization and mapping (SLAM) data by the user's manipulation, optimizes a pose graph of the 3D SLAM data based on the key frame and the edge edited by the user's manipulation, and generates a 2D grid map corresponding to the 3D SLAM data based on the updated 3D SLAM data to improve the convenience of the user for editing the 3D SLAM data.

Abstract: The apparatus for detecting and removing a dynamic obstacle of a robot and the operating method thereof according to a predetermined exemplary embodiment detect and remove the dynamic obstacle while simultaneously performing the mapping and the localizing using the simultaneous localization and mapping (SLAM) technique to efficiently detect and remove a dynamic obstacle even in a situation in which a dynamic change of surrounding environment is severe and an environment to be localized is large.

Abstract: A functional safety system of a robot according to an exemplary embodiment of the present disclosure can generate a safety zone which is a zone to sense whether an obstacle is present.

Abstract: A functional safety system of a robot according to an exemplary embodiment of the present disclosure can duplicate modules so as to satisfy a performance level d (pl-d) required for the functional satisfy of a robot.

Abstract: The present disclosure provides a target for aerial survey transformable to hand-fan shape. In this instance, the target includes a central axis, a first identification marker with one end connected to the central axis and having a first length outwards, and a second identification marker with one end connected to the central axis and having a second length outwards, the second identification marker disposed on the first identification marker, wherein the second length is shorter than the first length, the first identification marker includes a plurality of first unit areas having a predetermined angle therebetween with respect to the central axis, and the plurality of first unit areas has an overlap between adjacent first unit areas.

Abstract: Disclosed is a Light Detection and Ranging (LIDAR) sensor which is capable of minimizing the size of a LIDAR sensor which is capable of performing 3D scanning and setting a region of interest for obtaining point cloud data with the removal of light scattering, by separating a transmitter module and a receiver module; disposing a transmitter, a mirror, and a receiver in a specific space so that light emitted from a light source or light reflected from a transmission mirror is reflected from a first reflection region of a moving mirror and is then moved to a target object, after which light reflected from the target object is reflected from a second reflection region of the moving mirror and is moved to the transmission mirror or a photodiode; installing a blocking wall separating movement paths of light; and adjusting the range of movement of the moving mirror.

Abstract: The present embodiments provide a rotational scanning LIDAR sensor minimized in size, the sensor adjusting the exposure time and intensity of light according to a scanning situation through a plurality of transmitter/receiver groups positioned on an inclined surface of a rotary module, thereby generating a point cloud having improved distance measurement accuracy to an object, and extracting a relative angle on the basis of a reflective pattern reflected from the object.

Abstract: The present exemplary embodiments propose a LIDAR sensor including: a transmission/reception module which transmits transmission light and receives reflection light reflected from an object; a reflector assembly which has an empty space to assemble the transmission/reception module at one side, receives the transmission light from the transmission/reception module to reflect the transmission light toward the object and transmits the reception light reflected from the object to the transmission/reception module, a rotary module assembly which rotates the transmission/reception module and generates an RPM and a rotation angle based on a light reception amount of the reflection light which is received by a sensor unit by reflecting the transmitted light; and a fixing module which supports the transmission/reception module and the rotary module.

Abstract: The present exemplary embodiments propose a LIDAR sensor including: a transmission/reception module which transmits transmission light and receives reception light reflected from an object and includes a shielding assembly unit located between a path through which the transmission light moves and a path through which the reception light moves, a reflector assembly which has an empty space to assemble the transmission/reception module at one side, receives the transmission light from the transmission/reception module to reflect the transmission light toward the object and transmits the reception light reflected from the object to the transmission/reception module, a rotary module which rotates the transmission/reception module, and a fixing module which supports the transmission/reception module and the rotary module.

Abstract: The present exemplary embodiments propose a LIDAR sensor including: a transmission/reception module which transmits transmission light and receives reception light reflected from an object and removes transmission light or reception light moving in a predetermined direction, a reflector assembly which has an empty space to assemble the transmission/reception module at one side, receives the transmission light from the transmission/reception module to reflect the transmission light toward the object and transmits the reception light reflected from the object to the transmission/reception module, a rotary module which is connected to a lower portion of the transmission/reception module and generates a torque to be implemented to be rotatable, and a fixing module which supports the transmission/reception module and the rotary module.

Abstract: The present exemplary embodiments provide a hybrid sensor, a Lidar sensor, and a moving object which generate composite data by mapping distance information on an obstacle obtained through the Lidar sensor to image information on an obstacle obtained through an image sensor and predict distance information of composite data based on intensity information of a pixel, to generate precise composite data.