Abstract: A work machine includes a vehicle body, a steering control wheel, an actuator, and a controller. The vehicle body includes a rear frame and a front frame coupled to the rear frame so as to turn with respect to the rear frame. The steering control wheel is supported by the front frame. The actuator changes a steering angle of the steering control wheel. The controller controls the actuator. The controller determines a target direction in which the vehicle body travels, acquires an articulate angle of the front frame with respect to the rear frame, and sets the steering angle so that the vehicle body moves in the target direction by controlling the actuator in accordance with the articulate angle.

Abstract: Provided is a surveying method that enables highly accurate surveying with use of a laser scanner, and, a target marker and a surveying system applicable to the surveying method, wherein the method includes marker placement in which at least one target marker, with at least a partial region formed of a retroreflective material, is placed; surveying in which a laser scanner is placed within a measurement area of the laser scanner at a position where the target marker was placed, and a surrounding space around the target marker is surveyed to acquire point cloud data; and marker identification in which a computer device detects at least one unsurveyable area in the point cloud data acquired in the surveying to create an error map, and identifies a position of placement of the target marker referring to the created error map.

Abstract: A light source device includes a light source element that emits light source light in a first wavelength region, a selective reflection element that separates the light source light into first light and second light, a first light direction conversion element that reflects the first light guided in a first direction from the selective reflection element in a second direction, and a wavelength conversion element that converts the first light into third light in a second wavelength region. The first light direction conversion element reflects the third light in a third direction opposite to the first direction. The selective reflection element transmits the third light reflected by the first light direction conversion element. The selective reflection element guides the second light and the third light in the third direction. The light source element emits the light source light in a direction different from the second direction.

Abstract: A light source device includes: a light source element emitting first light; a first selective reflection element disposed at a position where the first light is incident, the first selective reflection element transmitting a component of first linear polarized light and reflecting a component of second linear polarized light; a second selective reflection element disposed at a position for receiving incident light that has passed through or been reflected by the first selective reflection element, the second selective reflection element transmitting or reflecting the incident light in accordance with a wavelength region; and a first polarization direction conversion element disposed between the first and second selective reflection element, the first polarization direction conversion element converting the first linear polarized light into elliptical polarized light.

Abstract: A synthetic graphite material, in which a size L (112) of a crystallite in a c-axis direction as calculated from a (112) diffraction line obtained by an X-ray wide angle diffraction method is in a range of 4 to 30 nm, a surface area based on a volume as calculated by a laser diffraction type particle size distribution measuring device is in a range of 0.22 to 1.70 m2/cm3, an oil absorption is in a range of 67 to 147 mL/100 g, a spectrum derived from carbon appearing in an electron spin resonance method as measured using an X band is in a range of 3200 to 3410 gauss, and ?Hpp, which is a line width of the spectrum as calculated from a first derivative spectrum of the spectrum at a temperature of 4.8K, is in a range of 41 to 69 gauss.

Abstract: In prediction processing, the controller predicts a temporal change in a calculation capability available in grid computing processing of each of a plurality of arithmetic devices. In the request processing, in a case where the calculation capability of the arithmetic device predicted to be available in the grid computing processing on the basis of a result of the prediction processing is insufficient, the controller presents, to a user who owns another arithmetic device except for the arithmetic device predicted to be available in the grid computing processing among the plurality of arithmetic devices, request information for prompting provision of the calculation capability of the another arithmetic device to the grid computing processing.

Abstract: A work machine including a vehicle body, a traveling wheel, first and second steering members, an actuator, first and second operation sensors that output operation signals indicative of operation of the first and second steering members, and a controller. The controller acquires the first and second operation signals. The controller determines whether or not the first steering member is being operated, and whether the first steering member was operated last. The controller performs an automatic control of the actuator to set the steering angle to a target angle upon determining that the first steering member is not being operated and the first steering member was operated last. The controller does not perform the automatic control upon determining that the second steering member was operated last even if the first steering member is not being operated.

Abstract: A work machine includes a vehicle body, a traveling wheel supported by the vehicle body, an actuator to change a steering angle of the traveling wheel from a neutral angle to left or right, a first steering member, and a controller. The first steering member is operable between a left steering range, a right steering range, and a neutral range. The controller controls the actuator so that the steering angle of the traveling wheel is changed to the left and right at speeds that correspond to operating amounts of the first steering member when the first steering member is positioned in the left and right steering ranges, respectively. The controller controls the actuator so that the steering angle returns to the neutral angle when the first steering member is positioned in the neutral range.

Abstract: There is provided a robot device including: a head portion coupled to a trunk; four leg portions on a front left, a front right, a rear left, and a rear right coupled to the trunk; a first indirect portion that tilts the head portion left and right; and a second joint portion that rotates, with respect to the trunk, one of the leg portions on the rear left and the rear right to a front side, and the other to a rear side. It is possible to faithfully reproduce the movement of the four-legged animal by providing the first joint portion and the second joint portion.

Abstract: A work machine includes a vehicle body, traveling wheel, steering member, actuator, operation sensor, steering angle sensor, direction sensor, and a controller. The steering member is operable between left, right, and neutral steering ranges. The actuator sets a steering angle of the traveling wheel to a neutral angle when the steering member is in the neutral range, and changes the steering angle to left or right in response to operation of the steering member. The controller acquires operation, angle, and direction signals from the sensors. The controller determines whether the steering angle has returned to the neutral angle when the steering member has been operated from the left or right steering ranges to the neutral range. The controller determines the traveling direction when the steering angle has returned to the neutral angle, as a target direction. The controller controls the actuator to hold the traveling direction in the target direction.

Abstract: A management system includes a controller, and a memory unit that stores resource information related to a calculation resource mounted on each moving body and operation history information of each moving body. A controller performs extraction processing of referring to the resource information and the operation history information and extracting a target moving body for reinforcement of a calculation resource, guidance processing of transmitting guidance on the reinforcement of the calculation resource to an owner of the target moving body, and update processing of updating the resource information on the basis of update information when the update information is acquired.

Abstract: A calculation capability of grid computing using a calculation resource mounted on a moving body is promptly provided to a client. A management server configures a candidate of a moving body group forming a grid for executing grid computing as a grid candidate with reference to resource information and moving body information stored in a memory. The calculation resource information including a temporal change in a calculation capability is estimated for the configured grid candidate with reference to the resource information and the moving body information, and the estimated calculation resource information is stored in the memory together with data specifying a moving body configuring the grid candidate.

Abstract: Provided is a synthetic graphite material, in which a size L (112) of a crystallite in a c-axis direction as calculated from a (112) diffraction line obtained by an X-ray wide angle diffraction method is in a range of 4 to 30 nm, a surface area based on a volume as calculated by a laser diffraction type particle size distribution measuring device is in a range of 0.22 to 1.70 m2/cm3, an oil absorption is in a range of 67 to 147 mL/100 g, and a nitrogen adsorption specific surface area is in a range of 3.1 to 8.2 m2/g.

Abstract: In job acceptance processing, a controller accepts job data requested for calculation by a client. In prediction processing, the controller predicts a temporal change in a calculation capability available in grid computing processing of each of a plurality of arithmetic devices. In matching processing, the controller allocates an arithmetic device that is available to the job data accepted in the job acceptance processing on the basis of a result of the prediction processing.

Abstract: In prediction processing, the controller predicts a temporal change in a calculation capability available in grid computing processing of each of a plurality of arithmetic devices. In selection processing, the controller allows a user to select a job for which the calculation capability of the arithmetic device owned by the user is desired to be provided from jobs introduced by a job list. In the matching processing, on the basis of a result of the prediction processing and a result of the selection processing, the controller allocates an arithmetic device that is available in the grid computing processing and is owned by the user to job data corresponding to the job selected by the user in the selection processing among the plurality of jobs.

Abstract: A refrigeration cycle device includes a heat exchanger main body, a plurality of flow rate adjusters, and a controller. The heat exchanger main body has a plurality of refrigerant flow paths including a first refrigerant flow path and a second refrigerant flow path. The flow rate adjusters adjust flow rates of a refrigerant flowing through the refrigerant flow paths. The controller adjusts the flow rates of the refrigerant flowing through the refrigerant flow paths by controlling opening degrees of the flow rate adjusters. The controller controls the opening degrees of the flow rate adjusters based on a first value or a second value. The first value is a value representing overall efficiency of the refrigeration cycle. The second value is a value representing overall efficiency of the heat exchanger main body.

Abstract: A steering mechanism is used to navigate the direction of travel of a motor grader. A directional correction input device is manipulatable by an operator. A controller, during automatic control of the steering operation by the steering mechanism, controls the steering mechanism in a manner that the direction of travel is adjustable leftward or rightward through a certain angle based on an operation command inputted through the directional correction input device.

Abstract: A device for setting a target vehicle that sets a target vehicle to be subjected to driving assistance control of a host vehicle includes: a detection signal acquisition device capable of acquiring a first detection signal representing an object by an image, and a second detection signal representing the object by a reflection point; and setting control unit, which determines whether to set a forward object as a target vehicle, wherein if a movement history is not associated with the forward object, and a combination history is associated with the forward object, then as a selection threshold of a first determination parameter for determining whether to set the forward object as the target vehicle, a selection threshold is used such that the forward object is less likely to be selected as the target vehicle than with the selection threshold which would be used if a movement history is associated with the forward object.

Abstract: A system includes an antenna having a predetermined directivity and a measurement data processing device that modifies spatial resolution of measurement data received from the antenna. The device includes a plurality of multipliers that multiply together measurement values, which are the signal intensity of the microwave output by the microwave radiometer, and weighting coefficients to be an element of a weighted vector a and output multiplication results; and an integrator that integrates the multiplication results of the plurality of multipliers. The weighted vector a modifies the accuracy of the corrected sensitivity function ?(x,y) with performance of the arithmetic processing of the inverse problem in order to reduce integrated values of a positive value region and a negative value region present on an outer side of the sensitivity distribution of the target antenna sensitivity distribution function F(x,y) in the corrected sensitivity function ?(x,y).

Abstract: There is provided a robot device including: a head portion coupled to a trunk; four leg portions on a front left, a front right, a rear left, and a rear right coupled to the trunk; a first indirect portion that tilts the head portion left and right; and a second joint portion that rotates, with respect to the trunk, one of the leg portions on the rear left and the rear right to a front side, and the other to a rear side. It is possible to faithfully reproduce the movement of the four-legged animal by providing the first joint portion and the second joint portion.