Abstract: An unmanned aerial vehicle includes a central body, a plurality of arms extendable from the central body, and a plurality of landing stands. Each of the plurality of arms is configured to transform between a flight configuration where the arm is extending away from the central body and a compact configuration where the arm is folded against the central body. Each of the plurality of landing stands is attached to a distal end of one of the plurality of arms. A first one of the plurality of landing stands is longer than a second one of the plurality of landing stands.

Abstract: The disclosure provides a battery which can include a power supply and power supply circuit, the power supply circuit connected to the power supply. The power supply can discharge through the power supply circuit. An electronic switch can control the power-on or off of the power supply, thereby avoiding the generation of sparks during the power on process and allowing for the normal use of the battery and the safety of the aircraft. The disclosure also provides an aircraft having the battery.

Abstract: The present application provides a hotel management system and method. The system includes at least one control panel; the control panel includes a first sub-panel and a second sub-panel; the first sub-panel is used to verify a first authorization key; and the first authorization key is used for hotel identity verification; the second sub-panel works independently of the first sub-panel, and the second sub-panel includes at least one physical regulator. The physical regulator is used to control sensing module and room equipment; and the first sub-panel controls the physical regulator. The first sub-panel and the second sub-panel are detachably connected. The hotel management system and guests can interact with each other and a smarter, more convenient and more powerful hotel environment control system is integrated in the hotel management system.

Abstract: A method and system for hand tracking in a robotic system includes a hand tracking system and a controller coupled to the hand tracking system. The controller is configured to receive, from the hand tracking system, a plurality of locations of a hand; determine if the hand is in a first hand pose based on the plurality of locations; in response to determining that the hand is in the first hand pose, and switch the robotic system to a hand trajectory detection mode. While in the hand trajectory detection mode, the control unit is configured to detect, based on hand tracking information from the hand tracking system, that the hand has performed a first hand trajectory of a plurality of known hand trajectories; and in response to detecting the first hand trajectory, change a mode of operation of the robotic system.

Abstract: The present application relates to an environment control system. The environment control system is capable of detecting variations of natural environment and artificial environment, and control the use of electronic devices automatically or semi-automatically. Based on collected information stored in a built-in storage module, the environment control system may calculate and learn the user's habit of use with respect to the electronic devices using network connection.

Abstract: An exemplary method includes an image processing system Receiving a first frame captured at a first time from light received by an endoscope, the first frame including a first visible image, the first visible image comprising a first plurality of visible color components; receiving a second frame captured at a second time different from the first time from light received from the endoscope, the second frame including a combination image, the combination image being a combination of a second visible image and a first fluorescence image; creating a second fluorescence image, the second fluorescence image comprising artifacts from the first frame and the second frame; creating a third fluorescence image based on the second fluorescence image; and generating, based on the third fluorescence image, an image including an artificial fluorescence image for display by a display system.

Abstract: An operator telerobotically controls tools to perform a procedure on an object at a work site while viewing real-time images of the object, tools and work site on a display. Tool information is provided by filtering a part of the real-time images for enhancement or degradation to indicate a state of a tool and displaying the filtered images on the display.

Abstract: A method includes registering a distal segment of a guide catheter with a patient coordinate system; tracking a position of the distal segment; determining an insertion length based on the tracked position, wherein the imaging probe is disposed within the guide catheter; receiving an image of an anatomic structure from the imaging probe, the image having an image frame of reference, the distal segment having a catheter frame of reference; receiving location data associated with a target structure identified in the image, wherein the received location data is in the image frame of reference; and transforming the location data from the image frame of reference to the catheter frame of reference based on the determined insertion length and the tracked position of the distal segment, wherein transforming the location data further includes determining a roll angle for the image frame of reference with respect to the catheter frame of reference.

Abstract: The present disclosure relates to an inertia measurement module for an unmanned aircraft, which comprises a housing assembly, a sensing assembly and a vibration damper. The vibration damper comprises a first vibration-attenuation cushion; and the sensing assembly comprises a first circuit board, a second circuit board and a flexible signal line for connecting the first circuit board and the second circuit board. An inertia sensor is fixed on the second circuit board, and the first circuit board is fixed on the housing assembly. The inertia measurement module further comprises a weight block, and the second circuit board, the weight block, the first vibration-attenuation cushion and the first circuit board are bonded together. The present disclosure greatly reduces the influence of the operational vibration frequency of the unmanned aircraft on the inertia sensor and improves the measurement stability of the inertia sensor.

Abstract: A processing system comprises a processor and a memory having computer readable instructions stored thereon. The computer readable instructions, when executed by the processor, cause the system to obtain a reference tree of nodes and linkages based on a reference three dimensional volumetric representation of a branched anatomical formation in a reference state. The computer readable instructions also cause the system to obtain a reference three dimensional geometric model based on the reference tree and detect deformation of the branched anatomical formation due to anatomical motion based on measurements from a shape sensor. The computer readable instructions also cause the system to obtain a deformed tree of nodes and linkages based on the detected deformation and create a three dimensional deformation field that represents the detected deformation of the branched anatomical formation.

Abstract: A system may control an illuminator to illuminate a surgical site with non-white light and control a camera to capture light reflected from the surgical site. The camera may separate the captured light into a plurality of color components. The plurality of color components may be captured by the camera as a plurality of sets of pixels of a frame in a video stream, and each set of the plurality of sets of pixels may be in a different color channel of the camera. The system may further control, based on color component characteristics of the light captured by the camera, the illuminator to configure the non-white light such that each color channel of the camera has an about equal response to the light captured by the camera for a subsequently captured frame in the video stream.

Abstract: A robotic system includes a camera having an image frame whose position and orientation relative to a fixed frame is determinable through one or more image frame transforms, a tool disposed within a field of view of the camera and having a tool frame whose position and orientation relative to the fixed frame is determinable through one or more tool frame transforms, and at least one processor programmed to identify pose indicating points of the tool from one or more camera captured images, determine an estimated transform for an unknown one of the image and tool frame transforms using the identified pose indicating points and known ones of the image and tool frame transforms, update a master-to-tool transform using the estimated and known ones of the image and tool frame transforms, and command movement of the tool in response to movement of a master using the updated master-to-tool transform.

Abstract: A system for planning a procedure to be performed using an interventional instrument may comprise a sensor system that generates sensor data and a control system that may receive information about an operational capability of the interventional instrument within a plurality of passageways in a model of an anatomic structure. The control system may also identify a plurality of optional deployment locations for positioning a distal tip of the interventional instrument to perform the procedure on a target structure in the model based on at least one of the sensor data or the information about the operational capability of the interventional instrument. A display system may display the model of the anatomic structure having the plurality of passageways and display the plurality of optional deployment locations in the model. A code may be displayed that provides information about a relative quality of each of the plurality of optional deployment locations.

Abstract: A method comprises receiving anatomic image data comprising a plurality of graphical units and generating an initial segmented set of the plurality of graphical units associated with an anatomic tree structure. The method also comprises receiving an indication of a first user selected graphical unit from the plurality of graphical units and applying a cost function to determine a first sequence of the plurality of graphical units from the first user selected graphical unit to the initial segmented set of the plurality of graphical units.

Abstract: A method for communicating ground terminal-to-unmanned aerial vehicle (GT-UAV) data one or more times to an unmanned aerial vehicle (UAV) from a ground terminal includes receiving the GT-UAV data over a wireless channel, transmitting UAV image data to the ground terminal over the wireless channel, determining whether the received GT-UAV data is transmitted according to an Acknowledgment (ACK) protocol, and transmitting an acknowledgment signal over the wireless channel to the ground terminal in response to the received GT-UAV data being determined to be transmitted according to the ACK protocol.

Abstract: An apparatus for supporting a payload includes a first support member coupled to the payload and a flexible member configured to be electrically coupled to the first support member and the payload. The payload is configured to rotate around a first rotational axis relative to the first support member. The flexible member is configured to (i) wind around a portion of the first support member or the payload when the payload is rotated in a first direction around the first rotational axis, and (ii) unwind from around the portion when the first support member is rotated in a second direction opposite the first direction around the first rotational axis. The flexible member is configured to transmit sensor data indicating a spatial disposition of the payload or the first support member.

Abstract: An assembly includes a payload configured to obtain sensor data and a mounting platform coupled to the payload via a first coupling and including one or more actuators configured to adjust a spatial disposition of the payload. The assembly is for interchangeably mounting onto a plurality of base supports including a first base support and a second base support. The mounting platform is configured to be releasably coupled via a second coupling to each of the first base support and the second base support. The first base support is configured to control a function of the payload when the mounting platform is coupled to the first base support.

Abstract: A method of building an anatomical branch model comprises receiving anatomical image data comprising a plurality of graphical units associated with an anatomical structure and determining a plurality of parent segments and child segments to include a plurality of linked graphical units from the plurality of graphical units. The method also comprises determining a set of relationships between the parent segments and the child segments and generating an image of the anatomical branch model based on the determined set of relationships between the parent segments and the child segments.

Abstract: A system and method of planning a procedure includes a planning workstation including: a display system; and a user input device. The planning workstation is configured to: display image data via the display system; receive a first user input via the user input device; display via the display system a target of a medical procedure within the displayed image data identified based at least on the first user input; display an interactive image via the display system, the interactive image including the image data, a plurality of connected anatomical passageways, and the identified target; receive a second user input via the user input device; display via the display system a trajectory between the target and an exit point along a nearest passageway of the plurality of connected anatomical passageways identified based at least on the second user input; receive a third user input via the user input device; and adjust the interactive image based at least on the defined trajectory and the third user input.

Abstract: In a minimally invasive surgical system, a hand tracking system tracks a location of a sensor element mounted on part of a human hand. A system control parameter is generated based on the location of the part of the human hand. Operation of the minimally invasive surgical system is controlled using the system control parameter. Thus, the minimally invasive surgical system includes a hand tracking system. The hand tracking system tracks a location of part of a human hand. A controller coupled to the hand tracking system converts the location to a system control parameter, and injects into the minimally invasive surgical system a command based on the system control parameter.