Abstract: A vision guidance system for mating a first shaft having a male splined end and a second shaft having a female splined end. The vision guidance system may include a control device, a first camera having an anamorphic lens in communication with the control device and configured to generate images of the male splined end, a second camera having a conventional lens in communication with the control device and configured to generate images of the female splined end, and an adjustment device in communication with the control device and configured to modify an orientation of the female splined end.

Abstract: A vision guidance system for mating a first shaft having a male splined end and a second shaft having a female splined end. The vision guidance system may include a control device, a first camera having an anamorphic lens in communication with the control device and configured to generate images of the male splined end, a second camera having a conventional lens in communication with the control device and configured to generate images of the female splined end, and an adjustment device in communication with the control device and configured to modify an orientation of the female splined end.

Abstract: A vehicle charging system includes a charging base, a cable arm, a charging cable, a controller and a vehicle charge connector. The controller is configured to determine whether a decoupling condition has been satisfied and communicate a decoupling signal in response thereto. The vehicle charge connector is configured to be electrically coupled to a vehicle charging port of the electrified vehicle during a charging event. The vehicle charge connector includes a charger body and an actuator. The charger body has a male extension portion extending therefrom. The actuator is movably disposed on the charger body and is configured to move from a retracted position to a deployed position upon receipt of the decoupling signal. Movement of the actuator to the deployed position causes a forcing surface on the actuator to push against a surface on the electrified vehicle and urge the vehicle charge connector away from the vehicle charging port.

Abstract: A system for assembling an onboard charger (OBC) for an electrified vehicle according to the present disclosure includes a tooling head, a first manipulator, and a second manipulator. The tooling head is coupled for movement with a robotic arm assembly. The first manipulator is coupled to a first arm extending from the tooling head and is configured to engage a first printed circuit board assembly (PCBA). The second manipulator is coupled to a second arm extending from the tooling head and is configured to engage a second PCBA. The first and second manipulators are configured to move the first and second PCBA's onto distinct sides of the OBC while the OBC remains static.

Abstract: A method for operating an electric vehicle charging station that comprises a first number of fixed chargers and a second number of mobile devices. Each of the mobile devices moves in the charging station to plug and unplug an electric vehicle. The method includes, at a time step, obtaining, upon receiving a charging request from an electric vehicle arriving at a beginning of the time step, a first charging demand; deriving, upon receiving charging dynamics of an electric vehicle having been staying at the charging station before the time step, a second charging demand; generating, with respect to an optimization horizon including the time step and a plurality of subsequent time steps, a charging demand forecast; and solving, with respect to the optimization horizon, an optimal operation solution, based on the first charging demand, the second charging demand, and the charging demand forecast.

Abstract: A method for three-dimensional (3D) characterization of a molybdenum disulfide sample based on machine learning (ML) includes: subjecting the molybdenum disulfide sample to optical imaging and atomic force microscopy (AFM) characterization; constructing and training a model through a random forest (RF) algorithm based on a dataset of a correspondence between a color feature of an optical image and AFM height data of the molybdenum disulfide sample; and inputting a color feature value of the optical image of the molybdenum disulfide sample into the model to acquire height data of the molybdenum disulfide sample, and filtering to remove a local noise and a local abnormal point, so as to acquire a final 3D characterization image. The present disclosure has high characterization accuracy and is helpful for scientific researchers to quickly analyze the thickness of a molybdenum disulfide sample through optical imaging without AFM or other characterization instrumentation.

Abstract: The present invention relates to novel compounds of Formula (I), wherein M, A and Y are defined as in Formula (I); invention compounds are modulators of metabotropic glutamate receptors—subtype 4 (“mGluR4”) which are useful for the treatment or prevention of central nervous system disorders as well as other disorders modulated by mGluR4 receptors. The invention is also directed to pharmaceutical compositions and the use of such compounds in the manufacture of medicaments, as well as to the use of such compounds for the prevention and treatment of such diseases in which mGluR4 is involved.