Abstract: Aspects of the disclosure relate to evaluating pullovers for autonomous vehicles. In one instance, a set of potential pullover locations within a predetermined distance of a destination may be identified. Whether any of the potential pullover locations of the set include one or more of a plurality of predetermined types of regions of interest where a vehicle should not park for an extended period of time may be determined. A pullover location is identified based on the determination. The identified pullover location may be compared to a pullover location identified by autonomous vehicle control software in order to evaluate the pullover location identified by the autonomous vehicle control software.

Abstract: A method for determining a plurality of layers of bounding boxes of an object includes determining a polyhedron capable of accommodating the object therein as a first-layer bounding box. The method also includes selecting one vertex from a plurality of vertices of the first-layer bounding box as a target vertex, and determining, by processing circuitry of a computing device, a support plane of the object. The support plane has a normal vector that has a specific direction corresponding to the target vertex and that is closest to the target vertex, the support plane being a plane passing through a point on a surface of the object such that the object is completely located on one side of the support plane. The method further includes cutting the first-layer bounding box based on at least the support plane to form a smaller bounding box, as a second-layer bounding box.

Abstract: The present disclosure relates to the technical field of computers, and provides a nearest neighbor trajectory query method and apparatus, an electronic device, and a readable storage medium. The nearest neighbor trajectory query method comprises: acquiring a first trajectory to be queried, and determining spatial position information of the first trajectory; generating a trajectory signature according to a positional relationship between the spatial position information of the first trajectory and a region to be queried; determining a spatial position index code of the first trajectory by means of XZ-Ordering; and constructing a spatial range index of the first trajectory according to the trajectory signature and the spatial position index code.

Abstract: Automated material welding including starting a welding operation, scanning a weld in-progress, creating a simulation of the weld in-progress, detecting a flaw in the weld in-progress according to the scanning and the simulation, remediating the weld in-progress, and completing the welding operation.

Abstract: Provided are delayed sustained-release oral drug dosage forms comprising a Janus kinase (JAK) inhibitor, such as tofacitinib. In other aspects, provided are methods of designing, methods of making, such as using three-dimensional printing, and methods of treatment and/or prevention associated with the oral drug dosage forms described herein.

Abstract: This application discloses a method and apparatus for controlling a skill indicator, a storage medium, and an electronic device. The method is performed by the electronic device and includes: obtaining a target selection instruction in a game application, the target selection instruction selecting a target virtual skill of a first virtual character; displaying a skill indicator of the target virtual skill in the game application in response to the target selection instruction; and controlling, when a target following function is enabled in the game application, the skill indicator to move along with a target object in the game application.

Abstract: Disclosed are a method and an apparatus for model training and data enhancement, an electronic device and a storage medium. A generative adversarial network model includes a generator and two discriminators, an output of the generator is used as an input of the two discriminators, the method including: generating, by the generator, reference sample data; calculating, by the first discriminator, a first distance between the reference sample data and preset negative sample data; calculating, by the second discriminator, a second distance between negative class data composed of the reference sample data and the preset negative sample data and preset positive sample data; determining an objective function based on the first distance and the second distance; and training the generative adversarial network model by using the objective function until the generative adversarial network model converges, to obtain the generative adversarial network model.

Abstract: A robotic arm includes: a robotic arm main body; a carrying component connected to the robotic arm main body; a driving motor; and a controller connected to the driving motor. The controller is configured to generate a control signal that controls the driving motor to drive the carrying component to move. Along with a movement of the carrying component and under actions of a friction and the gravity, a target object placed on the carrying component slides on an upper surface of the carrying component and slides away from the carrying component at a target position at a target speed.

Abstract: A slip sensation simulation apparatus includes a base, a first haptic assembly, and a second haptic assembly. The first haptic assembly includes a first synchronous belt, a plurality of first synchronous wheels, and a first motor. The first motor is in a transmission connection with one of the first synchronous wheels, to drive the first synchronous wheels and the first synchronous belt to rotate. The second haptic assembly includes a second synchronous belt, a plurality of second synchronous wheels, and a second motor. The second motor is in a transmission connection with one of the second synchronous wheels, to drive the second synchronous wheels and the second synchronous belt to rotate. The first synchronous belt is located at an inner side of the second synchronous belt. Rotational axial directions of the first and second synchronous belts are different. The first synchronous belt is in contact with the second synchronous belt.

Abstract: A near-eye display device and a wearable device having the same. The near-eye display device includes a laser generation module, an optical waveguide element, and a holographic optical element; the laser generation module is configured to emit parallel laser beams; the optical waveguide element has an in-coupler area and an out-coupler area, the optical waveguide element is configured to receive the parallel laser beams and output the parallel laser beams in parallel after one-dimensional pupil expansion or two-dimensional pupil expansion; the holographic optical element has interference fringes and is attached to the out-coupler area, the holographic optical element is configured to receive the parallel laser beams from the optical waveguide element and to reflect or transmit the parallel laser beams by diffraction to output a plurality of converging image light beams.

Abstract: A two-sided time-sharing driving and acquisition system based on dry contacts comprises k dry contacts, a processor, p acquisition circuits, and m driving circuits. The p acquisition circuits are evenly divided into two groups which are separately disposed at two sides of the k dry contacts. The m driving circuits are separately disposed at the two sides of the k dry contacts. A system fault detection method and the two-sided time-sharing driving and acquisition system have the following advantages: the state of input acquisition circuits and cables monitored in real time during system debugging or running, and faults caused by exceptions of the acquisition circuits and the cables can be reported in time.

Abstract: Provided herein are drug dosage forms having a swellable component, which alone or in conjugation with one or more other components of the drug dosage forms expand the overall size of the drug dosage form in the stomach. The drug dosage forms are configured to be retained in the stomach for an extended period of time based on this increase in size of the drug dosage form in the stomach (e.g., retained in the stomach for a period of at least about 24 hours). The drug dosage forms described herein are formulated to release a drug during at least a portion of the stomach residency period. In other aspects, also provided are methods of designing, methods of making, such as using three-dimensional printing, and methods of delivering a drug to an individual, wherein such methods are associated with the drug dosage forms described herein.

Abstract: A pharmaceutical dosage form, comprising: a pharmaceutical unit which includes a drug, at least one unfolding member, and a retaining member, wherein the unfolding member is connected to the pharmaceutical unit, and is constructed to have a contracted shape, which makes the unfolding member become closer the pharmaceutical unit, and an unfolding shape, which makes the unfolding member become farther away from the pharmaceutical unit; the retaining member is connected to the at least one unfolding member, and applies a constraint force to the at least one unfolding member, so as to make the unfolding member be in the contracted shape; and the retaining member contains a water-soluble material, and is constructed to remove the constraint force from the unfolding member when the water-soluble material is dissolved, such that the at least one unfolding member can change from the contracted shape to the unfolding shape.

Abstract: Method for controlling virtual skills in a virtual scene includes: rendering a first virtual object and a skill identifier of a virtual skill of the first virtual object in the virtual scene; controlling, in response to a moving instruction for the skill identifier, the skill identifier to move in the virtual scene, the moving instruction being triggered by a joystick device; and during a moving process of the skill identifier, when a second virtual object exists in a target area, controlling the skill identifier to cling to the second virtual object, and when the virtual skill is released in a process of the skill identifier clinging to the second virtual object, controlling the virtual skill to act on the second virtual object.

Abstract: A underactuated system robot includes a vehicle wheel portion and a base portion coupled to the vehicle wheel portion. A loaded object is placed on the base portion. The method includes: determining status information of a loaded object on a base portion; and controlling at least one of the base portion and a vehicle wheel portion to move according to the status information, so as to prevent the loaded object from falling from the base portion. In the embodiments, the base portion and/or the vehicle wheel portion can be controlled to move according to the status information of the loaded object on the base portion, to prevent the loaded object from falling from the base portion, thereby improving the stability of the underactuated system robot.

Abstract: This application relates to example service configuration methods and example apparatuses. In one example method, a first optical transport network (OTN) device receives a first message from an optical line terminal (OLT) device, where the first message includes first address information of a service. The first OTN device determines, based on the first message, whether a first path has been established in an OTN, where the first path is used to transmit data of the service, and the first path satisfies the first address information. The first OTN device establishes a path for transmitting data of the service or adjusts a bandwidth of the established first path based on a result of the determining.

Abstract: Methods, systems, and apparatus, including computer programs encoded on computer storage media, for training a neural network using contrastive learning. One of the methods includes obtaining a network input representing an environment; processing the network input using a first subnetwork of the neural network to generate a respective embedding for each location in the environment; processing the embeddings for each location in the environment using a second subnetwork of the neural network to generate a respective object prediction for each location; determining, for each of a plurality of pairs of the plurality of locations in the environment, whether the respective object predictions of the pair of locations characterize the same possible object or different possible objects; computing a respective contrastive loss value for each of the plurality of pairs of locations; and updating values for a plurality of parameters of the first subnetwork using the computed contrastive loss values.

Abstract: A method for controlling a robot to perform a somersault motion enables the robot, when facing an obstacle such as a hole, ditch, or ravine, to cross the obstacle by performing a somersault motion. The robot includes a wheel-leg portion and a base portion connected via a joint. The robot receives a motion instruction and controls a torque of the joint to allow the robot to perform the somersault. During a takeoff phase of the somersault, a center of mass of the wheel-leg portion is lower than a center of mass of the base portion. During a flight phase, the center of mass of the wheel-leg portion is higher than the center of mass of the base portion at some point in time. During the landing phase, the center of mass of the wheel-leg portion is lower than the base portion. This can enable the robot to avoid obstacles.

Abstract: A light attenuating device includes a housing, a first filter, a first motor configured to move the first filter, and a pneumatic actuator configured to move the first filter to either be in contact with the housing or to not be in contact with the housing. The filter includes multiple slit openings that vary in width such that the amount of light that passes through the multiple slit openings varies as the first filter is moved. The light attenuating device may also include a second filter and a second motor configured to move the second filter. A method of light attenuation is also disclosed that includes adjusting the position of a filter such that a portion of the filter is irradiated by a radiating beam, and while maintaining the irradiation of the portion of the filter, moving the filter to be in contact with a thermally conductive object.

Abstract: A service data transmission method, to simplify a structure of a communication network and facilitate planning of the communication network by service planning personnel. The method includes: A service receiving device actively sends a MAC address of the service receiving device to a plurality of service sending devices that have a connection relationship with the service receiving device, and each service sending device configures local routing information based on the MAC address. The MAC address of the service receiving device does not need to be obtained based on an ARP request, avoiding a limitation on an IP address of a device port caused by the ARP request. An IP address of one device is used to replace IP addresses of a plurality of ports of the device, simplifying a communication network.