Abstract: The present disclosure relates to a heating, ventilation, and/or air conditioning (HVAC) system including a controller configured to detect a presence of an occupant in a zone of a plurality of zones. The controller is also configured to determine a priority level of the occupant and control operation of the HVAC system to prioritize supply of conditioned air to the zone of the plurality of zones over remaining zones of the plurality of zones based on the priority level of the occupant.

Abstract: A wireless terminal performs communication setting processing in response to connection processing from an air conditioning management apparatus. The air conditioning management apparatus sends, to a wireless terminal, a wireless communication electronic message in which an air conditioning communication electronic message is packaged. Upon receipt of the wireless communication electronic message, the wireless terminal converts the content of the communication. Upon receipt of the air conditioning communication electronic message, an air conditioner executes a request command described in the air conditioning communication electronic message. Upon receipt of the air conditioning communication electronic message, the wireless terminal converts the content of the communication. Upon receipt of the wireless communication electronic message, the air conditioning management apparatus performs response reception processing.

Abstract: A method for managing a microgrid, the microgrid having an intermittent energy source and energy storage, comprising: using a microgrid asset management system, dispatching the energy storage to maintain optimal power flow to and from a power grid by: producing a generation forecast and a generation forecast error probability distribution for an intermittent energy source coupled to the microgrid from a historic generation forecast and one or more measurements; generating random intermittent energy source generation inputs from at least one of historic generation data, the historic generation forecast, and the generation forecast error probability distribution; using the random intermittent energy source generation inputs, calculating a microgrid performance value using a microgrid performance model and a microgrid financial value using a microgrid financial model; and, selecting an energy storage dispatch scenario to optimize operation of the microgrid using at least one of the microgrid performance value an

Abstract: The present disclosure resides in a method for monitoring an automated plant, which has a fieldbus access unit connected with a first communication network, wherein the first communication network has a plurality of field devices and network nodes, wherein a communication driver, which runs in a first frame application, which is implemented in a client computer connected with the fieldbus access unit via a second communication network, queries structure data of network nodes and field devices present in the first communication network, wherein the structure data are generated by the fieldbus access unit in the context of the query by scanning the address space of the network level and determining the network nodes and field devices present in the address space. The present disclosure further resides in a fieldbus access unit and an arrangement, comprising a client computer and a fieldbus access unit.

Abstract: Disclosed are an object attachment control method, attaching machine and storage medium, the object attachment control method comprising the following steps: acquiring the attachment precision values of predetermined number of objects; calculating attachment compensation amounts according to the attachment precision values and a preset standard value; and correcting the attachment precision values of corresponding objects to be attached according to the attachment compensation amounts.

Abstract: The invention discloses a NC-based ring blade production apparatus, which includes a box body, which is provided with a processing cavity penetrating forward and backward, and the processing cavity is symmetrically provided with clamping devices. An annular blade can be clamped between them. The annular blade after processing has a cutting edge hole penetrating up and down, a transmission device is arranged in the upper inner wall of the processing cavity, and the lower end of the transmission device is screwed to the clamping device. The present invention controls the processing of the annular blade through the numerical control method of human-machine interaction, improves the accuracy of the annular blade, and can also perform the reaming process of the edge hole of the existing annular blade, thereby improving the recycling of the annular blade.

Abstract: “Cloud” based manufacturing execution systems (“MES”) and methods thereof used to control, execute, and monitor pharmaceutical or biopharmaceutical production processes and systems are disclosed herein. Consequently, the methods and systems provide a means to quality manufacturing on an integrated level whereby drug or biologic manufacturers can achieve data and product integrity and ultimately minimize cost.

Abstract: A numerical controller is provided with a control unit configured to control a machine tool and acquire feedback data in relative positions of a tool and a workpiece, a machining simulation unit configured to perform simulation processing for machining based on a machining program and create the shape of the machined workpiece, and a display unit configured to display the machined workpiece shape created by the machining simulation unit. The machining simulation unit performs machining simulation processing using the feedback data acquired by the control unit, in place of relative movement paths for the tool and the workpiece based on a command by the machining program.

Abstract: An output device includes: an information acquisition unit which acquires, from a machine learning device that performs machine learning on a servo control device for controlling a servo motor driving the axis of a machine tool, a robot or an industrial machine, a parameter or a first physical quantity of a constituent element of the servo control device that is being learned or has been learned; and an output unit which outputs at least one of any one of the acquired first physical quantity and a second physical quantity determined from the acquired parameter, a time response characteristic of the constituent element of the servo control device and a frequency response characteristic of the constituent element of the servo control device, and the time response characteristic and the frequency response characteristic are determined with the parameter, the first physical quantity or the second physical quantity.

Abstract: A system determining whether the feed shafts are normal or abnormal, the system including: a command generation unit that moves the feed shafts in a forward direction at a predetermined speed from a lower limit value to an upper limit value of a range of feeding movement by the numerical controller; and a feed shaft abnormality determination unit that monitors a drive torque command during the movement of the feed shafts in the forward direction by the command generation unit, compares a monitoring result during the movement in the forward direction with a normal value of the drive torque command, determines that abnormality occurs when the drive torque command deviates from the normal value, and outputs the determination result.

Abstract: To provide a numerical controller that can produce high-quality machining with optimal machining conditions by reducing speed control abnormalities in order to stabilize feed rate, cutting speed and other factors. A numerical controller includes a speed reduction block detection unit that detects a speed reduction block that is a block at which the number of blocks to be looked ahead in a machining program relatively decreases, a speed information storage unit that calculates feed rate at each axis from a table feed rate at the speed reduction block and stores this speed information in a storage unit, and a speed information read unit that reads out the speed information from the storage unit and applies the speed information as the feed rate at each axis.

Abstract: A tool monitoring device and method for using a tool monitoring device, the tool monitoring device including a housing configured to couple with an exterior surface of a tool, one or more sensors positioned within the housing and configured to measure one or more properties of the tool over a period of time, a communication interface configured to transmit data from the tool monitoring device to one or more external devices, the transmitted data being generated based at least in part on the measured one or more properties of the tool over the period of time, and a power source configured to provide power to the one or more sensors and the communication interface.

Abstract: A device includes: a first acquiring unit to acquire context information corresponding to running operation among pieces of context information; a second acquiring unit to acquire detection information output from a detecting unit detecting a physical quantity of a target device; an extracting unit to extract, from the detection information, feature information indicating a feature of the detection information in an interval including a specific operation interval of the target device; a selecting unit to select reference feature information used as reference based on the feature information, and sequentially select pieces of target feature information; a calculating unit to calculate a likelihood of a process interval based on a comparison between the reference feature information and each piece of target feature information; a determining unit to determine whether the target feature information corresponding to the likelihood is included in the process interval based on the likelihood; and an estimating uni

Abstract: A program code generating method for tilted plane machining makes the machine tool generate required program codes for machining a plurality of planes with various direction features. The method comprises: obtaining step of obtaining directional features of a first reference plane and a second reference plane; transformation step of obtaining coordinate transformations parameters between the directional features of the first reference plane and the second reference plane by coordinate transformations; testing step of making a tool shaft and a worktable of the machine tool perform a testing motion; and combining step of generating a combination code by adding the coordinate transformations parameters in the program codes applied to machining of the first reference plane, thereby making the machine tool subsequently perform machining on the second reference plane after performing machining on the first reference plane by using the combination code. A device for titled plane machining is also provided.

Abstract: A method for performing a design rule check of a computer aided design (CAD) file corresponding to a geometry of a tool for use in a process for making an article from a starting material. Design rules defined to avoid a geometry of the tool documented as causing an inefficiency in a non-printing or non-platemaking operation of the process are stored in a computer. A design rule checking (DRC) module of the computer processes the CAD file relative to the stored design rules, identifies violations, automatically suggests design changes responsive to each violation, receives a user input responsive to suggested design changes, and modifies the CAD file in response to the user input. Non-transitory computer readable media containing code for implementing the method and related CAD systems are also described.

Abstract: A program correction device is configured to generate a plurality of machining paths obtained by smoothing each of cutting paths; select a reference path serving as a reference from among the plurality of machining paths; set a plane reference point on the reference path; calculate an intersection point between the plurality of machining paths and a plane passing through the plane reference point and being perpendicular to the reference path at the plane reference point, perform a smoothing processing based on the calculated intersection point and the plane reference point, and calculate a point on an obtained curved line as a correction command point of the plurality of machining paths; and generate a post-correction machining program obtained by inserting the correction command point in the machining program.

Abstract: This disclosure provides systems and methods for simplifying additive manufacturing. A user can interact with a simple user interface on a smartphone or other computing device to quickly and easily print a 3D object. In some implementations, a user may use an application executing on the computing device to select an object from a catalog of available objects. The user can be provided with a simple interface, such as a single button, for causing a 3D printer to print the selected object. In some implementations, the systems and methods of this disclosure can create a file having a preconfigured file format specific to the user's 3D printer, based on the object that the user selects to be printed. The preconfigured file can be automatically sent to the user's 3D printer and the 3D printer can automatically print the object according to the preconfigured file.

Abstract: The present disclosure includes a three-dimensional design and integrated fabrication system that includes a data system in a computing environment. The system includes a manufacturing section including a pre-processing section and a post-processing section. The system also includes a material selection system and a control system that integrates the data system, manufacturing section, and material selection system with an intelligence system that includes artificial intelligence in the computing environment.

Abstract: To provide a numerical controller that can detect the position at which the look-ahead blocks used to determine an acceleration/deceleration operation is insufficient in a machining program in order to stabilize feed rate, cutting speed and other factors.

Abstract: To provide a numerical controller that can detect the position at which the look-ahead blocks used to determine an acceleration/deceleration operation is insufficient in a machining program in order to stabilize feed rate, cutting speed and other factors. A numerical controller includes a program execution unit that executes a machining program, a program look-ahead unit that looks ahead at the machining program in parallel with execution of the machining program, a look-ahead blocks calculation unit that calculates a look-ahead blocks, which is the difference between a first sequence number that is the number of a block being executed by the program execution unit and a second sequence number that is the number of a block that is looked ahead by the program look-ahead unit while the machining program is being executed, and an exhaustion block detection unit that detects an exhaustion block, which is a block at which the look-ahead blocks falls below a prescribed value.

Abstract: A method selectively activates a resource to accommodate an advanced emotion. A supervisor computer receives a first piece of content, and then applies an emotion classifier to the first piece of content in order to create a first concept/emotion/sentiment/time tuple. The supervisor computer creates a second concept/emotion/sentiment/time tuple for a second piece of content, and compares the first and second tuples. If the concept in the first piece of content matches the concept in the second piece of content but that at least one of the emotion, sentiment, and time of the first piece of content does not match the emotion, sentiment, and time of the second piece of content, the supervisor computer determines that the emotion of the second piece of content is an advanced emotion that is not expressed by the first or second pieces of content, and activates a resource that accommodates the advanced emotion.

Abstract: A communication robot includes: an operation part; and a communication arbitration unit configured to exhibit one of a robot mode for autonomously operating the operation part by applying a first operational criterion and an avatar mode for operating the operation part based on an operation instruction sent from a remote operator by applying a second operational criterion to arbitrate communication with a service user, in which the communication arbitration unit operates, when it is intended to exhibit the avatar mode in accordance with an operation request from the remote operator, the operation part in the robot mode and asks the service user whether to allow the mode to be switched to the avatar mode.

Abstract: To provide a numerical controller that can detect a position in a machining program at which a speed control abnormality is likely to occur due to an insufficient look-ahead blocks that are used to determine an acceleration/deceleration operation, and supplement the look-ahead blocks at that position in order to stabilize feed rate, cutting speed and other factors. A numerical controller includes a required look-ahead blocks setting unit that sets a required look-ahead blocks, which is a look-ahead blocks required to execute a machining program, and an operation limitation unit that compares a look-ahead blocks calculated by a look-ahead blocks calculation unit to the required look-ahead blocks and, if the look-ahead blocks is less than the required look-ahead blocks, limits execution of the machining program until the look-ahead blocks reach the required look-ahead blocks.

Abstract: To provide a numerical controller that can detect a position in a machining program at which a speed control abnormality is likely to occur due to an insufficient look-ahead blocks that are used to determine an acceleration/deceleration operation, and start a look-ahead processing function from the position in parallel with looking ahead at the machining program from the start of the machining program in order to stabilize feed rate, cutting speed and other factors.

Abstract: To provide a numerical controller that can detect a position in a machining program at which a speed control abnormality is likely to occur due to an insufficient look-ahead blocks that are used to determine an acceleration/deceleration operation, and start a look-ahead processing function from the position in parallel with looking ahead at the machining program from the start of the machining program.

Abstract: A control system configured to control safety-critical and non-safety-critical processes and/or plant components includes: a non-safety controller module, at least one safety controller module, and at least one condition monitoring module. The non-safety controller module is configured to control the non-safety-critical processes and/or the non-safety-critical plant components. The at least one safety controller module is configured to control the safety-critical processes and/or the safety-critical plant components. The at least one condition monitoring module is configured to perform fail-safe condition monitoring and to collect monitoring data. The non-safety controller module is configured to receive the collected monitoring data from the condition monitoring module and to pass the collected monitoring data to the safety controller module. The safety-controller module is configured to evaluate the monitoring data based on safety conditions.

Abstract: Provided is a data preparing device, a data preparing method, and a data preparing program that can accumulate information in which operating states of equipment when a specific event occurs in the equipment are organized. An edge server includes a collection section configured to collect time series data from equipment, a storage unit configured to define a situation in which any of items or a combination of the items included in the time series data becomes a predetermined value as an event, and store a storing rule that defines, for each of the events, an item of associated data as a storing target; and a conversion section configured to extract the associated data from the time series data for each of the events in accordance with the storing rule and convert resultant data into event data.

Abstract: A device for coordinated movement and/or orientation of a tracking tool relative to a portable tool handled by an operator on a production station allows a tracking tool to track the movements of a portable tool handled by an operator, without the intervention of an additional operator. Also described is a smoothing method using the device, as well as a smoothing station for implementing the method.

Abstract: A learning model generation device for supporting a machine tool, includes: a first non-control element acquisition unit configured to acquire a first non-control element, the first non-control element including at least one of specifications of a workpiece and specifications of a tool and being not a machining control element for a machine tool; a machining control element acquisition unit configured to acquire the machining control element for the machine tool; and an actual quality element acquisition unit configured to acquire an actual quality element of the workpiece after machining. The leaning model generation device further includes a learning model generation unit configured to generate, by machine learning in which the first non-control element, the machining control element and the actual quality element are set as learning data, a learning model for outputting the machining control element based on the first non-control element and the actual quality element.

Abstract: A method and system to help control body-shop processing of vehicles, based on timing of interaction with a touch-screen display. In an example implementation, a body shop will be equipped with a computing system including a touch-screen display, with the computing system being configured to manage presentation on the display of graphical representations of job-cards for individual body-shop jobs, such as individual vehicles in for repair. With such an arrangement, body shop personnel could drag and drop job cards from one section to another to indicate transitions of jobs between body-shop processing steps. The computing system will then advantageously make use of data regarding the timing of those drag-and-drop operations as a basis to control body-shop processing, such as be predicting a processing duration of a job currently in process and taking action to modify processing of the job based on the predicted duration for instance.

Abstract: The present disclosure provides a system and method for inverse inference in a chain of manufacturing processes using Bayesian networks is provided. The method generates a composite Bayesian network model for a chain of manufacturing processes from Bayesian network models of the unit processes in the chain. The models of unit processes might have been learned independently in other contexts and stored in a knowledge repository. Models relevant for the current problem context are obtained from the knowledge repository and checked for compatibility using ontological information about their inputs and outputs. The obtained compatible Bayesian network models of unit processes are composed to generate a composite Bayesian network model for the chain. The generated composite Bayesian network model is sampled to perform inverse inference.

Abstract: A data analyzer includes a data collector that acquires data on each analysis target parameter of each of a plurality of apparatuses from the apparatus, the plurality of apparatuses including a light source apparatus, an exposure apparatus that exposes a wafer to pulsed light outputted from the light source apparatus, and a wafer inspection apparatus that inspects the exposed wafer, an image generator that visualizes the data on each of the parameters collected by the data collector from the apparatuses that process the wafer for each predetermined area of the wafer to convert the data into an image and generates a plurality of mapped images for each of the parameters of the apparatuses, and a correlation computing section that performs pattern matching on arbitrary ones of the mapped images generated from the wafer to determine a correlation value between arbitrary ones of the parameters of the apparatuses.

Abstract: A method for determining a quality controlled sensor set from a redundant sensor set comprising calculating a first time correlation coefficient and a first autocorrelation coefficient based on a first sensor time series data, calculating a second time correlation coefficient and a second autocorrelation coefficient based on a second sensor time series data, calculating a first and second sensor correlation coefficient based on the first sensor time series data and the second sensor time series data, and determining the quality controlled sensor set with a highest confidence level.

Abstract: Techniques for detecting and correcting for discrepancy events in a fluid pipeline are presented. The techniques can include obtaining a plurality of empirical temperature and pressure measurements at a plurality of locations within the pipeline; simulating, using a pipeline model, a plurality of simulated temperature and pressure measurements for the plurality of locations within the pipeline; detecting, by a discrepancy event detector, at least one discrepancy event representing a discrepancy between the empirical temperature and pressure measurements and the simulated temperature and pressure measurements; outputting to t a user an indication that the at least one discrepancy event has been detected; accounting for the at least one discrepancy; determining, after the accounting and using an estimator applied to the pipeline model, a corrected branch flow rate for the pipeline; and outputting the corrected branch flow rate for the pipeline to the user.

Abstract: Methods and systems for monitoring the performance of a building management system by analyzing log files of various modules of the building management system. A user request is received at a first one of the plurality of modules of the building management system, which initiates a sequence of messages processed by two or more modules. Each of the sequence of messages include a common tag value that corresponds to the user request. Each of the plurality of modules that process one of the sequence of messages logs the corresponding message including the common tag value in a corresponding log entry. The log entries are analyzed to identify resource utilization of at least some of the plurality of modules.

Abstract: A method of temporal anomaly detection includes accessing sensor data readings obtained at a monitored industrial asset, performing a data cleanup operation on at least a portion of the accessed sensor data readings, transforming at least the cleaned-up portion of the accessed sensor data readings to time series feature space sensor data, applying a multi-kernel-based projection algorithm to the time series feature space sensor data, computing a respective anomaly score and a respective ranking for one or more variables of the sensor data readings, and providing at least the computed respective anomaly score or the respective ranking for at least one of the one or more variables to a user. Ranking the anomaly score includes comparing each anomaly score to a threshold and then assigning a ranking to scores with a magnitude greater than the threshold based on its magnitude. A system and a non-transitory computer-readable medium are also disclosed.

Abstract: An industrial machine predictive maintenance system may include an industrial machine data analysis facility that generates streams of industrial machine health monitoring data by applying machine learning to data representative of conditions of portions of industrial machines received via a data collection network. The system may perform a method of image capture of a portion of an industrial machine in which an image capture template is provided and aligned via augmented reality with a live image in order to update a procedure for performing a service that implements a predicted maintenance action on an industrial machine. The system may perform a method of machine learning-based part recognition in which a captured image is analyzed and used to adapt a target part template, image analysis rules, or part recognition. The system may detect operating characteristics of an industrial machine via a machine learning aspect trained based on image data sets.

Abstract: An industrial machine predictive maintenance system may include an industrial machine data analysis facility that generates streams of industrial machine health monitoring data by applying machine learning to data representative of conditions of portions of industrial machines received via a data collection network. The system may include an industrial machine predictive maintenance facility that produces industrial machine service recommendations responsive to the health monitoring data by applying machine fault detection and classification algorithms thereto. The system may predict a service event from vibration data from at least one vibration sensor disposed to capture vibration of a portion of an industrial machine signal a predictive maintenance server to execute a corresponding maintenance action on the portion of the industrial machine.

Abstract: In industrial machine predictive maintenance system may include an industrial machine data analysis facility that generates streams of industrial machine health monitoring data by applying machine learning to data representative of conditions of portions of industrial machines received via a data collection network. The system may perform a method of sampling a signal at a streaming sample rate to produce a plurality of samples of the signal. Portions of the plurality of samples can be allocated to first and second signal analysis circuits based on signal analysis sampling rates less than the streaming sample rate, and the samples and the outputs of the signal analysis circuits can be stored. The system can include a sensor detecting a condition of an industrial machine to output a signal, which can be sampled at a streaming sample rate that is at least twice a dominant frequency of the signal.

Abstract: Methods and systems for detecting operating characteristics of an industrial machine in which the systems include at least one data capture device configured to capture raw data of a point of interest of the industrial machine and a computer vision system. The computer vision system can generate one or more image data sets using the raw data captured, identify one or more values corresponding to a portion of the industrial machine within the point of interest represented by the one or more image data sets, compare the one or more values to corresponding predicted values, generate a variance data set based on the comparison of the one or more values and the corresponding predicted values, detect an operating characteristic of the industrial machine based on the variance data, and generate data indicating the detection of the operating characteristic.

Abstract: A motor vehicle self-driving method comprises obtaining a first positioning mode and a first driving route; obtaining second vehicle information of a second motor vehicle, where the second vehicle information includes a second positioning mode and a second driving route; determining whether the first driving route overlaps with the second driving route; when the first driving route overlaps with the second driving route, comparing positioning precision of the first positioning mode with positioning precision of the second positioning mode; determining a positioning mode with higher positioning precision in the first positioning mode and the second positioning mode as a target positioning mode; determining a target driving parameter based on the target positioning mode; and controlling the first motor vehicle and the second motor vehicle to drive based on the target driving parameter.

Abstract: Method and apparatus are disclosed for mitigating issues for a vehicle executing a remote vehicle operation, wherein there is a communication delay between the vehicle and a remote computing device providing control. An example vehicle includes a communication system, an autonomy unit for performing a remote vehicle operation, and a processor. The processor is configured to receive a remote vehicle operation control signal via the communication system from a remote computing device. The processor is also configured to determine a delay corresponding to the control signal. And the processor is further configured to modify the remote vehicle operation responsive to determining that the delay rises above a delay threshold at a threshold rate.

Abstract: An autonomous vehicle system is configured to receive vehicle commands from one or more parties and to execute those vehicle commands in a way that prevents the execution of stale commands. The autonomous vehicle system includes a finite state machine and a command counter or stored vehicle timestamp, which are used to help reject invalid or stale vehicle commands.

Abstract: The embodiments of the present disclosure provide a method and an apparatus for controlling autonomous driving of a vehicle, a device and a storage medium. The method is implemented at a portable electronic device, including: establishing a communication connection with a driving control system of the vehicle; receiving information related to a driving control of the vehicle from an external device of the vehicle, the information including at least one of perceptual information related to an environment where the vehicle is located, a path planning of the vehicle and a behavior prediction of at least one object in the environment; determining, based on the received information, a control instruction for a driving behavior of the vehicle; and transmitting, via the communication connection, the control instruction to the driving control system of the vehicle for executing the control instruction.

Abstract: A control system for a work vehicle includes a controller having a memory and a processor. The controller is configured to instruct a user interface to present graphical representations of a set of zones on a display of the user interface. The set of zones is formed within a bounding shape of a storage compartment, and the zones do not overlap one another. In addition, the controller is configured to receive a signal from the user interface indicative of a selected zone of the set of zones, and to engage product flow from a conveyor outlet to the storage compartment while the conveyor outlet is within the selected zone.

Abstract: System and method to autonomously operate a vehicle during travel are disclosed.

Abstract: A traveling control apparatus comprises: a control unit configured to control traveling of a vehicle to switch between first traveling control that does not need monitoring by a driver and second traveling control that needs monitoring by the driver; and a recognition unit configured to recognize a state of the driver, wherein in a case in which traveling of the vehicle by the first traveling control is impossible, in accordance with a result of recognition by the recognition unit, the control unit performs switching from the first traveling control to the second traveling control, or executes third traveling control of making a safety margin larger than in the first traveling control without switching from the first traveling control to the second traveling control.

Abstract: A control system for a lift truck comprises: human-control devices generating manual-guidance signals for actuators of the vehicle, said devices including a hydraulic steering system, a control module (1) including an automatic-control submodule generating autonomous-guidance signals intended for one or more actuators of the vehicle, depending on setpoint signals, a switching module (2) designed to select one or more manual guidance signals and/or one or more autonomous-guidance signals, and an electrohydraulic valve enabling the conversion of a guidance signal stemming from the automatic-control module into a signal intended for the hydraulic steering system The system includes, in addition, a servo controller of the electrohydraulic valve, comprising a proportional-integral controller, an on/off controller and means for activation of one or other of the PI and ON/OFF controllers, depending on a speed threshold of the lift truck.

Abstract: A method for safe transfer between manned and autonomous driving modes, the method may include detecting, based on first sensed information sensed during a first period, a situation related to an environment of the autonomous vehicle; searching for one or more matching concepts of a group of reference concepts, to which the situation belongs, each reference concept of the group represents a plurality of situations and has a reference concept safety level; wherein for each reference concept of at least a sub-group of the group of reference concepts the safety level of the reference concept is based on a tested success level of at only some of the plurality of scenarios represented by the reference concept; and determining, based on an outcome of the searching, whether the vehicle is capable to safely autonomously drive through the environment.

Abstract: A method for controlling a vehicle includes: establishing, by a vehicle controller, a connection between a client and a plurality of servers, the plurality of servers includes a primary server and at least one replica server, the at least one replica server is a replica of the primary server; making, by the vehicle controller, a data request about a given service to the plurality of servers; in response to the data request, receiving reply data from the plurality of servers to the data request via a middleware; fusing, by the middleware, the reply data from the plurality of servers to generate a resulting data; receiving, by the vehicle controller, the resulting data; and controlling, by the client, the vehicle based on the resulting data.