Disclosed are high-pressure polymerization methods and systems using optimized operation sequence logic established at least partly from an analysis of a database containing data of previous operations. The optimized operation sequence logic and collected current process and system data are used to automate the operation of a high pressure ethylene polymerization process and unit.

A robotic control system directs a robot to take an object from a human grasp by obtaining an image of a human hand holding an object, estimating the pose of the human hand and the object, and determining a grasp pose for the robot that will not interfere with the human hand. In at least one example, a depth camera is used to obtain a point cloud of the human hand holding the object. The point cloud is provided to a deep network that is trained to generate a grasp pose for a robotic gripper that can take the object from the human's hand without pinching or touching the human's fingers.

A robotic assembly control system is disclosed. The robotic assembly control system includes an exoskeleton apparatus adapted to be worn by a user, at least one robotic assembly, the at least one robotic assembly controlled by the user by way of the exoskeleton, and at least one mobile platform, the at least one mobile platform controlled by the user and wherein the at least one robotic assembly is attached to the at least one mobile platform.

A method and computing system comprising identifying a plurality of robot configurations for each inspection point of a plurality of inspection points of a problem. A graph may be generated with each feasible robot configuration as a node on the graph. A distance may be calculated between a pair of feasible robot configurations. A shortest complete path connecting each node on the graph may be obtained based upon, at least in part, the distance between the pair of feasible robot configurations.

An imprint apparatus that forms a pattern made of an imprint material on each of a plurality of shot regions of a substrate, includes a user interface configured to allow a user to perform editing for assigning each of the plurality of shot regions to any one of a plurality of groups such that each of the plurality of groups is formed by at least one shot region onto which the imprint material is continuously supplied from a dispenser.

Provided are dynamic region division and region passage identification methods and a cleaning robot. The dynamic region division method includes: acquiring environment information collected by a robot when working in a first region; determining whether the robot has completed a work task in the first region, when a presence of a passage entering a second region is determined based on the environment information; and complementing a boundary at the passage to block the passage, when the work task is not completed. According to the technical solution provided by the embodiment of the present application, the occurrence probability of repeated sweeping and miss sweeping is reduced, and the cleaning efficiency is high. In addition, the technical solution provided by the embodiment of the present application relies on the environment information collected during the work, rather than relying on historical map data, so that the environmental adaptability is high.

The invention relates to a method and system for picking up and collecting plant matter, in particular plant embryos. To pick up the plant matter, a pick-up unit is used that is mounted to a robotic arm. According to the invention, two separate imaging steps are performed at two different positions of the pick-up unit. The first imaging step is performed to identify an isolated piece of plant matter. The second imaging step is performed when the pick-up unit is at a confirming position and enables a verification of whether a piece of plant matter has been picked up or not. The confirming position is in between the position of the pick-up unit for picking up plant matter and the position for depositing plant matter in suitable receptacles.

A time-sharing wave recording method is provided. Firstly, N1 operating variables are selected, and the storage addresses of the N1 operating variables are mapped to N1 index variables. Then, N2 record channels in a sequential relationship are provided, and a mapping relationship between each record channel and the N1 index variables is established. Then, the values of the operating variables are assigned to a first record channel of the N2 record channels in response to a rising edge of a pulse of a clock signal and a start triggering signal, the values of the operating variables are sequentially assigned to the rest of the N2 record channels in response to a rising edge of each pulse of the clock signal and the start triggering signal, and the assigned values of the operating variables for the N2 record channels are recorded to the memory.

A time-sharing wave recording method is provided. Firstly, N1 operating variables are selected, and the storage addresses of the N1 operating variables are mapped to N1 index variables. Then, N2 record channels in a sequential relationship are provided, and a mapping relationship between each record channel and the N1 index variables is established. Then, the values of the operating variables are assigned to a first record channel of the N2 record channels in response to a rising edge of a pulse of a clock signal and a start triggering signal, the values of the operating variables are sequentially assigned to the rest of the N2 record channels in response to a rising edge of each pulse of the clock signal and the start triggering signal, and the assigned values of the operating variables for the N2 record channels are recorded to the memory.

A method, energy usage analysis device, and non-transitory computer readable medium that obtain an amount of energy generated from wind resources and thermal resources at a plurality of intervals over a specified time period. An amount of energy consumed by a user at each of the intervals is obtained. An energy source wind number value is generated for each of the intervals based on the respective amount of energy generated from the wind resources and the thermal resources. An energy consumption wind number value is generated for each of the intervals based on the respective energy source wind number value and the respective amount of energy consumed by the user. An overall wind number value is generated for the specified time period based on the energy consumption wind number values and the amount of energy consumed at each of the intervals. The overall wind number value is output.