The invention relates to a method of remote control of a portable automated panel cutter comprising a power cutter, the method comprises the steps of: establishing a wireless communication channel between the portable user device and the controller. Via the portable user device, select one of a plurality of predetermined cutting offs, each of which is definable by at least one predetermined measures type. For the selected cutting offs establishing a required number of measures corresponding to the at least one measures type. Via the portable user device, provide selected to the controller the established measures for the selected cutting off, and via the portable user device, initiating cutting operation of the panel cutter according to the selected cutting off and the established measures.

An example method of performing maintenance on an aircraft includes receiving a vehicle data-signature-map of an interior of an aircraft for at least one parameter of the aircraft, and the vehicle data-signature-map is based on sensor outputs received from sensors of mobile devices positioned at locations in the interior of the aircraft. The method also includes comparing the vehicle data-signature-map with a previous vehicle data-signature-map, based on differences of the vehicle data-signature-map as compared to the previous vehicle data-signature-map making a determination for maintenance, and generating and outputting a recommendation for inspection of an identified portion of the aircraft based on the distribution of the at least one parameter in the vehicle data-signature-map for the identified portion of the aircraft being substantially different than the distribution of the at least one parameter in the vehicle data-signature-map for other portions of the aircraft to assist with the maintenance of the aircraft.

There is provided an information processing device to enable a user to intuitively perform an operation of setting a linked operation of hardware elements or software elements, the information processing device including: a display control unit configured to cause a plurality of icons indicating hardware elements or software elements that perform a linked operation together, and a link connecting the plurality of icons to each other to be displayed. A spatial sequence of the plurality of icons formed by the link corresponds to a temporal sequence of operations of the software elements or the hardware elements indicated by the plurality of icons.

Embodiments relate to apparatuses, methods and computer programs for controlling a machine. The apparatus is suitable for a mobile communication device for providing a sensor input signal to a machine control entity to control a machine. The apparatus comprises one or more sensor modules for providing first user input sensor data and second user input sensor data. The apparatus further comprises a control module configured to determine the sensor input signal based on the first user input sensor data and the second user input sensor data. The control module is further configured to provide the sensor input signal for sensor data processing to the machine control entity to control at least one of a force transmission interface of the machine for an external component and an engine of the machine via an interface.

A mobile security basic control device (15) of a robot (1), has a hand-held housing (16), an emergency stop switching means (17) arranged at the housing (16), a communication device (18) for establishing a link in terms of control between the mobile security basic control device (15) and a robot controller (12) of the robot (1). A holder (19) is connected to the housing (16), which is designed to mount the mobile security basic control device (15) on a mobile terminal (20). The mobile terminal has a terminal control system (21) and a multi-touchscreen (22), which is designed to transmit inputs to the terminal control system (21) via the multi-touchscreen (22). The mobile security basic control device (15) comprises a coding device (25) which, in a state where the mobile security basic control device (15) is mounted on the mobile terminal (20) by means of the holder (19), is designed to automatically transmit at least one identification code identifying the mobile security basic control device (15) to the terminal control system (21) via the multi-touchscreen (22).

The present invention provides a robot system capable of, regardless of the type of the robot, precisely measuring the positional relationship between an AR device and markers, and comparatively easily and with high precision recognizing the position or orientation of the robot with the AR device. The robot system includes a marker detecting unit that simultaneously detects a reference marker and a robot coordinate system identification marker in one detection operation; a robot system information receiving unit that receives information regarding the robot system; a robot coordinate system identifying unit that identifies a coordinate system of a robot from the position of the robot coordinate system identification indicator and coordinate system information; an AR device that displays the information regarding the robot system, based on the coordinate system of the robot; a coordinate system setting unit that sets an origin by moving the robot to a designated position; and a coordinate system information transmission unit that transmits the coordinate system information set by the coordinate system setting unit to the AR device.

A resource allocation system for a production facility stores: a production schedule assigning production tasks to machines of the production facility, each production task comprising a production time window during which a machine is occupied with the production task; a maintenance schedule assigning maintenance tasks to service resources, each maintenance task comprising a maintenance time window during which a machine is occupied with the maintenance task; and a maintenance plan comprising maintenance rules for generating maintenance tasks, the maintenance rules at least comprising a scheduling rule from which a time after which a machine has to be maintained is derivable. The resource allocation system is configured for determining maintenance tasks for machines based on the maintenance rules, wherein the time window of a maintenance task for a machine is determined from a previous maintenance task, the scheduling rule for the machine and the production tasks for the machine, such that the time window of the maintenance task does not overlap with the production tasks.

There is provided an information processing device to enable a user to intuitively perform an operation of setting a linked operation of hardware elements or software elements, the information processing device including: a display control unit configured to cause a plurality of icons indicating hardware elements or software elements that perform a linked operation together, and a link connecting the plurality of icons to each other to be displayed. A spatial sequence of the plurality of icons formed by the link corresponds to a temporal sequence of operations of the software elements or the hardware elements indicated by the plurality of icons.

A machine failure analyzing system includes a wearable electronic device is for a user to wear, a controlling and processing device provided with a machine history database and a failure causes analyzing unit. When a specific machine is malfunctioning or in a failure status, the controlling and processing device utilizes a machine status data collecting unit to collect machine status data from the specific machine. Subsequently, based on the machine status data, the failure causes analyzing unit is configured to find relative failure causes from the machine history database, thereby generating at least one troubleshooting solution. As such, under instructions of the troubleshooting solution, a field engineer who wears the wearable electronic device can achieve troubleshooting of the specific machine rapidly and precisely, without needing to spend time finding the failure causes.

A method of estimating an attitude of a control device for controlling operating machines, where the control device has a plurality of pushbuttons for controlling the movement of an operating machine along respective directions, the method having the following steps: —preliminary estimating the attitude of the control device using data from an accelerometer and a magnetometer onboard of the control device; —updating of the preliminary estimate of the attitude of the control device using data from a gyroscope onboard of the control device.