查看更多>>摘要：The following quote was obtained by the news editors from the background informa tion supplied bythe inventors: “Additive manufacturing, also called 3D printing , is generally a process in which a threedimensional(3D) part is built by addi ng material to form a part rather than subtracting material as intraditional ma chining. All references disclosed herein are incorporated by reference. Using on e or moreadditive manufacturing techniques, a three-dimensional solid part of v irtually any shape can be printedfrom a digital model of the part by an additiv e manufacturing system, commonly referred to as a 3Dprinter. A typical additive manufacturing work flow includes slicing a three-dimensional computer modelint o thin cross sections defining a series of layers, translating the result into t wo-dimensional positiondata, and transmitting the data to a 3D printer which ma nufactures a three-dimensional structure in anadditive build style. Additive ma nufacturing entails many different approaches to the method of fabrication,incl uding material extrusion, ink jetting, selective laser sintering, powder/binder jetting, electron-beammelting, electrophotographic imaging, and stereolithograp hic processes.
查看更多>>摘要：The following quote was obtained by the news editors from the background informa tion supplied bythe inventors: “Additive manufacturing, also called 3D printing , is generally a process in which a threedimensional(3D) part is built by addi ng material to form a part rather than subtracting material as intraditional ma chining. All references disclosed herein are incorporated by reference. Using on e or moreadditive manufacturing techniques, a three-dimensional solid part of v irtually any shape can be printedfrom a digital model of the part by an additiv e manufacturing system, commonly referred to as a 3Dprinter. A typical additive manufacturing work flow includes slicing a three-dimensional computer modelint o thin cross sections defining a series of layers, translating the result into t wo-dimensional positiondata, and transmitting the data to a 3D printer which ma nufactures a three-dimensional structure in anadditive build style. Additive ma nufacturing entails many different approaches to the method of fabrication,incl uding material extrusion, ink jetting, selective laser sintering, powder/binder jetting, electron-beammelting, electrophotographic imaging, and stereolithograp hic processes.
查看更多>>摘要：News editors obtained the following quote from the background information suppli ed by the inventors:“Certain efforts in the field of robotics in the past sever al decades have focused on providing autonomouscontrol over one vehicle when it is following another. Ideally, an autonomous follower vehicle should act inthe same way as if it were driven by a human, observing all traffic laws and always behaving in a predictablemanner. The general goals of automated driving includ e increased safety, reduced congestion, and reducedemissions.“As applied to commercial vehicles, such as long-haul trucking, the goals also i nvolve energy savingand personnel cost reduction. Methods have thus been develo ped for operating groups of trucks along thesame trajectory with only a short g ap in between. Such so-called platoons or convoys may use cooperativecontrol. T hey may make driving decisions by combining information from forward-looking rem ote sensorsthat measure, for example the distance and speed difference to the i mmediately preceding truck, withadditional information communicated from that t ruck and other trucks ahead of it. See, for example,Tsugawa, et al. “A Review o f Truck Platooning Projects for Energy Savings”, IEEE Transactions onIntelligen t Vehicles, Vol. 1 No. 1, March 2016, pp 68-77 for a review of several such prio r efforts.
查看更多>>摘要：News editors obtained the following quote from the background information suppli ed by the inventors:“Certain efforts in the field of robotics in the past sever al decades have focused on providing autonomouscontrol over one vehicle when it is following another. Ideally, an autonomous follower vehicle should act inthe same way as if it were driven by a human, observing all traffic laws and always behaving in a predictablemanner. The general goals of automated driving includ e increased safety, reduced congestion, and reducedemissions.“As applied to commercial vehicles, such as long-haul trucking, the goals also i nvolve energy savingand personnel cost reduction. Methods have thus been develo ped for operating groups of trucks along thesame trajectory with only a short g ap in between. Such so-called platoons or convoys may use cooperativecontrol. T hey may make driving decisions by combining information from forward-looking rem ote sensorsthat measure, for example the distance and speed difference to the i mmediately preceding truck, withadditional information communicated from that t ruck and other trucks ahead of it. See, for example,Tsugawa, et al. “A Review o f Truck Platooning Projects for Energy Savings”, IEEE Transactions onIntelligen t Vehicles, Vol. 1 No. 1, March 2016, pp 68-77 for a review of several such prio r efforts.
查看更多>>摘要：Reporters obtained the following quote from the background information supplied by the inventors:“The invention generally relates to programmable motion system s, and relates in particular to roboticsystems, such as robotic pick-and-place systems whose task is to move objects from one location toanother. The applicat ion for such systems could include any kind of material handling system thatmig ht benefit from automation, including automated package handling, automated orde r fulfillment, orautomated store stock replenishment.
查看更多>>摘要：Reporters obtained the following quote from the background information supplied by the inventors:“The invention generally relates to programmable motion system s, and relates in particular to roboticsystems, such as robotic pick-and-place systems whose task is to move objects from one location toanother. The applicat ion for such systems could include any kind of material handling system thatmig ht benefit from automation, including automated package handling, automated orde r fulfillment, orautomated store stock replenishment.
查看更多>>摘要：Reporters obtained the following quote from the background information supplied by the inventors:“Identification of overfilled containers is useful in many ind ustries. For example, in the refuse industry,refuse container overages, contain er damage, and misplacement, may pose complications for refuse collectionand cu stomer billing. A refuse collection company may operate a fleet of refuse collec tion vehiclesthat operate regularly to collect refuse from the containers of va rious customers and transport the refuseto a processing site. An overage can oc cur, for example, when a container is filled above its rim, e.g.,causing the li d to not close completely. If a customer consistently overfills their container( s), creatingan overage, the refuse collection company may lose revenue by colle cting more refuse than the companyagreed to collect from the customer. Moreover , an overfilled container may lead to operational problemsin the mechanism(s) t hat empty the container into the vehicle. Contracts between the company and itscustomers are priced, and the containers are sized, based on an expected amount of refuse to be collected.Accordingly, a refuse collection company typically ch arges an overage fee for an overfilled container.”
查看更多>>摘要：Reporters obtained the following quote from the background information supplied by the inventors:“Identification of overfilled containers is useful in many ind ustries. For example, in the refuse industry,refuse container overages, contain er damage, and misplacement, may pose complications for refuse collectionand cu stomer billing. A refuse collection company may operate a fleet of refuse collec tion vehiclesthat operate regularly to collect refuse from the containers of va rious customers and transport the refuseto a processing site. An overage can oc cur, for example, when a container is filled above its rim, e.g.,causing the li d to not close completely. If a customer consistently overfills their container( s), creatingan overage, the refuse collection company may lose revenue by colle cting more refuse than the companyagreed to collect from the customer. Moreover , an overfilled container may lead to operational problemsin the mechanism(s) t hat empty the container into the vehicle. Contracts between the company and itscustomers are priced, and the containers are sized, based on an expected amount of refuse to be collected.Accordingly, a refuse collection company typically ch arges an overage fee for an overfilled container.”
查看更多>>摘要：News editors obtained the following quote from the background information suppli ed by the inventors:“In the waste management industry, industrial and domestic waste is increasingly being sorted in order torecover and recycle useful compon ents. Each type of waste, or “fraction” of waste can have a different useand va lue. If waste is not sorted, then it often ends up in landfill or incineration w hich has an undesirableenvironmental and economic impact.
查看更多>>摘要：News editors obtained the following quote from the background information suppli ed by the inventors:“In the waste management industry, industrial and domestic waste is increasingly being sorted in order torecover and recycle useful compon ents. Each type of waste, or “fraction” of waste can have a different useand va lue. If waste is not sorted, then it often ends up in landfill or incineration w hich has an undesirableenvironmental and economic impact.
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