News tagged with control algorithm

Structured English brings robots closer to everyday users

(PhysOrg.com) -- Move over, Jetsons. A humanoid robot named Mae is traipsing around Cornell's Autonomous Systems Lab, guided by plain-English instructions and sometimes even appearing to get frustrated.

Technology / Computer Sciences

created Nov 23, 2011 | popularity 5 / 5 (3) | comments 1 | with audio podcast

Flight control software to help pilots stick landings aboard carrier decks

Select pilots in early 2012 will commence testing new flight control software, funded in part by the Office of Naval Research (ONR), intended to facilitate aircraft landings on Navy carrier decks with unprecedented ...

Technology / Engineering

created Oct 20, 2011 | popularity 4.6 / 5 (5) | comments 6 | with audio podcast

Researchers working toward automating sedation in intensive care units

Researchers at the Georgia Institute of Technology and the Northeast Georgia Medical Center are one step closer to their goal of automating the management of sedation in hospital intensive care units (ICUs). ...

Medicine & Health / Medical research

created Feb 14, 2011 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

Significant variations found among medical centers regarding bloodstream infections surveillance

The quality of public reporting of bloodstream infection rates among hospitals may be effected by the variation in surveillance methods, according to a study in the November 10 issue of JAMA.

Medicine & Health / Health

created Nov 09, 2010 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

Freelance site using software to recruit and pay workers

(PhysOrg.com) -- Freelancer.com, a freelance site based in Sydney, Australia, has come up with the idea of using software to recruit and pay professionals to carry out work. The site enables software developers ...

Technology / Software

created May 12, 2010 | popularity 3.7 / 5 (6) | comments 0 | with audio podcast report

Aerial surveillance technology could keep soldiers safer

New technology that enables aerial vehicles to plan and verify missions could mean there is less need for military personnel to conduct dangerous surveillance operations in war zones.

Technology / Engineering

created Mar 02, 2010 | popularity 5 / 5 (1) | comments 0

NASA 'Drops' Next Generation Robotic Lander During Autonomous Tests

(PhysOrg.com) -- NASA has successfully completed a series of autonomous "drop" tests of a robotic lander test article - in a record 10 months - to demonstrate the ability to perform a controlled landing on ...

Space & Earth / Space Exploration

created Nov 16, 2009 | popularity 4.6 / 5 (10) | comments 0

Purdue-developed tool can get most pollution control for the money

There may be thousands of things large and small that can be done to better control pollution on even the smallest waterways, and a new tool developed at Purdue University may help sort out how to choose the best ones.

Space & Earth / Environment

created Jun 15, 2009 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0