“The concept of time has troubled philosophers and physicists for thousands of years, and the advent of quantum mechanics has not simplified the problem,” says Professor Hugo Dil, a physicist at EPFL. “The central problem is the general role of…
Category: Engineering
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Interview with Reframe Systems CEO: ‘We’re developing a robotics and vision platform to unlock automation’
As the construction sector grapples with stubborn labor shortages, rising costs, and mounting pressure to deliver housing at scale, a new class of automation companies is emerging that promises to reshape how homes are built. One of the most…
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Corvus launches autonomous drones to track inventory in -20°F freezers
Corvus Robotics has launched an autonomous drone system designed to manage inventory inside some of the harshest warehouse environments: industrial freezers.
Called Corvus One for Cold Chain, the system operates continuously in temperatures…
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Reconstructing subsurface fracture geometries in rock slope instabilities through ambient vibration-based numerical modelling inversion
Bessette-Kirton, E. K. et al. Structural characterization of a toppling rock slab from Array-Based ambient vibration measurements and numerical modal analysis. J Geophys. Res. Earth Surf 127, (2022).
Colombero, C., Baillet, L., Comina, C.,…
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Machine learning based power control in cellular and cell-free massive MIMO systems
Marzetta, T. L. Noncooperative cellular wireless with unlimited numbers of base station antennas. IEEE Trans. Wireless Commun. 9 (11), 3590–3600 (2010).
Ngo, H. Q., Ashikhmin, A., Yang, H.,…
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Privacy-aware speaker trait and multimodal features relationship analysis in job interviews
Zafar, Z., Paplu, S. & Berns, K. Automatic assessment of human personality traits: A step towards intelligent human-robot interaction. In IEEE-RAS 18th international conference on humanoid robots 1–9,
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Modified design TWCI-based high step-up DC-DC converter with reduced elements and low input current ripple for renewable applications
Anand, S. & Fernandes, B. Optimal voltage level for DC microgrids, in IECON 2010-36th Annual Conference on IEEE Industrial Electronics Society, 3034–3039 (IEEE, 2010).
Kala, C. S., Mahesh, G., Rao, B. T. & Swapna, G. A Review on Various Supply…
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Evaluation of electric vehicle performance using driving cycle clustering based on motor-inverter losses and efficiency
Zhang, P. et al. Multi-objective tradeoffs in the design optimization of a brushless permanent magnet machine with fractional-slot concentrated windings. In 2013 IEEE Energy Conversion Congress and Exposition, 2842–2849,
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Investigation into the interactive feedback and rock burst mechanism under mining disturbance
Dou, L., He, J., Cao, A., Gong, S. & Cai, W. Rock burst prevention methods based on theory of dynamic and static combined load induced in coal mine. J. China. Coal. Soc. 40, 1469–1476 (2015).
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HQA2LFS-handwriting quality assessment using an active learning framework in smartphones
Medwell, J., Wray, D., Poulson, L. & Fox, R. Handwriting: What do we know and what do we need to know?. Literacy 41(1), 10–15 (2007).
Graham, S., Berninger, V., Abbott, R., Abbott, S. &…
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