Abstract — For four years a robotics festival has taken place

The population of farms using automatic milking systems (AMS) has grown from the first installation a dairy farm in the Netherlands in 1992 to more than 8000 milking units on more than 2400 farms today The vast majority of these farms are in north-western Europe, with the Netherlands having the largest installed base and Scandinavia showing the fastest growth rate in the past few years (Lind, 2007). Regulation and Standards The International Standards Organization (ISO) created a standard for automatic milking installations (AMI), which was approved in 2007. The machine milking group of the International Dairy Federation (IDF) suggested that, while many aspects of AMI are different than conventional milking machines, many aspects are also shared. It was decided to simultaneously create a new standard for AMI containing those aspects unique to this new technology and to revise the milking machine standards to update them and revise them to allow seamless reference from the AMI standard. This International standard specifies requirements for construction including specific safety and hygiene aspects and minimum performance requirements and testing for AMI. It does not contain requirements for the design of the building in which the milking installation is installed. Appendix Q to the Pasteurized Milk Ordinance (PMO) governing the Operation of Automatic Milking Installations (AMI) for the Production of Grade "A " Raw Milk for Pasteurization was

” of learning words when the robot knows nothing, and do not incorporate grammatical knowledge to aid the process of inferring meaning. The present study shows how using existing language knowledge can aid the word-learning process in three ways. First, partial parses of sentences can focus the robot’s

Multi-agent modeling has been successfully used in a large number of distinct scientific fields, transforming scientists ’ practice. Educational researchers have come to realize its potential for learning. Studies have suggested that students are able to understand concepts above their expected grade level after interacting with curricula that employs multi-agent simulation. However, most simulations are ‘on-screen’, without connection to the physical world. Real-time model validation is challenging with extant modeling platforms. Therefore, we designed a technological platform to enable students to connect computer models and sensors in real time, to validate and refine their models using real-world data. We will focus on both technical and pedagogical aspects, describing pilot studies that suggest a real-to-virtual reciprocity catalyzing further inquiry toward deeper understanding of scientific phenomena. Objectives and theoretical framework A powerful path for applying technology to improve education has been to bring the most advanced tools from research labs and adapt them for use in schools. One such well known

across 12 years (1992-2003) in 10 disciplines (Biology, Psychology, Sociology, Health, Political Science, Economics, Education, Law, Business, Management). We designed a robot that trawls the Web for full-texts using reference metadata (author, title, journal, etc.) and citation data from the Institute

Robotic operations performed in earth orbit face unique challenges. In the case of the Special Purpose Dexterous Manipulator (SPDM), a two-armed robotic device, operations can last multiple orbital days, with dynamic sunlit days and very dark nights. Direct and indirect visibility can be difficult

of more than 6.4 kmand 150,000 localization cycles have been conducted. The final testbed for this localization system was the Computer 2000 event, an annual computer tradeshow in Lausanne, Switzerland, where during 4 days visitors could give high-level navigation commands to the robot via a web interface

was the largest in AAAI history. This article pre-sents the history, motivation, and contributions for the event.

The need and importance of considering robot safety issues are emphasized. Based on previous researches, major categories of robot accident causes are identified and listed. System safety is described as an appropriate approach to evaluating and designing robot safety systems. Then, qualitative

Abstract- This study is to develop an algorithm for multirobot collaboration for landmine search operation in a typical landmine field found in Sri Lanka. The challenge is to enable robots to work together in an intelligent manner to detect landmines as fast as possible. Collaboration among robots