Marc Schoenauer and Edmund Ronald Abstract|The precise docking of a truck at a loading dock has been proposed in [Nguyen & Widrow 90] as a benchmark problem for non-linear control by neural-nets. The main di culty is that back-propagation is not a priori suitable as a learning paradigm, because no set of training vectors is available: It is non-trivial to nd solution trajectories that dock the ...

This paper demonstrates an approach in data analysis to minimize overall maintenance costs for the air pressure system of Scania trucks. Feature creation on histograms was used. Randomly chosen subsets of attributes were then evaluated to generate an order and a final subset of features. Finally, a Random Forest was applied and finetuned. The results clearly show that data analysis in the field...

Purpose – The purpose of this paper is to review the available literature related to ergonomical problems (especially musculoskeletal disorders) of truck drivers in order to trace the origin, objectives, trends and scope for future work. Design/methodology/approach – A review of research articles was conducted for various terms, namely, ergonomic, whole body vibration and musculoskeletal disord...

In this paper we steer wheeled nonholonomic systems that can be represented in a so called chained form Su cient conditions for converting a multiple input system with nonholonomic velocity constraints into a multiple chain single generator chained form via state feedback and a coordinate transformation are presented along with sinusoidal and polynomial control algorithms to steer such systems ...

Blood-engorged black flies were captured by 2 methods: early morning application of a quick knock down insecticide (resmethrin) into tree canopies, and late afternoon to early evening truck trapping. More engorged flies were captured per man-hour with the tree spraying method than with the truck trap. The percentages of females captured by the spraying and truck trap methods that were engorged ...

We have been developing new abilities of humanoid robot to realize proxy drives of a lift truck. Construction machines such as a lift truck play an important role in many tasks, but sometimes the environments are too hazardous for human operators. If a tele-operated humanoid robot can drive a construction machine, it can work at a dangerous place. This humanoid robot operator has two advantages...

We study a cross-dock operator’s truck scheduling problem at inbound doors in case of unknown truck arrival times. Due to uncertainty of truck arrivals, a scheduling strategy is subject to variations in costs of serving the trucks. A cost-stable scheduling strategy is defined as a schedule with low variation levels. In this paper, we analyze the cross-dock operator’s problem of determining a co...

In India, men who have sex with men (MSM) and truck drivers are high-risk groups that often do not access HIV testing due to stigma and high mobility. This study evaluated a field testing package (FTP) that identified HIV positive participants through video pre-test counseling, OraQuick oral fluid HIV testing, and telephonic post-test counseling and then connected them to government facilities....

The relationship between employment in occupations with potential exposure to motor exhaust and bladder cancer risk was examined based on interviews conducted with 1909 white male bladder cancer patients and 3569 population controls during the National Bladder Cancer Study, a population-based, case-control study conducted in ten areas of the United States. Our findings indicated that males usua...

There is an old well-known story about a novice truck driver driving a tall truck who misjudged the clearance below an overhead railway bridge. In trying to pass through, the truck got stuck under the bridge and thereafter would not drive in either forward or reverse gear. With the traffic blocked, a crowd began to gather around, and many people tried to help by pushing the truck but could not ...