This work involves the development of a layered, heterogeneous architecture for cognitive robotics that can be used to connect a knowledge representation (KR) system to Pyro (Python robotics). We have focused on connecting a Semantic Network Processing System (SNePS) (Shapiro & Rapaport 1992) agent to a Pyro robot, however, the framework we have developed, snarpy (an architecture linking SNePS ...

This article introduces Pyro, an open source Python Robotics toolkit for exploring topics in AI and robotics. We present key abstractions that allow Pyro controllers to run unchanged on a variety of real and simulated robots. We demonstrate Pyro’s use in a set of curricular modules. We then describe how Pyro can provide a smooth transition for the student from symbolic agents to real-world robo...

With the rapid growth of mobile devices and applications, geo-tagged data has become a major workload for big data storage systems. In order to achieve scalability, existing solutions build an additional index layer above general purpose distributed data stores. Fulfilling the semantic level need, this approach, however, leaves a lot to be desired for execution efficiency, especially when users...

Pyro is a Python-based software environment for robot control that is designed to minimize the necessity of programmers “having to worry about the low-level details of the underlying hardware.” Pyro supports multiple robot platforms, but until recently, most of them were prohibitively expensive for departments with large interest in robotics but with low budgets. This paper describes our experi...

Pyro is a Python-based software environment for robot control that is designed to minimize the necessity of programmers “having to worry about the low-level details of the underlying hardware.” Pyro supports multiple robot platforms, but until recently, most of them were prohibitively expensive for departments with large interest in robotics but with low budgets. This paper describes our experi...

The objective of this study was to characterize the physicochemical, dissolution, and osteogenic properties of radio frequency magnetron sputtered dicalcium pyrophosphate/tricalciumphosphate (Pyro/TCP) and hydroxylapatite (HA) coatings. Therefore Pyro/TCP and HA coatings were deposited on grit-blasted titanium discs. The results showed that the deposited coatings were amorphous and changed into...

A close relationship has been reported between sediment organic C (SedOC) content and its P sorption capacity (P(max)) and total P (TP) concentration. Phosphorus sorbed to organically complexed cations is a proposed explanation for this relationship. The objectives of this study were (i) to determine relationships between in-stream wetland SedOC content and both the sediment's P(max) and TP con...

Passive immunotherapy (PI) is being explored as a potential therapeutic against Alzheimer’s disease. The most promising antibodies (Abs) used in PI target the EFRH motif of the Aβ N-terminus. The monoclonal anti-Aβ Ab PFA1 recognizes the EFRH epitope of Aβ. PFA1 has a high affinity for Aβ fibrils and protofibrils (0.1 nM), as well as good affinity for Aβmonomers (20 nM). However, PFA1 binds the...

Despite nanomaterials with unique properties playing a vital role in scientific and technological advancements of various fields including chemical and electrochemical applications, the scope for exploration of nano-scale applications is still wide open. The intimate correlation between material properties and synthesis in combination with the urgency to enhance the empirical understanding of n...