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A dynamic world has different uncertainties. These uncertainties always impact adversely while making decisions. Existing systems sometimes fail as they are trained without considering uncertainty inclusion due to the dynamic nature of the problem. This is quite observed in gaming, which is most dynamic and contributes adversely while deciding for the next move. Strategic games have fewer uncertainties rather than ground sports. Many types of factors add uncertainty to the system. There is a need of handling the required uncertainty which will help in making the decision. Also while finding similarities between games or matches, player and playing style results don't depict exact similarities between them. There is a need to measure uncertainty-based similarities as it helps in deciding the situation of the game or player. Here Uncertainty based decision support system is proposed which takes uncertainty as input rather than only considering patterns of input. Patterns always help if the system is more static while considering a dynamic system where we need to consider patterns and uncertainties in the scenarios. Results are shown on limited types of moves in game data and how uncertainty-based similarity and next move selection are improved. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

Humanoid robotics is a complex and highly diverse field. Humanoid robots may have dozens of sensors and actuators that together realize complicated behaviors. Adding to the complexity is that each type of humanoid has unique application program interfaces, thus software written for one humanoid does not easily transport to others. This article introduces the transportable open-source application program interface and user interface for generic humanoids, a set of application program interfaces that simplifies the programming and operation of diverse humanoid robots. These application program interfaces allow for quick implementation of complex tasks and high-level controllers. Transportable open-source application program interface and user interface for generic humanoids has been developed for, and tested on, Boston Dynamics’ Atlas V5 and NASA’s Valkyrie R5 robots. It has proved successful for experiments on both robots in simulation and hardware, demonstrating the seamless integration of manipulation, perception, and task planning. To encourage the rapid adoption of transportable open-source application program interface and user interface for generic humanoids for education and research, the software is available as Docker images, which enable quick setup of multiuser simulation environments. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

We describe the process towards the design of a safe, reliable, and intuitive emergency treatment unit to facilitate a higher degree of safety and situational awareness for medical staff, leading to an increased level of patient care during an epidemic outbreak in an unprepared, underdeveloped, or disaster stricken area. We start with a human-centered design process to understand the design challenge of working with Ebola treatment units in Western Africa in the latest Ebola outbreak, and show preliminary work towards cyber-physical technologies applicable to potentially helping during the next outbreak.