Varun Beverages joins hands with Carlsberg for African beer market, announces new refrigeration venture in India

Varun Beverages Limited (VBL), a key bottling partner of PepsiCo, on Wednesday announced a major expansion plan that includes entering the alcoholic beverage segment in Africa and establishing new operations in Kenya. Partnership with Carlsberg in Africa VBL has signed an exclusive distribution agreement with Carlsberg Breweries A/S for select African markets. Through this deal, […]

Fire Department: Burning Ban in Effect for Rochester Until Further Notice

BURNING BAN: Due to very high fire danger and drought conditions, no outside fires (Category 1, 2, or 3) are permitted within the City of Rochester. This ban will remain in effect until a significant amount of rain has been received. For questions or concerns, contact the Rochester Fire Department at (603) 335-7545. Dial 911 for […]

Reinforcement learning control of a biomechanical model of the upper extremity

Below, we first provide details on our biomechanical model. After discussing our general reinforcement learning approach, we focus on the individual components of our method, namely states, actions, scaling factors, rewards, and an adaptive target-selection mechanism. We also provide details on the implementation of our algorithm. Finally, we discuss the methods used for evaluation. Biomechanical […]