Accessibility concerns all of us, but what does it actually mean? Accessibility often refers to the accessibility of websites and mobile services to people with various limitations. Does accessibility, in fact, benefit everyone? Let’s take a moment to think about…
By medical device we mean, for example, a device, software or instrument that is used to diagnose or treat patients. The software itself may be a medical device, or software can be used to control the operation of a medical…
Coming up with an idea for a medical device is no easy task. The idea for the device may be based on research results or that there is only a prototype of the device. That is of course a good…
How can we measure usability? This is what Atostek user experience design specialist Markus Jaakola has to ponder. Usability is a feature that is required of software, yet that is challenging to measure objectively. When measuring something, it must always…
Autonomous machines and self-driving cars receive a lot of media attention and the buzz around the topic is big. The terminology is not always very clear – what is the difference between a robot and an autonomous machine – or…
The role of software in industrial environments is constantly growing: there is more software, they’re more complex and more dependent on each other. They are often responsible for remarkable or even dangerous machinery. However, on the basis of my diploma…
This post is based on my master’s thesis, in which the goal was to implement a genetic algorithm for beacon placement design. Genetic algorithms are not a new concept, and neither is locating objects based on distance measurements. But the…
This post is based on my M.Sc. thesis, the goal of which was redesigning the velocity profile generator of an autonomous mobile robot. The velocity profile can be used to plan and optimize a robot’s movement. What is a velocity…
Rust is a young programming language; not brand-new, but not old or rusty by any means. Rust was first introduced at Mozilla in the 2010s, and it proved its worth at the core of Firefox. The parts written in Rust…
Atostek adopted a more systematic approach to quality in late 2017, when we began documenting and supplementing our quality system with a view to earning the ISO 9001 certificate. However, this was insufficient, so late 2019 we began a new…
