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Product Information for Composite and Additive Manufacturing Project
Last Updated Date: 04/19/2013 Recent breakthroughs in materials and additive manufacturing processes are revolutionizing manufacturing. These new smart manufacturing processes … more
Mobile Autonomous Vehicle Obstacle Detection and Avoidance
Last Updated Date: 01/11/2013 Mobile equipment is heavily used in manufacturing. There is a growing acceptance of either partially or fully autonomous equipment in the … more
Knowledge Driven Planning and Modeling
Last Updated Date: 01/11/2013 This project will aid in the development of measurement science and standards to enable advancements in planning by robots in scenarios relevant to … more
Safety of Human-Robot Systems in Fixed Workcell Environments
Last Updated Date: 01/10/2013 Safe human-robot collaboration in manufacturing work cells is widely seen as key to the future of robotics. When humans and robots share the same … more
Next-Generation Robotics and Automation Program
Last Updated Date: 01/10/2013 The objective of the Next-Generation Robotics and Automation Program is to develop and deploy advances in measurement science to safely increase … more
Smart Manufacturing and Construction Systems Program
Last Updated Date: 01/09/2013 The objective of the Smart Manufacturing and Construction Control Systems Program is to develop and deploy advances in measurement science for … more
Manufacturing Modeling and Simulation
Last Updated Date: 01/04/2013 Although manufacturing simulation tools can be considered mainstream technology, most U.S. manufacturers do not take full advantage of this … more
Key Performance Indicator Effectiveness
Last Updated Date: 01/04/2013 Key performance indicators (KPIs) are primary tools for optimizing factory operations, but manufacturers do not fully benefit from KPIs. As a … more
Factory Equipment Network Testing Framework Project
Last Updated Date: 01/04/2013 Smart factories rely heavily on both wired and wireless networks for real-time control and information exchange. Users have to make critical … more
Measurement Science for Optimized Machining Processes
Last Updated Date: 12/21/2012 Machining is the workhorse process that adds the most value to engineered products, since it is capable of achieving the precision required for … more
Federal Highway Administration Exploratory Advanced Research Program
Last Updated Date: 09/05/2012 Leverage NIST knowledge and capabilities in task analysis, perception, autonomous vehicle systems, and performance measurements to support an FWHA … more
Army Research Laboratory Perception/ Performance Evaluation Project
Last Updated Date: 09/05/2012 The detection, classification, and tracking of moving vehicles and people from an unmanned vehicle maneuvering at speeds of up to 80 kph remain a … more
DARPA Learning Applied to Ground Robots (LAGR) Project
Last Updated Date: 01/04/2012 The National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) Intelligent Systems Division (ISD) participated in the Defense Advanced Research Project … more
PRIDE (Prediction In Dynamic Environments)
Last Updated Date: 12/08/2011 PRIDE (Prediction In Dynamic Environments) is a hierarchical multi-resolution framework for moving object prediction that incorporates multiple … more
Dynamic Tracking or Ground Truth Referencing of Robotic Perception Systems for Army Research Laboratory and Department of Homeland Security Science and Technology Directorate (DHS S&T)
Last Updated Date: 12/08/2011 Develop and deploy measurement technologies and test methods with a focus on obtaining ground truth for fixed and moving objects in support of the … more |
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