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Programs and Projects
Safety of Human-Robot Collaboration Systems Project

Safe human-robot collaboration is widely seen as key to the future of robotics. When humans and robots can work together in the same space, a … more

Mobile Autonomous Vehicles for Manufacturing

Mobile equipment is heavily used in manufacturing. There is a growing acceptance of either partially or fully autonomous equipment in the … more

DARPA Learning Applied to Ground Robots (LAGR) Project

The National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) Intelligent Systems Division (ISD) participated in the Defense Advanced Research Project … more

Army Research Laboratory Perception/ Performance Evaluation Project

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

Next-Generation Robotics and Automation Program

This program addresses the measurement science and standards necessary to enable the next generation of smart robots and automation systems and to … more

Dexterous Manipulation for Automation Systems Project

This project will provide manufacturers, integrators, and end-users of next generation robot systems with new performance metrics and test methods … more

Instruments
Advanced Manufacturing Test Bed

The NIST robot test bed is located in the NIST machine shops on the main campus in Gaithersburg, Maryland. It serves as a resource for research in … more

Contact

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