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Manufacturing Robotics Programs & Projects

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MEMS Measurement Science and Standards
Last Updated Date: 05/09/2013

Our goal is to provide technical leadership in R&D for the MEMS measurement infrastructure essential to improving U.S. economic … more

Department of Homeland Security Urban Search and Rescue Robot Performance Standards
Last Updated Date: 05/02/2013

FEMA Responders often face daunting challenges during search and rescue tasks in dangerous environments. As such, the concept of including robots … more

Dexterous Manipulation for Part Grasping and Assembly
Last Updated Date: 04/04/2013

This project will investigate new measurement science to gauge the operational characteristics of manipulation at both the macro and micro … more

Safety of Human-Robot Systems in Flexible Factory Environments
Last Updated Date: 01/11/2013

Industry is interested in leveraging the dexterity and versatility of people and the precision and repeatability of robots by enabling … more

Robot Perception for Identifying and Locating Parts for Assembly
Last Updated Date: 01/11/2013

Perception systems underpin many advanced, autonomous, industrial-robot capabilities.  These advanced capabilities include manipulation … 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

Robot Perception for Workspace Situational Awareness
Last Updated Date: 01/11/2013

Next generation robotic systems are expected to perform highly complex tasks in dynamic manufacturing environments.  To be successful in … 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

Micro- and Nano-Manipulation for Manufacturing Applications
Last Updated Date: 01/10/2013

Manipulation at the micro and nano levels requires different strategies than at the macro scale and also the development of related sensing and … 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

RoboCrane
Last Updated Date: 08/30/2012

(Concluded) The RoboCrane design utilizes the basic idea of the Stewart Platform parallel link manipulator. The unique feature of the NIST … more

Implement Robotic Mass Measurements in SP250 Services
Last Updated Date: 05/30/2012

This project will develop and implement the procedures required to have fully automated/robotic mass measurement services in the range from 1 mg … more

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