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Manufacturing /Robotics

Agility and adaptability

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Projects and Programs

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Agility Performance of Robotic Systems

Ongoing
Objective Deliver robot agility performance metrics, test methods, information models, datasets, combined virtual/real testbeds, and planning approaches that will enable manufacturers to more easily and rapidly reconfigure, retask, and redeploy robotic systems. Technical Idea The project is...
Measurement Science for Robotics and Autonomous Systems

Measurement Science for Robotics and Autonomous Systems Program

Ongoing
Objective Develop and deploy measurement science that advances robotic system performance, collaboration, agility, autonomy, safety, and ease of implementation to enhance U.S. innovation and industrial competitiveness. Technical Idea The fundamental idea is to provide the measurement science needed...
Physical AI and Data Generation for Robotic

Physical AI and Data Generation for Robotics

Ongoing
Objective Develop metrics, test methods, standards, software, prototypes, and datasets to promote the adoption of AI-enhanced robotics. Technical Idea To address this problem, manufacturers and integrators need a streamlined way of assessing the productive impact of AI systems. To address the first...

Publications

Agility Metrics in the ARIAC Competition

Author(s)
Anthony Downs, Zeid Kootbally, Craig I. Schlenoff
A thriving manufacturing sector is the essential heart of a vibrant and balanced economy in the United States(U.S.). Small and medium manufacturers (SMMs)...

Agile Robotics for Industrial Applications: Editorial

Author(s)
Craig I. Schlenoff, Zeid Kootbally, Erez Karpas
Advances in automation have provided for sustained productivity increases and manufacturing growth over the past decade. Sustaining this growth will require...
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