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Engineering Laboratory /Intelligent Systems Division

Cognition and Collaboration Systems Group

The Cognition and Collaboration Systems group develops, advances, and deploys measurement science in knowledge representation, reasoning, and planning for intelligent systems used in manufacturing and construction applications. The group also carries out mission-related measurement science research and services to advance human interactions with intelligent machines, ranging from teleoperation and shared autonomy to fully autonomous behaviors

News and Updates

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Spotlight: The Robot Workcell Checkup

Your toe bone is connected to your foot bone, then your heel bone, then your ankle bone … so when something hurts, doctors at your checkup can go down the line

Projects and Programs

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Agility Performance of Robotic Systems

Ongoing
The application of robotics in manufacturing is hindered by their lack of agility, including their large changeover times for new tasks/products and their
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NIST Automated Vehicles Program

Ongoing
Building on a successful first-year Strategic and Emerging Research Initiatives (SERI) project NIST and Autonomous Vehicles (see 2022 NIST AV workshop and

Publications

Agile Robotic Planning with Gwendolen

Author(s)
John L. Michaloski, Craig I. Schlenoff, Rafael Cardoso, Michael Fisher
The future of robotics foresees autonomous behavior that can complete tasks intelligently, with a focus on adaptability, flexibility, and versatility. In such

Agile Industrial Robots

Author(s)
Craig I. Schlenoff, William P. Shackleford, Zeid Kootbally, Brian Antonishek, Frederick M. Proctor, Thomas Kramer, William Harrison, Anthony Downs
In this chapter, we explore existing robot agility research efforts, while focusing on key technologies that help to enable agility, such as the ones mentioned

Awards