Mobility and industrial autonomous vehicles

News and Updates

Omar Aboul-Enein poses next to a silver and blue robotic arm in a lab setting.

Spotlight: Mobile Robots Traversing the Factory Floor

October 25, 2022

In manufacturing plants, robotic arms are typically fastened down in one spot, repeating a single task over and over. While stationary machines are already

Out of the Shadows: New Imaging Method Reveals Concealed Objects

July 19, 2022

A new way of imaging concealed objects, devised by a researcher at the National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) and his colleagues, might take all

Projects and Programs

Indoor Localization and Tracking

Ongoing

This web page is simply a pointer to another page that covers the extensive research program in indoor localization and tracking at NIST.

Measurement Science for Manufacturing Robotics

Ongoing

To develop and deploy measurement science, standards, and test methods that advance manufacturing robotic system performance, collaboration, agility, autonomy

Embodied AI and Data Generation for Manufacturing Robotics

Ongoing

Approaches categorized as “artificial intelligence” (AI) are enabling significant advances in robotics. These include symbolic logic, Bayesian statistics, and

Mobility Performance of Robotic Systems

Ongoing

Mobile robots are expanding their capabilities well beyond the traditional role of Automatic/Automated/Autonomous Guided Vehicles (A-UGV) as they attain greater

Publications

Design and Implementation of a Closed-Loop Mobile Manipulator Control System

July 28, 2023

Author(s)

Omar Aboul-Enein, Ya-Shian Li-Baboud, Roger Bostelman, Ann Virts

Mobile manipulators, which integrate a robotic manipulator with an automatic--autonomous mobile base, have the potential to augment automation by combining the

Design and Application of the Reconfigurable Mobile Manipulator Artifact (RMMA)

August 30, 2022

Author(s)

Roger V. Bostelman, Omar Aboul-Enein, Soocheol Yoon, Ya-Shian Li-Baboud

Robot arms onboard mobile bases, or mobile manipulators, are advancing and measurement of these systems is critical for robust safety and performance. As mobile

Performance Measurement of a Mobile Manipulator-on-a-Cart and Coordinate Registration Methods for Manufacturing Applications

April 6, 2022

Author(s)

Omar Aboul-Enein, Roger V. Bostelman, Ya-Shian Li-Baboud, Mili Shah

Mobile manipulators, which consist of a robotic manipulator arm on a vehicular base, enable more flexible and dynamic workflows in manufacturing processes by

Experiments to Test the A-UGV Capabilities Standard

December 8, 2021

Author(s)

Soocheol Yoon, Roger V. Bostelman, Ann Virts

Automatic, Automated, or Autonomous - Unmanned Ground Vehicles (A-UGVs), as referred to by ASTM International Committee F45, are industrial vehicles that have

Awards

Roger Bostelman receives 2018 ASTM Presidents Leadership Award

Roger Bostelman Receives the 2018 ASTM International James A. Thomas President’s Leadership Award

Roger Bostelman, a project manager in the Engineering Laboratory's Intelligent Systems Division at NIST, was recently awarded the 2018 ASTM