Tucking in to NIST’s ‘3D Printer’ Testbed May 25, 2017 3D printing of metal objects is a booming industry, with the market for products and services worth more than an...
NIST, Partners ‘Cutting the Cord’ (and Wires) from Factory Communication Networks January 30, 2017 Providing wireless communications in a factory, plant or other industrial environment these days means more than just...
New Standard Helps Optical Trackers Follow Moving Objects Precisely November 22, 2016 Throwing a perfect strike in virtual bowling doesn’t require your gaming system to precisely track the position and...
NIST Launches International Competition to Make Robots More Agile January 20, 2016 Manufacturers, robot suppliers and researchers, here's your chance to get in on the ground floor of an upcoming...
What's the Prognosis? New Research Roadmap Aims for Fault-Free Manufacturing Processes August 26, 2015 In today's increasingly complex manufacturing operations, Murphy's Law is only an unexpected hiccup away—anything from...
NIST Releases Update of Industrial Control Systems Security Guide June 05, 2015 The National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) has issued the second revision to its Guide to Industrial...
Get Ahold of This: NIST to Demonstrate Tests of Grasping by Robot Hands May 19, 2015 The act of grasping and shaking hands is a defining human ritual, with the grip intimating traits of each person...
Standard Knowledge for Robots May 19, 2015 What do you know? There is now a world standard for capturing and conveying the knowledge that robots possess—or, to...
NIST Aims for Tool to Help Manufacturers Select Wireless Network That's Right for Them May 14, 2015 Going wireless is appealing to a growing number of manufacturers. Using wireless sensor networks to monitor and control...
NIST Contributes to IEC White Paper on Wireless Sensor Networks, IOT May 06, 2015 A new white paper by an international team surveys the role of wireless sensor networks in the evolution of the...
Report Charts a Research Path for Improving 'Printed' Metal Parts April 13, 2015 Additive manufacturing has been called a game changer. But new games require new instructions, and the manuals for a...
NIST Team Honored for Work on Military Smartphone Apps, Security September 03, 2014 National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) researchers have earned a 2014 GCN Award for Information...
Automated Guided Vehicles Ripe for Standardized Performance Tests May 20, 2014 Automated guided vehicles—or AGVs—are robotic versions of draft animals, hauling heavy loads and navigating their way...
NIST Seeks Comments on Major Revision to Industrial Control Systems Security Guide May 15, 2014 The National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) has issued for public review and comment a proposed major...
NIST Readies Tests for DARPA Robotics Challenge in December December 03, 2013 'Twill be nearly the night before Christmas, but at Florida's Homestead-Miami Speedway many a robotic creature will be...
NIST Workshop Gets a 'Grip' on Robotics Challenge July 10, 2013 Even though modern industrial robots are becoming nimbler and more capable, they still need to get a good grip on...
NIST and Partners Offer Solution to Communications Impasse in Factories May 28, 2013 Once uncommunicative industrial robots and machine tools are now beginning to talk turkey, thanks to a prototype...
New Reports Define Strategic Vision, Propose R&D Priorities for Future Cyber-Physical Systems February 06, 2013 If designed and built efficiently, flexibly and securely, next-generation cyber-physical systems (CPS) now sprouting...
NIST Workshop Seeks Manufacturers' Ideas on Using Multipurpose Robots January 08, 2013 The National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) wants to help turn manufacturing robots into dexterous,...
New Video Showcases NIST-Hosted Robotics Competitions in China July 06, 2011 If you enjoyed reading recently about the National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST)-hosted robotics...
Final Version of Industrial Control Systems Security Guide Published June 21, 2011 The National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) has issued the final version of its Guide to Industrial...
Researchers Share Useful Lessons Learned in Evaluating Emerging Technologies June 21, 2011 Most industry executives, military planners, research managers or venture capitalists charged with assessing the...
NIST Contests in China Put Next-Gen Robot Technologies to the Test June 07, 2011 Robotic automation, microrobotics and robotic perception and recognition all advanced a few steps closer to their...
NIST and Willow Garage Launch First Robot 'Perception Challenge' February 25, 2011 The National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) is teaming up with Willow Garage, a Silicon Valley robotics...
NIST Microrobotics Challenge Seeks Miniature Medics and Maze Masters October 26, 2010 They've played soccer, run dashes and deftly inserted pegs into holes—all within a world that can fit inside a single...