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Mobile Manipulator Performance Measurement Data

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Author(s)

Roger V. Bostelman, YaShian Li-Baboud, Steven Legowik, Tsai H. Hong, Sebti Foufou

Abstract

The National Institute of Standards and Technology, Intelligent Systems Division has collected data detailing the performance measurement of a mobile manipulator, i.e., an automatic guided vehicle (AGV) with onboard robot arm from two different manufacturers. The performance measurement concept uses a novel artifact and method that is verified using an optical tracking system (OTS) to measure the AGV and manipulator motion and position uncertainty. Associated data from each of the three systems (AGV, manipulator, and OTS) was collected during two tests and all tests have corresponding timestamps relative to global positioning system (GPS) time, where the computer clocks are synchronized using the Network Time Protocol. This paper provides detailed explanation of the data from mobile manipulator performance measurement tests.
Citation
Technical Note (NIST TN) - 1965
Report Number
1965
NIST Pub Series
Technical Note (NIST TN)
Pub Type
NIST Pubs

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Keywords

mobile manipulator, AGV, robot arm, optical tracking system, GPS timestamp, performance measurement
Manufacturing and Process improvement

Citation

Bostelman, R. , Li-Baboud, Y. , Legowik, S. , Hong, T. and Foufou, S. (2017), Mobile Manipulator Performance Measurement Data, Technical Note (NIST TN), National Institute of Standards and Technology, Gaithersburg, MD, [online], https://doi.org/10.6028/NIST.TN.1965 (Accessed October 7, 2025)

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Created June 27, 2017, Updated November 10, 2018
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