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Benjamin Beiter (Fed)
Mechanical Engineer
Benjamin Beiter is a Mechanical Engineer and research scientist in the Intelligent Systems Division (ISD) at NIST. There, Beiter's work focuses on metrology and standards for wearable and mobile robots, with a specific focus on powered exoskeletons and humanoid robots. He received his B.S. in Mechanical Engineering from the University of Notre Dame, and PhD. in Mechanical Engineering from Virginia Tech, where he was a part of the Terrestrial Robotics, Engineering, and Controls Lab, with a research focus on Whole-Body Powered Exoskeletons. He now leads the Measurement Science for Humanoid Robots project at NIST, which is developing a Baseline Benchmark for Evaluating Humanoid Robot capabilities. Beiter sits on ASTM Standards Committees F45 on Robotics, Automation, and Autonomous Systems, F48 on Exoskeletons and Exosuits, and the ISO TC 299 US. Technical Advisory Group.