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Open Architecture Controls: The Key to Interoperability
Published
Author(s)
John Evans
Abstract
Integration costs for industrial robots are two to four times the cost of the robots themselves. As manufacturers work toward ever shorter product cycles and lower production costs, integration costs for manufacturing systems is becoming increasingly important. NIST has worked with the Robotics Industries Association to evaluate interface standards that would reduce those integration costs for industrial robots.
Citation
Open Architecture Controls: The Key to Interoperability
Evans, J.
(2000),
Open Architecture Controls: The Key to Interoperability, Open Architecture Controls: The Key to Interoperability, [online], https://tsapps.nist.gov/publication/get_pdf.cfm?pub_id=821656, http://www.isd.mel.nist.gov/documents/evans/RIA_OpenArch.pdf
(Accessed October 7, 2025)