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Benchmarking and Standardization of Intelligent Robotic Systems

March 18, 2010
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Rajmohan Madhavan, R Lakaemper, Tamas Kalmar-Nagy
From mundane and repetitive tasks to assisting first responders in saving lives of victims in disaster scenarios, robots are expected to play an important role in our lives in the coming years. Despite recent advances in mobile robotic systems, lack of

The Nanomechanical Properties of Thin Film of Type I Collagen Fibrils

March 2, 2010
Author(s)
Koo-Hyun Chung, Kiran Bhadriraju, Tighe Spurlin, Robert F. Cook, Anne L. Plant
Cells sense and respond to the mechanical properties of the substrate to which they adhere. Matrices composed of collagen have been an important experimental system to study cell responses to the stiffness of the extracellular matrix. We had previously

Interoperability for Simulation of Sustainable Manufacturing

February 24, 2010
Author(s)
Guodong Shao, Nils E. Bengtsson, Bjoern J. Johansson
Sustainability has become a very significant research topic, it impacts many different manufacturing industries. To achieve sustainable manufacturing, designing manufacturing systems that have less negative impact on the environment is critical. Modeling

Precision Engineering Division 2009 Program Technical Accomplishments

February 19, 2010
Author(s)
Michael T. Postek
The Precision Engineering Division (PED) is one of five divisions of the Manufacturing Engineering Laboratory (MEL)at the National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST). PED provides the United States with the foundation for dimensional measurements

Development Overview of Sustainable Manufacturing Metrics

February 18, 2010
Author(s)
Shaw C. Feng, Che B. Joung
The manufacturing industry is facing the challenge of measuring sustainability performance in a product s life cycle. Developing metrics for sustainable manufacturing is critical to enable manufacturing companies to quantitatively measure the

NETWORK-CENTRIC PRODUCT REALIZATION AND THE ROLE OF STANDARDS

February 18, 2010
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Ram D. Sriram, Albert W. Jones, Mahesh Mani, Sudarsan Rachuri, Eswaran Subrahmanian
The early part of this millennium has witnessed the emergence of an Internet-based engineering marketplace. Here, engineers, designers, and manufacturers from small and large companies can collaborate electronically in various product development and
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