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Search Publications by: Albert J. Wavering (Fed)

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User's Manual for Version 1.0 of the NIST DME Interface Test Suite for Facilitating Implementations of Version 1.1 of the I++ DME Interface Specification

August 21, 2003
Author(s)
John A. Horst, Thomas R. Kramer, Joseph A. Falco, Keith A. Stouffer, Hui-Min Huang, Frederick M. Proctor, Albert J. Wavering, Chengying Liu
This user's manual describes version 1.0 of the NIST Dimensional Measuring Equipment (DME) interface test suite intended to support implementations of version 1.1 of the I++ DME specification.

Distributed Testing of an Equipment-Level Interface Specification

December 31, 2002
Author(s)
Joseph Falco, John A. Horst, Hui-Min Huang, Thomas Kramer, Frederick M. Proctor, Keith A. Stouffer, Albert J. Wavering
A test suite for an key interface within a dimensional measuring system (coordinate measuring machine or CMM) is presented. The test suite consists of test procedures, test definitions, and various testing utilities. A real-time, distributed test utilizing

4D/RCS Version 2.0: A Reference Model Architecture for Unmanned Vehicle Systems

August 22, 2002
Author(s)
James S. Albus, Hui-Min Huang, Elena R. Messina, Karl Murphy, Maris Juberts, Alberto Lacaze, Stephen B. Balakirsky, Michael O. Shneier, Tsai H. Hong, Harry A. Scott, Frederick M. Proctor, William P. Shackleford, John L. Michaloski, Albert J. Wavering, Thomas Kramer, Nicholas Dagalakis, William G. Rippey, Keith A. Stouffer, Steven Legowik
The 4D/RCS architecture provides a reference model for military unmanned vehicles on how their software components should be identified, organized, and interacting such that missions, especially those involving unknown or hostile environments, can be

IT Security for Industrial Control Systems

February 28, 2002
Author(s)
Joseph Falco, Frederick M. Proctor, Keith A. Stouffer, Albert J. Wavering
The National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) is working to improve the IT security of networked digital control systems used in industrial applications. This effort is being carried out through the Process Control Security Requirements Forum

Distributed Testing of a Device-Level Interface Specification for a Metrology System

January 31, 2002
Author(s)
Joseph Falco, John A. Horst, Hui-Min Huang, Thomas Kramer, Frederick M. Proctor, Keith A. Stouffer, Albert J. Wavering
A test suite for an key interface within a dimensional measuring system (coordinate measuring machine or CMM) is presented. The test suite consists of test procedures, test definitions, and various testing utilities. A real-time, distributed test utilizing

Analysis of Dimensional Metrology Standards

June 1, 2001
Author(s)
Thomas R. Kramer, John Evans, Simon P. Frechette, John A. Horst, Hui-Min Huang, Elena R. Messina, Frederick M. Proctor, William G. Rippey, Harry A. Scott, Theodore V. Vorburger, Albert J. Wavering
This is an analysis of standards related to dimensional metrology, with recommendations regarding standards development. The analysis focuses on the degree to which existing and developing standards provide a complete set of non-overlapping specifications

Application of Laser Feedback Metrology to a Hexapod Test Strut

October 1, 1998
Author(s)
M Schmidt-Lange, E Amatucci, Albert J. Wavering
A laser position feedback system has been designed to improve the accuracy of strut positioning for the prototype Ingersoll2 Octahedral Hexapod machine installed at National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) (Figure 1). Strut laser feedback

Parallel Kinematic Machine Research at NIST: Past, Present, and Future

September 1, 1998
Author(s)
Albert J. Wavering
Unchained from the confines of controller limitations, the industrial application of parallel kinematic machines in manufacturing is beginning to emerge. The launch of commercially available hexapod machine tools at the 1994 International Manufacturing

Workspace Variation of a Hexapod Machine Tool

March 1, 1998
Author(s)
J Conti, C Clinton, Li Zhang, Albert J. Wavering
A method is presented to evaluate the workspace variation of a Stewart platform based machine tool. Three sets of constraints, covering strut lengths, platform and base spherical joint angles, and strut collisions, are formulated using inverse kinematics

Vision-Based Robotic Convoy Driving

December 30, 1994
Author(s)
H Schneiderman, M Nashman, Albert J. Wavering, Ronald Lumia
Vision, Mobility, Unmanned Systems, Robotics & Intelligent Systems