Sensing and perception

News and Updates

Spotlight: 3D Perception Systems

March 4, 2020

When you pick up one pencil from a pile on a table, how does your hand know where to go or what to grab? Your eyes help out. For robots to do the same, they

Projects and Programs

Indoor Localization and Tracking

Ongoing

This web page is simply a pointer to another page that covers the extensive research program in indoor localization and tracking at NIST.

Perception Performance of Robotic Systems

Ongoing

Sensors and algorithms are essential elements of any robotic system that is meant to be safe, adaptive, and productive in manufacturing environments. In the

Measurement Science for Manufacturing Robotics

Ongoing

To develop and deploy measurement science, standards, and test methods that advance manufacturing robotic system performance, collaboration, agility, autonomy

Embodied AI and Data Generation for Manufacturing Robotics

Ongoing

Approaches categorized as “artificial intelligence” (AI) are enabling significant advances in robotics. These include symbolic logic, Bayesian statistics, and

Publications

Evaluating the depth resolution of 3D sensors for manufacturing automation applications

July 21, 2023

Author(s)

Prem Rachakonda, Geraldine S. Cheok, Marek Franaszek, Kamel S. Saidi

The Intelligent Systems Division (ISD) at the National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) is performing research to support the development of

Compensation of Electrical Current Drift in Human-Robot Collision

November 5, 2022

Author(s)

Vinh Nguyen, Jennifer Case

Human-robot collaborative systems are being increasingly adopted in manufacturing environments due to their application flexibility, adaptability, and cost

Evaluation of Data-Driven Models in Human-Robot Load-Sharing

September 30, 2022

Author(s)

Vinh Nguyen, Jeremy Marvel

Human-robot load-sharing is a potential application for human-robot collaborative systems in production environments. However, knowledge of the appropriate data

Experiments to Test the A-UGV Capabilities Standard

December 8, 2021

Author(s)

Soocheol Yoon, Roger V. Bostelman, Ann Virts

Automatic, Automated, or Autonomous - Unmanned Ground Vehicles (A-UGVs), as referred to by ASTM International Committee F45, are industrial vehicles that have

Software

Automatic Checkerboard Corner Detection and Data Processing Tool

September 1, 2022

Traditional camera calibration methods compute camera intrinsic parameters from a set of target features with known geometries. The most common target is a