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Manufacturing /Robotics

Sensing and perception

News and Updates

Spotlight: 3D Perception Systems

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

Blog Posts

Alicia, Bob, Carrie and Dave working in a factory equipped with augmented reality. Hazards and detours are shown as Carrie would see them through her augmented reality headset. Machines display digital info. Bob checks a machine in error. Alicia watches the scene on her computer screen seeing the same digital information on her screen.

Industrial XR: Fulfilling Human Potential in Smart Factories

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Brian Weiss overseeing his robot's operation

Operation Tech Transfer

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Jeremy Marvel adjusts robotic arm

The Cybernetic Revolution: The Influence of Metrology on the User Experience in Human-Robot Interaction

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Projects and Programs

Embodied AI and Data Generation for Robotics

Ongoing
Objective To facilitate the adoption of AI-based robotic approaches in practical manufacturing scenarios by creating test methods that target AI-enabled robotic systems, evaluating the performance of AI-enabled robotic systems, and creating manufacturing-relevant and AI-centric datasets. Technical
Measurement Science for Robotics and Autonomous Systems

Measurement Science for Robotics and Autonomous Systems

Ongoing
Objective To develop and deploy measurement science that advances manufacturing robotic system performance, collaboration, agility, autonomy, safety, and ease of implementation to enhance U.S. innovation and industrial competitiveness. Technical Idea The fundamental idea is to provide the

Perception Performance of Robotic Systems

Ongoing
Objective To develop measurement science for characterizing sensing and perception system performance to reduce the risks of adopting these technologies and to advance the agility, safety, and productivity of collaborative, industrial, and mobile robots. Technical Idea Over the past 5 years, the

Publications

Towards an Understanding of Robotic Bin-Picking Throughput

Author(s)
Anirudh Krishnan Komaralingam, Prem Rachakonda, Kamel Saidi, Armin Khatoonabadi
NIST is leading and supporting multiple efforts to develop standards for 3D imaging systems used for industrial automation. There are few standards for

Software

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