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Manufacturing Robotics Portal

Programs and Projects
MEMS Measurement Science and Standards

Our goal is to provide technical leadership in R&D for the MEMS measurement infrastructure essential to improving U.S. economic … more

Safety of Human-Robot Systems in Flexible Factory Environments

Industry is interested in leveraging the dexterity and versatility of people and the precision and repeatability of robots by enabling … more

Robot Perception for Identifying and Locating Parts for Assembly

Perception systems underpin many advanced, autonomous, industrial-robot capabilities.  These advanced capabilities include manipulation … more

Mobile Autonomous Vehicle Obstacle Detection and Avoidance

Mobile equipment is heavily used in manufacturing. There is a growing acceptance of either partially or fully autonomous equipment in the … more

Knowledge Driven Planning and Modeling

This project will aid in the development of measurement science and standards to enable advancements in planning by robots in scenarios relevant to … more

Robot Perception for Workspace Situational Awareness

Next generation robotic systems are expected to perform highly complex tasks in dynamic manufacturing environments.  To be successful in … more

Instruments
Robotics Test Facility

Located on the NIST Gaithersburg campus, the Robotics Test Facility – also known as Building 207 – is a laboratory for … more

Advanced Manufacturing Test Bed

The NIST robot test bed is located in the NIST machine shops on the main campus in Gaithersburg, Maryland. It serves as a resource for research in … more

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Gaithersburg, MD 20899-1070