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Towards Mobile Manipulator Safety Standards

October 24, 2013
Author(s)
Jeremy A. Marvel, Roger V. Bostelman
We present an overview of the current safety standards for industrial robots and automated guided vehicles (AGVs), and describe how they relate to the safety concerns of mobile manipulators (robot arms mounted on mobile bases) in modern manufacturing

Challenges of the Changing Robot Markets

July 19, 2013
Author(s)
Gurvinder S. Virk, Carol Herman, Roger V. Bostelman, Tamas Haidegger
Service robots are becoming an integrated part of daily life, entering even the most complex scenarios, yet at a slower pace than previously anticipated. This paper presents an overview of the changing area of robotics and the new challenges being faced

3D Ground-Truth Systems for Object/Human Recognition and Tracking

June 28, 2013
Author(s)
Afzal A. Godil, Roger V. Bostelman, Kamel Saidi, William P. Shackleford, Geraldine Cheok, Michael O. Shneier, Tsai H. Hong
We have been researching 3D ground-truth systems for performance evaluation of vision and perception systems in the fields of smart manufacturing and robotics safety. In this paper we first present an overview of different systems that have been used to

AGVs and Forklifts Gaining Sight for Safety

January 10, 2013
Author(s)
Roger V. Bostelman
Forklifts and automated guided vehicles are useful tools for the manufacturing industry. With regard to safety of workers (and equipment) near industrial vehicles, there are issues when using either manned or automated powered industrial vehicles in

Safe Control of Manufacturing Vehicles Research Towards Standard Test Methods

June 28, 2012
Author(s)
Roger V. Bostelman, William P. Shackleford, Geraldine S. Cheok, Kamel S. Saidi
The National Institute of Standards and Technology's Intelligent Systems Division has been researching several areas leading to safe control of manufacturing vehicles to improve AGV safety standards. The research areas include: - Automated guided vehicle

Large-Area Overhead Manipulator for Access of Fields

July 22, 2011
Author(s)
Jeffrey W. White, Roger V. Bostelman
Multi-axis, cable-driven manipulators have evolved over many years providing large area suspended platform access, programmability, relatively rigid and flexibly- positioned platform control and full six degree of freedom (DOF) manipulation of sensors and

Advanced Sensing Towards Improved Forklift Safety

February 4, 2011
Author(s)
Roger V. Bostelman, William P. Shackleford
The National Institute of Standards and Technology's Intelligent Systems Division has been researching advanced three-dimensional (3D) imaging sensors and their use in manufacturing towards improving forklift safety. Experiments are presented in this paper

An Advanced Patient Lift and Transfer Device for the Home

October 29, 2010
Author(s)
Roger V. Bostelman, Ji-Chul Ryu, Tommy Chang, Joshua Johnson, S K. Agrawal
The Home Lift, Position and Rehabilitation (HLPR) Chair has a unique design and novel capabilities when compared to conventional powered wheelchairs. In addition to mobility, it provides lift and can transfer patients. Even though medical devices are

Towards Improved Forklift Safety

June 30, 2010
Author(s)
Roger V. Bostelman
This paper is structured to first summarize information from special session papers presenting statistics and issues which define the forklift safety challenge. Following are current remedies presented and discussed during the session that can improve

Performance Measurements Towards Improved Manufacturing Vehicle Safety

November 23, 2009
Author(s)
Roger V. Bostelman, William P. Shackleford
In this paper, we describe the current 2D (dimensional) sensor and ideal sensor configurations if 3D imagers are mounted on manufacturing vehicles in an attempt to make them more safe. Towards the ideal sensor configuration, three experiments were

Proceedings of the Dynamic Measurement and Control for Autonomous Manufacturing Workshop

May 29, 2009
Author(s)
Tsai H. Hong, Roger D. Eastman, Roger V. Bostelman, Hui-Min Huang, B. McMorris
The Dynamic Measurement workshop was held on October 10 - 11, 2007 at the Columbia Graduate Center of Loyola College in Maryland. Forty-eight people attended the one-day-and-a-half event which was moderated by Roger Bostelman and Tsai Hong of National

Robotic Patient Lift and Transfer

December 31, 2008
Author(s)
Roger V. Bostelman, James S. Albus
This book chapter provides background on wheelchairs, patient lift devices and the combination of mobile patient lift and transfer devices and research. The NIST Home Lift, Position and Rehabilitation (HLPR) Chair is detailed explaining the system, its use

HLPR Chair A Novel Patient Transfer Device

August 21, 2008
Author(s)
Roger V. Bostelman, James S. Albus
In this paper, we briefly describe the design of the Home Lift, Position and Rehabilitation (HLPR) Chair, invented at the National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST), Manufacturing Engineering Laboratory (MEL) under the Healthcare Mobility

Sensor Experiments to Facilitate Robot Use in Assistive Environments

July 19, 2008
Author(s)
Roger V. Bostelman, James S. Albus
In this paper, we describe the mobile robot and sensor research and development toward assistive devices ongoing at the National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST). Through mobility research projects, NIST has been studying advanced sensor

Integrating Learning Into a Hierarchical Vehicle Control System

December 31, 2007
Author(s)
James S. Albus, Roger V. Bostelman, Tsai H. Hong, Tommy Chang, William P. Shackleford, Michael O. Shneier
The National Institute of Standards and Technology s (NIST) Intelligent Systems Division (ISD) is a participant in the Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency (DARPA) LAGR (Learning Applied to Ground Robots) Program. The NIST team s objective for the

A Common Operator Control Unit Color Scheme for Mobile Robots

December 28, 2007
Author(s)
Michael O. Shneier, Roger V. Bostelman, James S. Albus, William P. Shackleford, Tommy Chang, Tsai Hong Hong
The Intelligent Systems Division at the National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) has partici-pated in the Defense Advanced Research Project Agency (DARPA) Learning Applied to Ground Robots (LAGR) project for the past 2 ? years. In Phase 2 of

Design of the HLPR ChairHome Lift Position and Rehabilitation Chair

November 9, 2007
Author(s)
Roger V. Bostelman, James S. Albus
This paper is a HLPR Chair (Home Lift, Position, and Rehabilitation Chair) design document that includes a brief introduction of the need for this technology and all the mechanical and electrical designs produced to date to build this technology.