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A Roadmap to Advance Measurement Science in Robot Dexterity and Manipulation

May 1, 2014
Author(s)
Joseph A. Falco, Jeremy A. Marvel, Elena R. Messina
In order for robots to expand their applicability within manufacturing operations, their dexterity needs to advance considerably. There is active research in many areas that is contributing to creating a new generation of much more dexterous arms and hands

Measurement Science for 6DOF object pose ground truth

June 28, 2013
Author(s)
Roger D. Eastman, Jeremy Marvel, Joseph Falco, Tsai H. Hong
Users of perception systems in industrial manufacturing applications need standardized, third party ground truth procedures to validate system performance before deployment. Many manufacturing robotic applications require parts and assemblies to be

Dexterous Manipulation for Manufacturing Applications Workshop

June 21, 2013
Author(s)
Joseph A. Falco, Jeremy A. Marvel, Elena R. Messina
The National Institute of Standards and Technology organized a free workshop in conjunction with the 2013 Automate and ProMat trade shows in Chicago, IL. The workshop addressed the application of dexterous robot technologies to meet the application needs

Collaborative Robotics: Measuring Blunt Force Impacts on Humans

October 12, 2012
Author(s)
Joseph A. Falco, Jeremy A. Marvel, Richard J. Norcross
Robot manufacturers are developing a new generation of industrial robots that are designed to work in collaborative environments in close proximity to humans. In parallel, an international standards effort is developing a technical specification to support

Ground Truth for Evaluating 6 Degrees of Freedom Pose Estimation Systems

March 28, 2012
Author(s)
Jeremy Marvel, Joseph Falco, Tsai H. Hong
Systems developed to estimate poses of objects in 6 degrees of freedom (6DOF) Cartesian space (X, Y, and Z coordinates plus roll, pitch, and yaw) are reliant on the vendors' own processes to determine performance and measurement accuracy. These practices

Guide to Industrial Control Systems (ICS) Security - Supervisory Control and Data Acquisition (SCADA) systems, Distributed Control Systems (DCS), and other control system configurations such as Programmable Logic Controllers (PLC)

June 7, 2011
Author(s)
Keith A. Stouffer, Joseph A. Falco, Karen A. Scarfone
NIST Special Publication (SP) 800-82, Guide to Industrial Control Systems (ICS) Security, provides guidance on how to secure Industrial Control Systems (ICS), including Supervisory Control and Data Acquisition (SCADA) systems, Distributed Control Systems

Methodology for evaluating Static six-degree-of-freedom (6DoF) Perception Systems

October 15, 2010
Author(s)
Tommy Chang, Tsai H. Hong, Joseph Falco, Michael O. Shneier, Milli Shah, Roger D. Eastman
In this paper, we apply two fundamental approaches toward evaluating a static, vision based, six-degree-of-freedom (6DoF) pose determination system that measures the position and orientation of a part. The first approach uses ground\-truth carefully

An Independent Measurement System for Testing Automotive Crash Warning Systems

April 2, 2009
Author(s)
Sandor S. Szabo, Joseph A. Falco, Richard J. Norcross
This report describes the National Institute of Standards and Technology's role in the Integrated Vehicle-Based Safety Systems (IVBSS) program, a four-year safety initiative sponsored by the United States Department of Transportation (U.S. DOT) to develop