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Applying Measurement Science to Evaluate Ground, Aerial, and Aquatic Robots

October 12, 2017
Author(s)
Adam S. Jacoff, Rick Candell, Anthony Downs, Hui-Min Huang, Kenneth Kimble, Kamel Saidi, Ann Virts
This paper reports on three measurement science field exercises for evaluating ground, aerial, and aquatic robots. These events, conducted from February to June 2017, were conducted in close co-ordination with the responder community, standards

Chapter 48: Robotics in Construction

February 19, 2017
Author(s)
Kamel S. Saidi, Jonathan O'Brien, Alan M. Lytle
This chapter introduces the various construction automation concepts that have been developed over the past few decades and presents examples of construction robots that are in current use (as of 2006) and/or in various stages of research and development.

Development of a Real-Time Control System Architecture for Automated Steel Construction

February 19, 2017
Author(s)
Kamel S. Saidi, Robert W. Bunch, Alan M. Lytle, Frederick M. Proctor
The National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) is developing a real-time control system for a robotic crane (the NIST RoboCrane) that will perform automated structural steel pick-and-place operations. The control system architecture is based on

NIST Research in Autonomous Construction

February 19, 2017
Author(s)
Alan M. Lytle, Kamel S. Saidi
The National Institute of Standards and Technology Construction Metrology and Automation Group is conducting ongoing research to provide standards, methodologies, and performance metrics that will assist the development of advanced systems to automate

NIST Research in Crane AutomationA 2007 Overview

February 19, 2017
Author(s)
Kamel S. Saidi, Alan M. Lytle
The National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) has been conducting research in crane automation since the mid 1980 s. A robotic crane (RoboCrane) based on an inverted, cable actuated Stewart-Gough platform principle was invented at NIST at that

Performance Evaluation of a 3D Imaging System for Vehicle Safety

February 19, 2017
Author(s)
Alan M. Lytle, Sandor S. Szabo, Geraldine S. Cheok, Kamel S. Saidi, Richard J. Norcross
The NIST Construction Metrology and Automation Group (CMAG), in cooperation with the NIST Intelligent Systems Division (ISD), is developing performance metrics and standard tests for the evaluation of 3D imaging systems used in autonomous mobility

Proceedings of the Automated Steel Construction Workshop June 6-7, 2002

February 19, 2017
Author(s)
Alan M. Lytle, Kamel S. Saidi
The Building and Fire Research Laboratory of the National Institute of Standards and Technology, in cooperation with the American Institute of Steel Construction, sponsored a workshop on automated steel construction on June 6-7, 2002, at the NIST

Report of the NIST Workshop on Data Exchange Standards at the Construction Job Site

February 19, 2017
Author(s)
Kamel S. Saidi, Alan M. Lytle, William C. Stone
The Building and Fire Research Laboratory of the National Institute of Standards and Technology, in cooperation with the Fully Integrated and Automated Technology (FIATECH) consortium, sponsored a workshop on data exchange standards at the construction job