NIST

Abstract

THIS TALE OF THE AUTOMATION OF THE “MACHINE SHOPS OF THE '90S” HIGHLIGHTS THE PROBLEMS THAT ARE SO OFTEN EXPERIENCED WHEN COMPANIES DECIDE TO “AUTOMATE” ‐ On a sprawling, grassy campus north of Washington DC, the National Institute of Standards and Technology in Gaithersburg, Maryland, operates two research laboratories — one opened in 1984, the other in 1988 — to push the envelope of advanced flexible automation and help small and medium‐sized US manufacturers into the 21st century.

Citation

Pellerin, C. (1991), "NIST", Assembly Automation, Vol. 11 No. 3, pp. 15-18. https://doi.org/10.1108/eb004341