TY - JOUR AB - 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. VL - 11 IS - 3 SN - 0144-5154 DO - 10.1108/eb004341 UR - https://doi.org/10.1108/eb004341 AU - Pellerin Cheryl PY - 1991 Y1 - 1991/01/01 TI - NIST T2 - Assembly Automation PB - MCB UP Ltd SP - 15 EP - 18 Y2 - 2024/09/19 ER -