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2 Intelligent Systems Division
Pages 13-16

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... The division's recent efforts have focused on areas such as requirements and performance standards (defining, specifying, measuring, and evaluating robot and automation system performance and capabilities; proposing and facilitating repeatable, objective, and quantitative test methods and their associated environments, artifacts, and data) ; interoperability standards (requirements, interface definitions, data modeling, conformance assessment tools, facilitating the bringing together of industry stakeholders)
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From page 14...
... The division is also recognized for its work in the development of interoperability standards for manufacturing automation systems, and its Intelligent Manufacturing Interoperability Standards Program has been in operation for some time. The motto for this program is "Smarter Data for Smarter Manufacturing." The newest activity in this framework is the Quality Information Interoperability project, in which the effort is focused on the seamless integration of quality requirements from design through planning, production, analysis, and reporting.
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From page 15...
... In the area of intelligent manufacturing, industrial control systems, and network standards, the ISD has developed an Industrial Ethernet Network Performance (IENetP) Test Tool that is an open-source test tool for industry: it allows vendors to determine device network performance during development and allows users to validate device network performance before deployment.
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From page 16...
...  The ISD is leveraging its program development through partnerships, primarily with DOD agencies and the DOT. It is important that NIST and the MEL provide incentives, and not disincentives, for such partnership activities through their budgeting processes, overhead rates, merit policies, and other means.
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