An Assessment of the Smart Manufacturing Activities at the National Institute of Standards and Technology Engineering Laboratory Fiscal Year 2017 (2017) / Chapter Skim
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The acting director of NIST requested that in 2017 the panel confine its assessment to the following smart manufacturing programs conducted at the Engineering Laboratory: Measurement Science for Additive Manufacturing (MSAM) , Robotic Systems for Smart Manufacturing (RSSM)
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Although some excellent research outputs, evinced by strong publication records in peer-reviewed journals, are being obtained and significant progress in standards is being made, many project plans did not show intermediate project milestones, and so it was difficult to determine in some cases whether projects were making the expected amount of progress and achieving the desired results. Roadmaps and measurable milestones would be invaluable tools for NIST management.
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Such a methodology could include needs assessment, gap identification, research, metrics development, test methods and artifacts development, standards development, evaluation, and dissemination. RECOMMENDATION 4: The Engineering Laboratory should consider leading the development of methodological approaches for standards development in all component areas of its robotic systems for smart manufacturing research, including the areas of needs assessment, gap identification, research, metrics development, test methods and artifacts development, standards development, evaluation, and dissemination.
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The exploration of how to take advantage of machine vision to simplify robot programming, develop self-teaching techniques, ensure safe human-robot interaction, and adapt to the varied application environments at SME facilities is a good fit with the EL's objectives for the RSSM program. RECOMMENDATION 6: The Engineering Laboratory should consider exploring the use of machine vision to enhance the value of robots for small and medium enterprises (SMEs)
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As a result, the program has very little visibility on social media, which is a missed opportunity to improve the impact of the RSSM program's activities. RECOMMENDATION 14: The Engineering Laboratory should consider adding staff who can improve dissemination of technical accomplishments through social media, trade publications, and/or popular press and should work with NIST management to identify ways to streamline approval processes for applying these methods.
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RECOMMENDATION 19: The Engineering Laboratory should develop project plans with measurable milestones that describe their 5-year projects and use these plans as communication tools. The definition of "life cycle" that the Digital Thread for Smart Manufacturing project is using shows the end of the cycle as being when the initial product is delivered to the customer.
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will help to define, identify, and satisfy industry needs and requirements as well as provide efficiencies in areas of overlapping research. RECOMMENDATION 22: The Engineering Laboratory should consider collaborating with the Clean Energy Smart Manufacturing Innovation Institute to help to identify, prioritize, and satisfy industry needs and requirements and to provide efficiencies in areas of overlapping research.
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and the newly formed Clean Energy and Smart Manufacturing Innovation Institute (CESMII) to develop for the National Institute of Standards and Technology and the United States an overarching roadmap with measurable milestones for smart manufacturing.
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