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Intelligent Open Architecture Control of Manufacturing Systems Interface standards to ease integration & enhance functionality
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Research & Engineering of Intelligent Systems Developing scientific and engineering foundations for metrics and standards of intelligent system
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Intelligent Control of Mobility Systems Intelligent control systems for mobile vehicle platforms

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Performance Measures for Mobile Robots:

  • DOT Metrics - Road Departure Warning Systems
  • Performance Metrics/DARPA MARS - Urban Search and Rescue (USAR)
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Security for Process Control Developing IT security requirements for control systems used in Critical Infrastructure industries

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Date created: 1/25/2001
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DHS Urban Search and Rescue Robot Performance Standards

PerMIS 2008

PerMIS Scale

Journal of Field Robotics
Special Issue on Quantitative Performance Evaluation of Robotic and Intelligent Systems

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Guest Editors: R. Madhavan, A. Jacoff, E. Messina
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Released Spring 2007:
New Book: Intelligent Vehicle Systems: A 4D/RCS Approach

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This book presents new research on autonomous mobility capabilities and shows how technological advances can be anticipated in the coming two decades. Read More

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