... unnecessarily spend resources (i.e., time, money) to maintain their equipment. To reduce maintenance costs, manufacturers are exploring how they can assess the health of their robot workcell operations to enhance their maintenance strategies. Effective health assessment relies upon capturing appropriate data...

...DEVELOPING MEASUREMENT SCIENCE TO VERIFY AND VALIDATE THE IDENTIFICATION OF ROBOT WORKCELL DEGRADATION Brian A. Weiss National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) Gaithersburg, Maryland, USA ABSTRACT Robot systems have become more prevalent in manufacturing operations as the technology has...