Al Wavering
National Institute of Standards and Technology
7500 Wean Hall
Talk 2:30 pm
Refreshments 3:30 pm
The 15th Gate: Mobot Awards Ceremony 3:45 pm
Measurements and standards facilitate technology development and
deployment by providing researchers, vendors, and users with means to
calibrate, evaluate, and integrate. The NIST Intelligent Systems Division
(ISD) works with industry to develop and apply measurements and standards
for intelligent systems in industrial and military domains. This talk
will focus primarily on ISD work to define performance metrics for
autonomous robots, including the development of 1) technology readiness
level tests for military unmanned ground vehicles and 2) reference test
arenas for autonomous mobile robots. A subset of the NIST reference test
arenas will be used in the RoboCup American Open rescue robot competition
to be held at CMU April 30 - May 4. The presentation will also touch on
ISD programs to develop and test the STEP-NC standard for advanced
machine tool control, and to identify information security requirements
for industrial control systems.
Al Wavering is Acting Chief of the Intelligent Systems Division (ISD) at
the National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST). ISD develops
architectures, interface standards, algorithms, and test methods for
intelligent systems used in industrial manufacturing and military
applications. Wavering joined NIST (then the National Bureau of
Standards) in 1985 as a mechanical engineer after obtaining an M.S.
degree in Mechanical Engineering from the University of Illinois. For 11
years he designed and implemented high performance robotic devices,
real-time control systems, and sensory interactive algorithms as a member
of the technical staff. He became leader of the Machine Systems Group in
1996. He has led efforts to develop standards and test methods for
interoperability of automated dimensional metrology equipment, and to
develop information security requirements for the computer control
systems used in the production and distribution of electric power, oil
and gas, water, chemicals, and manufactured goods. Wavering has served as
acting ISD chief since April 2002. He is a member of IEEE, Tau Beta Pi,
and Alpha Pi Mu, and is involved in the activities of the SME Education
Foundation. He was born in Washington, D.C. and grew up in Northern
Virginia.
For appointments, please
contact Chris Downey (cdowney@cs.cmu.edu)
The Robotics Institute is part of the School of Computer Science, Carnegie Mellon University.
