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NIST Robotics Test Facility: Putting Mechanical First Responders to the Test

December 17, 2014
An inside look at the NIST Robotics Test Facility, a lab designed to put first responder robots (Photos are screen shots from the video)
An inside look at the NIST Robotics Test Facility, a lab designed to put first responder robots (Photos are screen shots from the video)

Today's Blog is a cross-post of a video via the National Institute of Standards and Technology's (NIST) YouTube channel.

The video takes an inside look at the NIST Robotics Test Facility, a lab designed to put first responder robots (for search-and-rescue, bomb disposal, etc.) through standardized tests of their abilities. Evaluations include mobility, manipulation, human-robot interactions, sensing and endurance.

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