Research & Development
ROS 2
Develop information exchange pattern for decentralized task choreography using an MTConnect agent and state machine at each device.
Completed. Project report available here via NIST.
Funded by NIST
Project Team: Southwest Research Institute (SwRI), MTConnect Institute
Standards-based dynamic scheduling and job routing.
Completed
Funded by DMDII
Project Team: Xerox PARC, ITAMCO, MTConnect Institute
SPEC-OPS
Develop real time simulation and verification built on standards.
Completed
Funded by DMDII
Project Lead: STEP Tools, Inc.
O3
Smart Manufacturing Systems (SMS) Testbed
Demonstrate data collection and storage architecture. Provide a public-facing MTConnect data source. Accessible at http://agent.mtconnect.org
Ongoing
Funded by and hosted at NIST
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