An Open-Source Virtual Manufacturing Automation Competition

Capital Science 2008Motivation and Benefits• Industry benefits– Bring increased exposure to their research problems– Provide a free workforce to solve these problems– Create a pool of students that are available for absorption into theircompanies• Student benefits– Lower the entry barrier for robotics research through the use ofsimulation systems and open source software– Facilitate interdisciplinary research among other robotics &automation fields• NIST benefits– Provide a test bed for new standards and performance metrics– Provide ties to both researchers and industry