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Manufacturing & Inspection

Agent Based Design - Novel agent-based approach for the design of modular robot manipulators	Architecture for Agile Assembly - Reduction of time to market in agile manufacturing
Bend Sequence Planner - Finds the best sequence of bending operations and repositionings of the part in the robot gripper to make a bent sheet metal part.	BendCad Modeler - Sheet metal design system for the Intelligent Bending Workstation
BORG - Framework for the development of distributed, secure, reliable, robust and scalable systems	Burro - Automates copper processing
Collaborative Agents - Cooperative robotics	Conveyor Belt Inspection System - NREC designed, built and tested a high-speed "machine vision" system for monitoring the condition of conveyor belts such as those used in underground coal mines.
ExplorerTM - The NREC is developing an untethered, long range (2,500 ft +), gas line visual inspection robot system that provides real-time video from inside the line, can be deployed in live lines, and can pass through all angles and bends of both 6" and 8" lines.	Fine Motion Planner - The fine-motion planner computes a sequence of robot moves to safely unload the workpiece from the bending machine.
Foundation for MEMS Synthesis - shorten MEMS development cycle	Grasping Planner - Sheet metal grasp planning for the Intelligent Bending Workstation.
Integrated MEMS Inertial Measurement Unit - Developing a monolithic inertial measurement unit that exploits integrated-microdevice CAD tools to achieve superior system performance over individual microdevices.	Intelligent Assembly Modelling and Simulation - Facilitating assemblability checking in a virtual, simulated environment
Motion Planner	Precision Freehand Sculpting - We are developing a handheld tool to accurately cut bone for joint replacement surgery.
Product Decomposition - a method of decomposing sheet-metal products into a few, easily manufactured parts	Rapid Design Through Virtual and Physical Prototyping - Rapid design and generation of parts and assemblies
Stacking Planner - Generates plans for polyhedral sheet metal parts.	Tooling Planner - Supports various decision making steps related to bending tools and press-brake setups.
Ultra-High-Density Data Cache for Low-Power Communications - Demonstrating technology for a 10 GB/cm2 rewritable data storage system using MEMS-based actuators and magnetic recording.