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Rex Lee

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Mar 19, 2012, 10:39:52 AM3/19/12
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Here are some organizations you guys may have an interest in monitoring, if you are not doing so already.  I am a member of AIA.

 

Rex Lee

 

 

Dear Member:

I’m forwarding these new RFPs to you in case you have an interest. My contacts at NCMS sent them to me with the notes below. Feel free to contact Tony Haynes if you have questions.

Tactical Robot Control RFP

Interoperability RFP

Note for Tactical Robot Control RFP
The National Center for Manufacturing Sciences (NCMS) is pleased to announce the release of a Request for Proposals (RFP) for the development of a common Tactical Robot Control (TRC) System Architecture within the Interoperability (IOP) standards established by the Robotic Systems Joint Program Office (RS JPO). This will be accomplished building upon Marine Corps Warfighting Laboratory (MCWL) efforts with consortium partners combining to provide synergistic expertise to develop the required architecture and data package. The project is not intended to be a ground up build of components, but rather the development of architectural design and interface requirements for a Tactical Robotic Controller building upon controller design initiated by the MCWL. For elements for which the existing IOP V0 or MCWL defined Interface Control Documents (ICDs) are insufficient for ensuring interoperability, new interoperability interface requirements will be developed for incorporation into IOP V1. A separate technology effort to demonstrate design possibilities for an Engineer Squad Robot (ESR) compliant with the same IOP is being simultaneously undertaken.

Note for Interoperability RFP
The National Center for Manufacturing Sciences (NCMS) is pleased to announce the release of this RFP for validation of the emerging Interoperability Profile (IOP) of the Robotic Systems Joint Program Office (RS JPO). The purpose of this project is to integrate existing components from different vendors into a fully functional robot by adopting the IOP standards as established by RS JPO. Over the last two years, the RS JPO has led an effort in concert with private industry to define these standards in an Interoperability Profile (IOP). The first version of this IOP has completed private industry staffing and adjudication and was published by RS JPO in the Fall of 2011. The project is not intended to be a ground up build of components, but rather the integration of different vendors’ components into one system by complying with the IOP standards.


Please note that NCMS is the issuer of this RFP, not RTC.
Thomas L. (Tony) Haynes
Director, Advanced Manufacturing Technology Programs
(734) 995-4930 direct, (734) 730-0759 cell

 

 

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Emil Rivas

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Mar 19, 2012, 10:53:35 AM3/19/12
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Hi Rex,

Thanks for sharing this info.  We just came back from mentoring our entry of JCP-MOSI's robot in the regional FRC 2012 competition in Orlando.  Fun, exciting and inspirational in what can be done with hardware/software in these days.

-Emil

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Rex Lee

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Mar 19, 2012, 11:12:22 AM3/19/12
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Hi, Emil.   I totally agree with you about how exciting it is now a days in automation. There are so many opportunities in this area right now the challenge for me is how to stay focused on what we do best.  I’m envious of those of you who had the time to do the mentoring because I miss teaching and working with young people to help them develop a love for science and technology.  I hope it went well for your group at the competition.

 

Please keep in mind that we are still looking for any of you guys who might want to do some part time, fulltime or contractual temporary work on some upcoming projects.  We need software programmers and hardware guys who would like to work on robotic projects involving machine vision.  Please let me know if this is of interest to you. 

 

Rex

Emil Rivas

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Mar 19, 2012, 12:00:32 PM3/19/12
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Its great to hear from a person who definitely has his finger on late breaking technology.  I am currently employed in the Power sector (AVRs and excitation controllers for synchronous motors and generators) as an application engineer travelling throughout Latin America checking out opportunities in Power Plants (Gas Turbine, Steam Turbine, Diesel Gensets, and even Hydros) and industrial facilities.  I LOVE my exciting job but I also LOVE robots and automation.  So much cool stuff, boundless opportunity and so little time :-).  I wish I could clone myself and do all things :-).  I will be probably working on machine vision  (Kinect has boundless potential) as a hobby for FRC competition in the meantime, maybe we'll figure out some way to collaborate down the road.  Interesting developments in...


Good to hear input from you.

-Emil

Daniel Dye

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Mar 19, 2012, 12:14:51 PM3/19/12
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Rex et al.,

I've been meaning to point out this open courseware from UC Berkeley for machine vision.  Perhaps those feeling under qualified for that position could gain some confidence by participating:

I was very tempted myself but opted for the Natural Language Processing and Probabalistic Graphical Model courses from Stanford instead:

Cheers,
Dan

Rex Lee

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Mar 19, 2012, 12:15:03 PM3/19/12
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Thanks, Emil. Willow Garage is actually one of our customers.

 

You must also be involved with remote monitoring?

 

Rex

 

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Its great to hear from a person who definitely has his finger on late breaking technology.  I am currently employed in the Power sector (AVRs and excitation controllers for synchronous motors and generators) as an application engineer travelling throughout Latin America checking out opportunities in Power Plants (Gas Turbine, Steam Turbine, Diesel Gensets, and even Hydros) and industrial facilities.  I LOVE my exciting job but I also LOVE robots and automation.  So much cool stuff, boundless opportunity and so little time :-).  I wish I could clone myself and do all things :-).  I will be probably working on machine vision  (Kinect has boundless potential) as a hobby for FRC competition in the meantime, maybe we'll figure out some way to collaborate down the road.  Interesting developments in...

 

 

Good to hear input from you.

 

-Emil

 

On Mon, Mar 19, 2012 at 11:12 AM, Rex Lee <Dr....@pyramidimaging.com> wrote:

Hi, Emil.   I totally agree with you about how exciting it is now a days in automation. There are so many opportunities in this area right now the challenge for me is how to stay focused on what we do best.  I’m envious of those of you who had the time to do the mentoring because I miss teaching and working with young people to help them develop a love for science and technology.  I hope it went well for your group at the competition.

 

Please keep in mind that we are still looking for any of you guys who might want to do some part time, fulltime or contractual temporary work on some upcoming projects.  We need software programmers and hardware guys who would like to work on robotic projects involving machine vision.  Please let me know if this is of interest to you. 

 

Rex

 

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Subject: Re: FW: New RFPs members might be interested in

 

Hi Rex,

 

Thanks for sharing this info.  We just came back from mentoring our entry of JCP-MOSI's robot in the regional FRC 2012 competition in Orlando.  Fun, exciting and inspirational in what can be done with hardware/software in these days.

 

-Emil

On Mon, Mar 19, 2012 at 10:39 AM, Rex Lee <Dr....@pyramidimaging.com> wrote:

Here are some organizations you guys may have an interest in monitoring, if you are not doing so already.  I am a member of AIA.

 

Rex Lee

 

 

Dear Member:

I’m forwarding these new RFPs to you in case you have an interest. My contacts at NCMS sent them to me with the notes below. Feel free to contact Tony Haynes if you have questions.

Tactical Robot Control RFP

Interoperability RFP

Note for Tactical Robot Control RFP
The National Center for Manufacturing Sciences (NCMS) is pleased to announce the release of a Request for Proposals (RFP) for the development of a common Tactical Robot Control (TRC) System Architecture within the Interoperability (IOP) standards established by the Robotic Systems Joint Program Office (RS JPO). This will be accomplished building upon Marine Corps Warfighting Laboratory (MCWL) efforts with consortium partners combining to provide synergistic expertise to develop the required architecture and data package. The project is not intended to be a ground up build of components, but rather the development of architectural design and interface requirements for a Tactical Robotic Controller building upon controller design initiated by the MCWL. For elements for which the existing IOP V0 or MCWL defined Interface Control Documents (ICDs) are insufficient for ensuring interoperability, new interoperability interface requirements will be developed for incorporation into IOP V1. A separate technology effort to demonstrate design possibilities for an Engineer Squad Robot (ESR) compliant with the same IOP is being simultaneously undertaken.

Note for Interoperability RFP
The National Center for Manufacturing Sciences (NCMS) is pleased to announce the release of this RFP for validation of the emerging Interoperability Profile (IOP) of the Robotic Systems Joint Program Office (RS JPO). The purpose of this project is to integrate existing components from different vendors into a fully functional robot by adopting the IOP standards as established by RS JPO. Over the last two years, the RS JPO has led an effort in concert with private industry to define these standards in an Interoperability Profile (IOP). The first version of this IOP has completed private industry staffing and adjudication and was published by RS JPO in the Fall of 2011. The project is not intended to be a ground up build of components, but rather the integration of different vendors’ components into one system by complying with the IOP standards.


Please note that NCMS is the issuer of this RFP, not RTC.
Thomas L. (Tony) Haynes
Director, Advanced Manufacturing Technology Programs
(734) 995-4930 direct, (734) 730-0759 cell

Rex Lee

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Mar 19, 2012, 1:11:54 PM3/19/12
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Hi Dan,

 

Thanks for that link.  I also monitor the free online courses available from MIT such as this one http://ocw.mit.edu/courses/electrical-engineering-and-computer-science/6-801-machine-vision-fall-2004/.

 

Having said that I am not much involved with algorithm development.  We use a very powerful set of tools from www.mvtec.com called Halcon.  They have a rapid prototyping module that allows non-programmers to exercise various algorithms on live images or saved image files.  The developed runtime applications can be deployed in various languages and into traditional computers or into the newer “smart” embedded cameras that come with built in processors, memory, FPGAs, I/O.

 

So, we, at Pyramid Imaging here in Tampa, are mostly system integrators and designers.  We try to use as much of the shelf components and software as we can and attempt to shorten time to market as much as possible.

 

I’m not trying to put out an ad here. I just wanted to elaborate so that no one gets the idea that I am looking for algorithm developers. I am mostly looking for hands on “automation” type engineers who understand system design and who have a passion for new technology related to these areas of machine vision, robotics, factory automation, intelligent transportation systems, inspection equipment, high speed imaging…. On and on… you get the “picture”, right? J

 

Rex

Dan

 

-Emil

Dear Member:

I’m forwarding these new RFPs to you in case you have an interest. My contacts at NCMS sent them to me with the notes below. Feel free to contact Tony Haynes if you have questions.

Tactical Robot Control RFP

Interoperability RFP

Note for Tactical Robot Control RFP
The National Center for Manufacturing Sciences (NCMS) is pleased to announce the release of a Request for Proposals (RFP) for the development of a common Tactical Robot Control (TRC) System Architecture within the Interoperability (IOP) standards established by the Robotic Systems Joint Program Office (RS JPO). This will be accomplished building upon Marine Corps Warfighting Laboratory (MCWL) efforts with consortium partners combining to provide synergistic expertise to develop the required architecture and data package. The project is not intended to be a ground up build of components, but rather the development of architectural design and interface requirements for a Tactical Robotic Controller building upon controller design initiated by the MCWL. For elements for which the existing IOP V0 or MCWL defined Interface Control Documents (ICDs) are insufficient for ensuring interoperability, new interoperability interface requirements will be developed for incorporation into IOP V1. A separate technology effort to demonstrate design possibilities for an Engineer Squad Robot (ESR) compliant with the same IOP is being simultaneously undertaken.

Note for Interoperability RFP
The National Center for Manufacturing Sciences (NCMS) is pleased to announce the release of this RFP for validation of the emerging Interoperability Profile (IOP) of the Robotic Systems Joint Program Office (RS JPO). The purpose of this project is to integrate existing components from different vendors into a fully functional robot by adopting the IOP standards as established by RS JPO. Over the last two years, the RS JPO has led an effort in concert with private industry to define these standards in an Interoperability Profile (IOP). The first version of this IOP has completed private industry staffing and adjudication and was published by RS JPO in the Fall of 2011. The project is not intended to be a ground up build of components, but rather the integration of different vendors’ components into one system by complying with the IOP standards.


Please note that NCMS is the issuer of this RFP, not RTC.
Thomas L. (Tony) Haynes
Director, Advanced Manufacturing Technology Programs
(734) 995-4930 direct, (734) 730-0759 cell

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