Keywords: Automated Manufacturing Research Facility.jpg en Architecture for the NBS Automated Manufacturing Research Facility AMRF On the right is a hierarchical database containing process plans and control programs that define how to manufacture parts On the left is a hierarchical database containing information about the state of the parts and machines in the AMRF In the middle are the controllers that compute plans sequence commands measure results and compute actions to compensate for errors between plans and results The arrows represent a communications system that moves information throughout the architecture http //nvl nist gov/pub/nistpubs/sp958-lide/322-327 pdf The Automated Manufacturing Research Facility James S Albus National Institute of Standards and Technology Gaithersburg Maryland 20899 1995 PD-USGov RCS Reference Model Architecture |