Adam Norton

Adam Norton is the Associate Director of the New England Robotics Validation and Experimentation (NERVE) Center at the University of Massachusetts Lowell. His research interests include the test and evaluation of robot, human, and human-robot performance, and the development of metrics, test methods, and benchmarking tools for robots. Adam has developed metrics and test methods and led evaluations for autonomous industrial vehicles, robotic manipulators, exoskeletons, response robots, unmanned aerial systems, and human-robot interaction. His research has been funded by the American Society for Testing and Materials (ASTM), the Advanced Robotics for Manufacturing (ARM) Institute, the Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency (DARPA), the U.S. Army Combat Capabilities Development Command (DEVCOM) Soldier Center, the National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST), the National Science Foundation (NSF), and the Office of Naval Research (ONR), among others. Adam is the chair of ASTM F45 Committee on Robotics, Automation, and Autonomous Systems and a voting member and developer of standards of ASTM E54.09 Committee on Homeland Security Applications: Subcommittee on Response Robots and ASTM F48 Committee on Exoskeletons and Exosuits, as well as a director on the ASTM Board of Directors for the 2024-2026 term