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. Norton 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, and participates on several standards committees including ASTM E54.09, F45, and F48. He is Chairman of ASTM International’s Committee F45 on Robotics, Automation, and Autonomous Systems.