| 3D | Three-dimensional |
| AGVs | Automatic Guided Vehicles |
| AM | additive manufacturing |
| ARM | Advanced Robotics for Manufacturing |
| ASME | American Society of Mechanical Engineers |
| ASTM | American Society for Testing and Materials |
| AWS | Amazon Web Services |
| BTU | British thermal unit |
| CAD | computer-aided design |
| CAM | computer-aided manufacturing |
| CASE | Conference on Automation Science and Engineering |
| CESMII | Clean Energy Smart Manufacturing Innovation Institute |
| CIM | computer-integrated manufacturing |
| DoD | Department of Defense |
| EL | Engineering Laboratory |
| ERP | Enterprise Resource Planning |
| FTE | full-time equivalent |
| ICRA | International Conference on Robotics and Automation |
| IEEE | Institute for Electrical and Electronics Engineering |
| IMU | inertial measurement unit |
| IR | infrared |
| IROS | International Robotics and Systems |
| ISO | International Organization for Standardization |
| MEP | Manufacturing Extension Partnership |
| MML | Material Measurement Laboratory |
| MRO | maintenance, repair, and overhaul |
| MSAM | Measurement Science for Additive Manufacturing |
| NIST | National Institute of Standards and Technology |
| OAGIS | Open Applications Group Integration Specification |
| PHMC | Prognostics, Health Management, and Control |
| RAS | Robotics and Automation Society |
| RF | radio frequency |
| RIA | Robotics Industry Association |
| ROS | Robot Operating System |
| RSSM | Robotic Systems for Smart Manufacturing |
| SIA | Semiconductor Industry Association |
| SLM | selective laser melting |
| SLS | selective laser sintering |
| SME | small and medium enterprise |
| SMLC | Smart Manufacturing Leadership Coalition |
| SMOPAC | Smart Manufacturing Operations Planning and Control |
| SMSDA | Smart Manufacturing System Design and Analysis |
| STEP | Standard for the Exchange of Product Data |
| TC | technical committee |
| UMP | unit manufacturing process |
| YCB | Yale-CMU-Berkeley |