Standards Development

Scope

This document complies with the ISO 22166-1 and CD 22166-200 family standards providing requirements and guidelines on modularity for service robots. This 203 part presents the detailed requirements and guidelines for information model for all modules except software(AMES) modules (hardware modules, modules with hardware and software aspects, etc.), as well as physical interfaces of modules.

Typical examples are presented.

Purpose

This document provides requirements and guidelines for information model and physical interfaces for hardware to achieve the following:

- Enable efficient data exchange between AMESmodules,

- Efficient connections between physical interfaces for AMES hardware,

- Easy integration of AMES modules without any extra effort for interactions among modules,

- Allow AMES module designers and manufacturers to define and use functions of modules for achieving their own characteristics for service robot modules,

- Provide AMES module users with appropriate modules depending on functions of a target service robot and user’s affordable expense.

For the active utilization of service robot modules and effective expansion of service robot market, it is necessary to share information of AMES modules via information model approach for ease exchanging purpose while satisfying required interoperability, reusability, safety and security. The output of the document will accelerate the expansion of service robot hardware market as well as service robot market and robot application services. In addition, developers, designers, and manufactures of service robots can utilize various types of AMES modules with ease and at lower cost and provide service robots more suitable for end users.