Robotic Systems RFI

Status: RFI has been issued; responses pending.
Contact: robotics@omg.org


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Robotic systems can be roughly defined as “systems that provide intelligent services and information by interacting with their environment, including human beings, via the use of various sensors, actuators and human interfaces”. The physical characteristics of a robotic system can have a large variation that includes mobile robots, humanoid robots, pet robots, manipulator robots, autonomous vehicles, robot house, etc. In the same way, the span of robotic system applications can be very broad, including but not limited to communication and entertainment robots, lifestyle support robots, rescue robots, transportation robots, medical robots, etc. Finally, robotic systems must deal with technological fields and issues of various complexities such as hardware control, intelligent algorithms, information processing and dispatching, safety, reliability, etc. All these aspects make it difficult to develop cost-effective yet functionally attractive robotic systems that will appeal to potential end-users and ensure the growth of the robotic market. We believe that modularization of robotic systems and standardization of robotic technology components will greatly help reduce the development and integration cost of robotic systems. Therefore, this RFI seeks information which will be used to direct future standardization efforts in the area of reusability and interoperability of robotics technology. Sharing your experiences will be particularly helpful in this effort, especially to: · Determine the areas that need standardization and their respective priorities · Identify recurrent functional / architectural patterns in existing robotic systems so as to propose common platform independent models · Help define working groups to work on potential RFPs We are seeking information with regards to:: · Identification of areas where Robotics Technology is used · Needs for standardization of Robotics Technology · Technical information such as existing implementations, standards, requirements, models, and theoretical studies on Robotics Systems
 
Schedule
Event Date Notes
RFI Issued June 24, 2005 Relevant documents:
mars/05-06-12 (Robotic Systems RFI)
RFI Response Deadline April 3, 2006 Deadline re-extended at the Tampa meeting, old date was January 23, 2006 and November 14, 2005

Discussion Mailing List:

RFI Response List:

Organizations Topics Date Response Document Presentation
Real-Time Innovations
 
  November 14, 2005 robotics/05-11-01 robotics/05-12-06
Seoul National Univ.
(Real-Time Operating Systems Lab)
  November 14, 2005 robotics/05-11-02 robotics/05-12-08
ETRI
(Robot Software Architecture Team)
  November 22, 2005 robotics/05-11-03 robotics/05-12-11
ETRI
(Human Robot Interaction Research Team)
  November 22, 2005 robotics/05-11-04 robotics/05-12-09
Ishikawajima-Harima Heavy Industries Co.,Ltd. (IHI)   January 23, 2006 robotics/06-01-01 robotics/06-02-19
Network Robot Forum   January 23, 2006 robotics/06-01-02 robotics/05-12-14
robotics/05-12-15
robotics/05-12-16
ETRI
(Intelligent Robot Research Team)
  January 23, 2006 robotics/06-01-03 robotics/06-02-13
ETRI
(Intelligent Task Control Research Team)
  January 23, 2006 robotics/06-01-04 robotics/06-02-15
ETRI
(Software Robot Research Team)
  January 23, 2006 robotics/06-01-05 robotics/06-02-22
Hitachi   January 23, 2006 robotics/06-01-06 robotics/06-02-09
Systems Engineering Consultants Co., Ltd.(SEC)   January 23, 2006 robotics/06-01-07 robotics/06-02-11
THALES
(COMPARE Consortium)
  January 23, 2006 mars/06-01-02 robotics/06-02-21
National Agricultural Research Center (Narc)   January 23, 2006 robotics/06-01-08  
ADA Software   February 6, 2006 robotics/06-02-01 robotics/06-02-10
NEC   February 6, 2006 robotics/06-02-02 robotics/05-12-12
Mayekawa Mfg.   February 8, 2006 robotics/06-02-03 robotics/06-02-12
Toshiba   March 29, 2006 robotics/06-03-01 robotics/06-02-23
ETRI   March 31, 2006 robotics/06-03-02  
SAMSUNG Sound Processing April 3, 2006 robotics/06-04-01  
SAMSUNG Network Robot Protocol April 3, 2006 robotics/06-04-02  
Systems Engineering Consultants Co., Ltd.(SEC)   April 13, 2006 robotics/06-04-03  
Systronix       robotics/05-12-07
Tsukuba Univ.       robotics/06-02-14
AIST       robotics/06-02-16
CoroWare       robotics/06-02-17
PrismTech
(SBC-DTF)
      robotics/06-02-20
Toshiba   March 29, 2006 robotics/06-03-01 robotics/06-02-23
NTT
(Network Robot Forum)
  - robotics/06-01-02 robotics/05-12-14
ATR
(Network Robot Forum)
  - robotics/06-01-02 robotics/05-12-15
Toshiba
(Network Robot Forum)
  - robotics/06-01-02 robotics/05-12-16