1,001 robot architectures for 1,001 robots [Industrial Activities]

With the financial support of the European Commission and the Robot Standards and Reference Architectures (RoSta; grant no. IST 45304) Consortium, the RAS Standing Committee on Standardization Activities has established a study group in 2007 and has organized a series of open workshops and expert meetings to address the questions of measurability, comparability, interoperability, and resusability of architectural concepts and components in robotics. The conclusions of these meetings and the recommendations of the expert group are currently being turned into a white paper, which will be circulated in a larger community of stakeholders for feedback, before being finally published in spring 2009.