Industry Activities

The IEEE Robotics & Automation Society works with industry and government entities through the IEEE RAS Industrial Activities Board (IAB). The IAB is responsible for all industry or entrepreneurial related matters, including the growth of the industrial community within RAS.

    On September 30, 2018, the Industrial Activities Board (IAB) of the IEEE Robotics and Automation Society (RAS) organized a Standards Strategy Meeting in conjunction with the Intelligent Robots and Systems (IROS) Conference in Madrid, Spain. The goal of the meeting was to review and refine an overall robotics standards landscape to determine areas in which the IEEE RAS should focus on robotics standards development and determine areas in which IEEE RAS should partner with other standard development organizations. Attendance was limited to 15 people (due to room size and the desire to make it a focused meeting). Attendees included many of the IEEE RAS Working Group Chairs, representatives from ISO, RIA, and ASME, and experts in various robotics fields including autonomous vehicles and industrial robotics. The meeting started with presentations by the participants to provide context, and then moved on to a discussion of IEEE RAS’s role in this area.

    For more information, go to the 2018 Standards Strategy Meeting Summary.

    Top Row (Left to Right): Veera Ragavan (IEEE 1872.2), Francesco Amigoni (IEEE 1873), Hermann Brand (IEEE), Ali Hessami (IEEE Ethics), Stephen Balakirsky (IEEE 1872.1), Henrik Christensen (UCSD), Roberta Nelson Shea (ISO and RIA), Tamas Haidegger (IEEE IAB), Gurvinder Virk (ISO), Sebastian Bedacht (IEEE IAB), Craig Schlenoff (IEEE IAB) Bottom Row (Left to Right): Dominik Boesl (IEEE IAB), Chris Debrunner (Lockheed Martin), Angel Guzman Rodriguez (ASME), Christy Bahn (IEEE-SA)

    Agenda – Standards Strategy Meeting – 30 September 2018

    Start
    Time
    End
    Time
    Topic Speaker
    9:00 9:20 Welcome/Overview/Introductions Craig Schlenoff
    9:20 9:30 IEEE WG Presentation – IEEE 1872 – CORA Craig Schlenoff
    9:30 9:40 IEEE WG Presentation – IEEE P1872.1 Robot Task Representation Stephen Balakirsky
    9:40 9:50 IEEE WG Presentation – IEEE P1872.2 – Autonomous Robotics Veera Ragavan
    9:50 10:00 IEEE WG Presentation – IEEE P2751 – 3D Map Data Representation Francesco Amigoni
    10:00 10:20 IEEE Ethics Efforts Ali Hessami
    10:20 10:30 IEEE Ethics Efforts (7000 series) Sandro Fiorini (remote)
    10:30 10:40 IEEE WG Presentation – IEEE P2730 – Classification and Terminology of Medical Robots Tamas Haidegger
    10:40 11:00 BREAK
    11:00 11:30 ISO and RIA Efforts in Robot Standards Roberta Nelson Shea
    11:30 12:00 ASME Efforts in Robot Standards Angel Guzman Rodriguez
    13:00 13:20 Thoughts of Personal Care Robot Safety, Medical Robot Safety, and Modularity of Service Robots Gurvinder Virk
    13:20 13:40 Thoughts on Autonomous Vehicle Robot Standards Chris Debrunner
    13:40 14:00 Thoughts on Industrial Robot Standards Henrik Christensen
    14:00 14:20 Discussion of Standards Landscape Craig Schlenoff
    14:20 14:40 BREAK
    14:40 16:40 Open Discussion – Gaps/Opportunities/IEEE Priority Areas/Collaboration Opportunities All
    16:40 17:00 Wrap Up / Action Items / Future Work Craig Schlenoff