IEEE Robotics & Automation Magazine - March 2023 - 96

S TAN DAR D S
Three New IEEE Robotics and Automation Society
Standards Working Groups on Surgical Robotics
and Electric Vehicle Charging Robots
By Lei Yang , Yifei Hu, Lihai Zhang, Peng Zhang , and Craig Schlenoff
The IEEE Robotics and Automation
Society's (RAS) standards working
groups continue to grow. We have four
published standards:
■ 1872-2015: Core Ontologies for
Robotics and Automation
■ 1872.2-2021:
Standard for
Autonomous Robotics Ontology
■ 1873-2015: Robot Map Data
Representation for Navigation
■ 7007-2021: Ontological Standard for
Ethically Driven R&A Systems
and nine active working groups:
■ 1872.1: Robot Task Representation
(standard expected in 2023)
■ 1872.3: Ontology Reasoning for
Multiple Autonomous Robots
■ 2751: 3D Map Representation for
Robotics and Automation (standard
expected in 2023)
■ 2817: Guidelines for Verification of
Autonomous Systems
■ 2940: Measuring Robot Agility
■ 3107: Terminology for Human-
Robot Interaction (HRI)
■ 3108: Recommended Practice for HRI
Design for Human Subject Studies
■ 3140: Semantic Map for Autonomous
Robot
■ 7008: Ethically Driven Nudging.
Over the past few months, we have
introduced three new working groups,
described below.
TWO ELECTRIC VEHICLE CHARGING
STANDARDS WORKING GROUPS
At the end of 2020, there were 10 million
electric cars on the world's roads,
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and by June 2022 there were about
20 million new energy vehicles globally.
With the popularity of electric vehicles
(EVs), people's demand for
convenience and intelligence of charging
facilities is increasing. At an intelligent
charging facility, an EV charging
robot can replace manual charging
operation and not be restricted by location
and power capacity, like traditional
charging stations currently face.
According to recent information,
products and prototypes of EV charging
robots have been developed and applied in
China, the United States,
Germany, South Korea,
and other countries. At
present, there are various
technical routes of charging
robots, with different
volumes, weights, appearances,
functions, and
application scenarios.
Due to the lack of relevant
technical guides,
the existing EV charging
robots have some problems,
including:
■ The lack of common
terms and definitions
leads to conceptual
confusion and misunderstandings,
which
reduces the efficiency of communication
between different countries.
■ The lack of a common classification
method brings inconvenience to technical
comparison, and the characteristics
of different technical routes
cannot be clearly distinguished.
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■ The lack of general technical
requirements on functions or performances
leads to no unified reference
basis for design, research, development,
production, and management,
which is not conducive to making
decisions and ensuring the basic
practical needs of users.
To solve the above problems, the goal
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AT THE END OF
of the Electric Vehicle Charging Robot
Terminology and Classification (CRTC)
Working Group is to provide a common
set of definitions and terms and develop
a unified classification of EV charging
robots. The goal of
the EV Charging Robot
General Requirements
(CRGR) Working Group
is
2020, THERE WERE
10 MILLION
ELECTRIC CARS ON
THE WORLD'S ROADS,
AND BY JUNE 2022
THERE WERE ABOUT
20 MILLION NEW
ENERGY VEHICLES
GLOBALLY.
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eral
to put forward gentechnical
requirements
of basic functions
and main performance,
to provide a reference
for the design, production,
and management
of EV charging robots.
To date, the two working
groups have over 30 members,
consisting of a
cross section of charging
service providers, automobile
manufacturers,
academia, and users. In
the future, the number of working group
members is expected to exceed 40, representing
at least three countries.
Membership in the two working
groups is available for anyone who is
interested in EV charging robots. If the
reader would like to join, please send
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