Robotics Standards Terminology Harmonization Meeting Highlights

Terminology Harmonization Virtual Meeting October 26, 2020 (in conjunction with IROS 2020)

Agenda Overview of agenda, meeting goals, introductions, etc. (Craig, All) Brief update (<5 min) from each standards organization. Please include the list of activities that are within scope of this effort and any terminology harmonization efforts that are being explored. IEEE (Craig) ISO (Roberta) RIA (Carole) ASTM (Adam) ASME (Angel) Review of goal statement (Craig) Discussion of three terms: (All) Environment Action Task Next steps (All)

Current IEEE Standardization Efforts and Standards Standards Core Ontologies for Robotics and Automation (published 2015) Robot Map Data Representation for Navigation (published 2015) Active Working Groups Ethically-Driven Robotics (standard expected 2021) Robot Task Representation (standard expected 2021-2022) Autonomous Robotics (standard expected 2021-2022) 3D Map Representation Ethically-Driven Nudging Guidelines for Verification of Autonomous Systems (NEW - formed this year) Robot Agility (NEW - formed this year) Active Study Groups Metrology for Human-Robot Interaction (NEW - formed this year) Robotic Hand Grasping and Manipulation (NEW - formed this year) * All active groups have telecons every two weeks and physically meet at IROS and ICRA (when the conferences are physical)

Scheduled Meetings at IROS 2020 Date Time Group 10/21/2020 10am-1pm Guide for Verification of Autonomous Systems 10/26/2020 9am-10am Autonomous Robotics Ontology 10/26/2020 10am-12pm Terminology Harmonization 10/27/2020 9am-12pm Measuring Robot Agility 10/27/2020 9am-11am Semantic Maps 10/28/2020 8am-11am Robot Task Representation 10/29/2020 9am-12pm Grasping-Type Robot End Effectors 10/29/2020 3pm-5pm Human-Resource Interaction

Goal Statement Develop a shared robot terminology document. This document will identify relations and mappings between similar terms and definitions in robot-related standards documents developed by the various robot standard development organizations. The mappings in this document will help to identify synergies between the standardization efforts, with the hope of facilitating future collaborations. The roadmap and resulting document will be co-owned by the participating standards organization. Benefits: Raised aware of what is going on in each standards organization Better collaboration among standards organizations Understanding of the overlap and differences in terminology Mappings between common terms in different standards Not intended to replace existing terminology/definitions in standards Maybe not a standards document? A recommendation/guidance/white paper document?

Schedule Description Proposed Completion Date May 2019 Go/ No-Go? Achieve consensus that the terminology effort is worthwhile and should proceed. Yes June 2020 Identify all relevant standards development organization and all relevant activities within the standards organizations that are within scope of this effort. June 2020 Identify terminology harmonization efforts within standards organizations. September 2020 October 2020 Identify an initial set of common terms/definitions in the various standards efforts. Yes Form small groups, one for each identified term/definition, with representatives from the relevant standards activities to provide mappings between the relevant terms/definitions. (Proposed Deadline - ???) 2021 (before IROS Conference) Small groups achieve consensus on the mappings Yes 2021 (at IROS Conference) Larger group achieve consensus on the mappings Yes Ongoing Identify an additional set of common terms/definitions and repeat Steps 5-6 as many times as necessary

Next Steps / Open Questions Is harmonization necessary? Are terms in various standards organizations represented at different levels of abstraction? If harmonization is valuable, should we form small groups, one for each identified term/definition, with representatives from the relevant standards activities to provide mappings between the relevant terms/definitions. If not, should we continue with these to meet to allow for better collaboration / communication between standards bodies? Meeting at ICRA 2021 (May 30thin China)