IEEE/RAS Standard for Robot Map Data Representation, Meeting at ICRA 2016

[Martin Magnusson]

Dear colleagues,

The Working Group for the IEEE/RAS Standard 1873-2015 for Robot Map Data 
Representation for Navigation will hold a meeting during ICRA 2016 on 
Monday, May 16th in Room 32 of the ICRA conference venue (Stockholm 
Waterfront Congress Center).

The main goal of the meeting is to solicit and discuss requirements from 
industrial and academic stakeholders for extending the current 2D 
standard for map data representation (MDR) to 3D maps. Based on the 
outcomes of the meeting, the working group will start developing 
extended specifications from the current specifications to be included 
in the IEEE-sponsored, official standard for 3D maps for robot navigation.

Since the room capacity is limited, please register your attendance to 
working group secretary Wonpil Yu: ywp at etri.re.kr.

*Overview of agenda*
- Location: Room 32, Stockholm Waterfront Congress Center
- Date: May 16 (Monday), 2016, 09:00-16:30
- 09.00-09.30 Welcome and introduction items
- 09.30-09.50 Dissemination of the current (2D) MDR standard specification
- 09.50-14.15 Invited talks: Industry requirements and use cases for 3D 
maps (lunch break included)
- 14.30-16.00 Discussion: Future directions for standardisation of map 
data representation
- 16.00-16.15 Next meeting

*What is the MDR standard*
The MDR standard aims to standardise a common representation and 
encoding for the map data used for navigation by mobile robots. The 
encoding will be used when exchanging map data between systems. The 
standard focuses on interchange of map data between components and 
systems, particularly those that may be supplied by different vendors. 
As well as the encoding, the standard aims to specify examples of APIs 
and protocols for the interchange process so that navigation-related 
components from multiple vendors may inter-operate.

*What does the MDR standard not do*
It does not aim to standardise the format of map data used internally in 
systems, such as for performing navigation calculations, obstacle 
avoidance, or for storage in a database. Vendors supplying robot 
components relevant to navigation who choose to conform to the standard 
may use any encoding they choose for internal representation, provided 
the map data is available in the standard encoding when accessed through 
the standard APIs.

*What does the standard target*
The MDR standard is aimed at mobile robots operating in both indoor and 
outdoor environments. No restrictions are placed on the complexity of 
the environment. Applications include, but are not limited to, factory 
logistics systems, defence and rescue robots, construction and mining 
robots, agricultural robots, household robots, and general service 
robots. Metric maps, topological maps, and combined metric/topological 
maps are supported equally by the standard. However, maps with dynamic 
information are not explicitly supported.


The current version of standard 1873-2015 is available at
https://standards.ieee.org/findstds/standard/1873-2015.html


On behalf of the working group,
Martin Magnusson
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