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Drafts of ISO 4448 for comment
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Planned/Last release date : 2022
Overview of Paradigm
TR 4448-1 describes the full suite and purpose for TS4448-2 to TS4448-20. It provides an outline and justification for each part, allowing the municipal or commercial implementer to determine which of the suite of parts will be important to their design, manufacturing, regulatory, or deployment task.
Planned/Last release date : 2023-Q4
Data Definitions
Describes terms and definition, including data definitions used throughout TS 4448. Data definitions include units, defaults and ranges where appropriate. Consistency throughout constrains development discipline, and makes integration among systems and across jurisdictions easier.
Planned/Last release date : 2024-Q2
Communications and cybersecurity for public mobile robots
Describes the requisite communications and cybersecurity issues that must be considered. This includes what is necessary for secure and assured connectivity, location determination, teleoperation, IoT, recovery, and enforcement override.
Planned/Last release date : 2024-Q2
Loading/unloading of goods and passengers at the kerb
Describes standard orchestration procedures to manage loading and unloading of passengers and goods. This applies to any publicly accessible loading (parking) location accessible by the vehicle in question. While intended for vehicles under ADS control, 4448-4 can also be applied to human-driven vehicles. It orchestrates the endpoints of a trip with an electronic document called a LoadPlan that describes multiple features about “A” and “B”, related to queueing for spot use. (4448-4 is not concerned with the trip from A to B)
Planned/Last release date : 2023-Q2
Public mobile robot access on human pathways
Describes trip reservation and queueing for public mobile robots in public spaces (footway, bikeway, roadway and crosswalk). This standard for PMR orchestration includes the starting and ending points, as well as numerous behaviours in between. This is controlled by a TripPlan that is subdivided by segments along a pathway.
Planned/Last release date : 2023-Q2
Integrating access to kerb and pathway
Describes the procedures and protocol for the case of vehicles constrained to the kerbside or other designated loading area to load and unload PMRs to move goods or passengers along public pathways that do not admit larger vehicles (for example transferring from truck/van into PMRs). 4448-6 is required to integrate the orchestration plans of 4448-4 and 4448-5.
Planned/Last release date : 2023-Q2
Public mobile robot behaviour on human pathways
Describes the “rules of the road” for PMRs on public pathways or in public spaces. This includes the full range of behaviours related to sharing space with humans, pets, other robots, and infrastructure. 4448-7 describes a standardized enforceable traffic code for the sidewalk.
Planned/Last release date : Available now
Public mobile robot-to-human communication signals
TS 4448-8 describes the sounds, light, haptics, and gestural/motional displays for social communications between PMRs and proximate humans; including those with sight/hearing challenges.
Planned/Last release date : 2023-Q3
Suitability of infrastructure for automated loading/unloading
Describes the methods/metrics to determine whether a kerb (curb) on a block-face is suitable to a particular type or intensity of use of automated vehicles or devices.
Planned/Last release date : 2023-Q4
Suitability of pathway Infrastructure for public mobile robots
Describes the methods/metrics to determine whether a footway, bikeway, roadway or crosswalk segment is suitable to a particular type or intensity of PMR use.
Planned/Last release date : 2023-Q3
Environmental worthiness of public mobile robots
Describes the methods/metrics to determine extreme weather conditions for safe PMR operation (scaled to PMR capability).
Planned/Last release date : 2023-Q4
Post-crash procedures for public mobile robots
Describes PMR crash clean-up, description and reporting.
Planned/Last release date : 2023-Q4
Mapping maintenance for public mobile robots
Describes mapping parameters such as resolution, update frequency, and error tolerances required for PMR TripPlans as developed in 4448-5.
Planned/Last release date : 2023-Q4
Personal assistant robots for tasks and goods movement
Describes standards for e-tethered robots such as personal “follow-me” PMRs that may carry loads for their owner. These would also apply to maintenance robots in “follow me” operation.
Planned/Last release date : 2024-Q1
Personal assistant robots for human transport
Describes standards for small personal passenger robots such as wheelchairs or PMRs moving passengers within public facilities such as airports or hospitals
Planned/Last release date : 2024-Q1
Safety and reliability for public mobile robots
Describes the physical, mechatronic, and operating safety for PMRs. This includes sensors, effectors, fire & chemical, hazardous goods – and more. Safety is organized into three categories: location safety, device safety, and safety for proximate humans
Planned/Last release date : 2023-Q1
Privacy and public mobile robots
Describes privacy guidelines for PMRs operating in public spaces.
Planned/Last release date : 2024-Q2
Testing of public mobile robots
Describes testing guidelines for PMRs operating in public spaces.
Planned/Last release date : 2024-Q2
Data from public mobile robots
Describes data capture, use, retention and sharing guidelines for PMRs operating in public spaces.
Planned/Last release date : 2024-Q2
Journey data recorder for public mobile robots
Describes Journey Data Recorder (JDR) functions for PMRs. This unique specification includes methods to capture various behaviours described in TS 4448–5, TS 4448-7 and TS 4448-8
Planned/Last release date : 2022-Q4
Papers authored by URF team
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Articles & podcasts about PMRs
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