Abstract
Since creating universally capable robots is challenging for a single manufacturer, a diverse fleet of robots from various manufacturers is utilized. However, these heterogeneous fleets encounter communication and interoperability issues. As a result, there is a growing need for a standardized interface that is capable of communicating, controlling and managing a diverse fleet without these interoperability issues. This paper presents a translation software module capable of controlling an autonomous mobile robot and communicating with a ROS-based robot fleet manager using the VDA5050 Standard and exchanging information via the MQTT communication protocol, aiming at flexibility and control across different robot brands. The effectiveness of the software in controlling a mobile robot via the VDA5050 standard was demonstrated by the results. It accurately analysed data from the Robot Fleet Manager, converted it into VDA 5050 JSON messages and skilfully translated it back into ROS messages. The robot’s behavior remained consistent before and after the VDA5050 implementation.
This work is co-financed by Component 5 - Capitalization and Business Innovation, integrated in the Resilience Dimension of the Recovery and Resilience Plan within the scope of the Recovery and Resilience Mechanism (MRR) of the European Union (EU), framed in the Next Generation EU, for the period 2021–2026, within project GreenAuto, with reference 54.
This is a preview of subscription content, log in via an institution to check access.
Access this chapter
Tax calculation will be finalised at checkout
Purchases are for personal use only
Similar content being viewed by others
References
BostonDynamics: Manage your facility and fleet with scout. https://bostondynamics.com/products/spot/scout/. Accessed 20 July 2023
German Association of the Automotive Industry: Interface for the communication between automated guided vehicles (AGV) and a master control VDA 5050 Version 2.0.0 (2022). https://www.vda.de/en/news/publications/publication/vda-5050-version-2.0.0-agv-communication-interface. Accessed 1 Mar 2023
InOrbit, Inc.: Inorbit. https://www.inorbit.ai/. Accessed 20 July 2023
Khamis, A., Hussein, A., Elmogy, A.: Multi-robot task allocation: a review of the state-of-the-art. In: Koubâa, A., Martínez-de Dios, J.R. (eds.) Cooperative Robots and Sensor Networks 2015. SCI, vol. 604, pp. 31–51. Springer, Cham (2015). https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-18299-5_2
Meili Robots: Fully integrated fleet management systems. https://www.meilirobots.com/product. Accessed 20 July 2023
MiR: Centralized control with MiR fleet: Mobile industrial robots. https://www.mobile-industrial-robots.com/solutions/mir-accessories/mir-fleet/. Accessed 20 July 2023
OMRON, Europe: Fleet manager. https://industrial.omron.eu/en/products/fleet-manager. Accessed 20 July 2023
OTTO Motors: Otto fleet manager. https://ottomotors.com/fleet-manager. Accessed 20 July 2023
Meili Robots: Interfleet Software Integration, Meili Robots, Copenhagen, Denmark (2022). https://www.meilirobots.com/resources-list/report/interfleet-software-integration. Accessed 23 June 2023
Author information
Authors and Affiliations
Corresponding author
Editor information
Editors and Affiliations
Rights and permissions
Copyright information
© 2024 The Author(s), under exclusive license to Springer Nature Switzerland AG
About this paper
Cite this paper
Brilhante, M., Rebelo, P.M., Oliveira, P.M., Sobreira, H., Costa, P. (2024). Control of a Mobile Robot Through VDA5050 Standard. In: Marques, L., Santos, C., Lima, J.L., Tardioli, D., Ferre, M. (eds) Robot 2023: Sixth Iberian Robotics Conference. ROBOT 2023. Lecture Notes in Networks and Systems, vol 976. Springer, Cham. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-031-58676-7_44
Download citation
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-031-58676-7_44
Published:
Publisher Name: Springer, Cham
Print ISBN: 978-3-031-58675-0
Online ISBN: 978-3-031-58676-7
eBook Packages: Intelligent Technologies and RoboticsIntelligent Technologies and Robotics (R0)