[robocup-athome] Interesting News From ISO ...

[Seyed Mohammad Ghaffarian]

Hi everyone;

I just read an interesting news and thought about sharing it, cause it's
kind of related to us ... OK, a lot related!

Quote from Hizook:

I recently became aware of an effort by ISO (International Organization for
> Standardization) to define a standard for domestic service robots -- more
> specifically, ISO-13482<http://www.iso.org/iso/catalogue_detail.htm?csnumber=53820>"Safety requirements for non-medical personal care robots."  I must confess
> having mixed feelings about this development.  On one hand, it is exciting
> that the personal robotics revolution is near-enough at hand to warrant the
> definition of a standard -- there are many standards for industrial robots
> (eg. ISO-10218<http://www.iso.org/iso/iso_catalogue/catalogue_tc/catalogue_detail.htm?csnumber=36322>and
> ISO-9409<http://www.iso.org/iso/iso_catalogue/catalogue_tc/catalogue_detail.htm?csnumber=36578>),
> but none for domestic personal robots.  On the other hand, I'm a bit
> concerned that a somewhat-binding international standard is being developed
> prematurely and in a rather closed-door fashion -- issues upon which I will
> elaborate below.  Thankfully, there will be plenty of discussion at IROS
> 2010 <http://www.iros2010.org.tw/> (Taipei, Taiwan in mid-October) at the
> "Workshop on Standardization for Service Robots<http://www.irc.atr.jp/std/IROS2010-WS/>
> ."


To read the full article, visit
here<http://www.hizook.com/blog/2010/07/18/iso-standard-personal-care-service-robots>
.

Wish you all the best
---
Seyed Mohammad Ghaffarian
Computer Engineering Department
Amirkabir University of Technology (Tehran Polytechnic)
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