UGV Interoperability Profile

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UGV Interoperability Profile (UGV IOP), Robotics and Autonomous Systems – Ground IOP (RAS-G IOP) or simply IOP was originally an initiative started by the United States Department of Defense (DoD) to organize and maintain open architecture interoperability standards for Unmanned Ground Vehicles (UGV). A primary goal of this initiative is to leverage existing and emerging standards within the Unmanned Vehicle (UxV) community such as the Society of Automotive Engineers (SAE) AS-4 Joint Architecture for Unmanned Systems (JAUS) standard and the Army Unmanned Aircraft Systems (UAS) Project Office IOPs.[1][2][3][4]

The IOP was initially created by U.S. Army Robotic Systems Joint Project Office (RS JPO):[5] and is currently maintained by the U.S. Army Project Manager Force Projection (PM FP).[6][7] The plural form Interoperability Profiles (IOPs) typically refers to the set of documents, which comprise the IOP and its intended usage. The IOPs are approved for public release. The National Advanced Mobility Consortium (NAMC) makes the IOPs available at the https://namcgroups.org website for registered users.

  1. ^ Cite error: The named reference IOPv2 was invoked but never defined (see the help page).
  2. ^ "U.S. Army Unveils Common UGV Standards". Aviation Week Network. Penton. 10 January 2012. Retrieved 25 April 2017.
  3. ^ Serbu, Jared (14 August 2014). "Army turns to open architecture to plot its future in robotics". Federal News Radio. Retrieved 28 April 2017.
  4. ^ Demaitre, Eugene. "Military Robots Use Interoperability Profile for Mobile Arms". Robolliance News. Robotics Business Review. Retrieved 28 April 2017.[permanent dead link]
  5. ^ Mazzara, Mark (2011). "RS JPO Interoperability Profiles". Warren, MI: U.S. Army RS JPO. Retrieved 20 March 2017.[dead link]
  6. ^ Mazzara, Mark (2014). "UGV Interoperability Profiles (IOPs) Update for GVSETS" (PDF). Warren, MI: U.S. Army PM FP. Retrieved 20 March 2017.[permanent dead link]
  7. ^ Demaitre, Eugene (14 July 2016). "Military Robots Use Interoperability Profile for Mobile Arms". Robotics Business Review. EH Publishing. Retrieved 28 April 2017.