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Engineering Laboratory / Intelligent Systems Division

Cognition and Collaboration Systems Group

Standards Working Groups - Terminology

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Terminology

Scope:
To define terms and identify acronyms to facilitate communication among emergency responders, robot developers, and robot researchers, covering areas of Urban Search and Rescue (US&R), Explosive Ordinance Disposal (EOD), law enforcement, and others. The working group is under ASTM E54.08.01 and collaborates closely with E54.92 that handles terminology for the entire E54.

Contact:
Hui-Min Huang

Manufacturing, Robotics, Response robots and Standards
Created December 15, 2010, Updated March 11, 2019
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