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2018 July - ASTM Committee F45 on Driverless Automatic Guided Industrial Vehicles
This website provides supporting information for the ASTM Committee F45 Annual Meeting and provides meeting registration information. For more information regarding ASTM F45, please visit: http://www.astm.org/COMMITTEE/F45.htm (link is external) and the Supporting Sub-Committee Information website: http://www.nist.gov/el/isd/astm-f45.cfm. All ASTM Committee F45 members and their guests are invited to these working meetings.
Description
ASTM Committee F45 on Driverless Automatic Guided Industrial Vehicles will hold this seventh bi-annual, face-to-face meeting on July 31 – August 2, 2018 from 8 AM to 5 PM at the National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST), Gaithersburg, MD. Main, Executive and all five Subcommittees will hold meetings, as well as current and proposed test method demonstrations. Additionally for this meeting, a third day (August 2nd) has been added for two half-day workshops on: A-UGV Capabilities/Autonomy Levels and Combining F45 Practices and Test Methods. The three day event is tentatively scheduled as follows:
Agenda
| Tuesday, July 31 - AML Building, Conference Room C106 | |||
| Start | Duration | Event | Presenter |
| 8:00 AM | 0:15 | Bus pickup from Holiday Inn | |
| 8:15 AM | 0:15 | Greetings, Agenda, Introductions | Bostelman |
| 8:30 AM | 0:45 | F45 Executive Committee - status, officers, ASTM information, etc. | Bostelman, Murphy, Morgan |
| 9:15 AM | 1:00 | F45.02 - Navigation and Docking | Roberts |
| 10:15 AM | 0:15 | Coffee Break | |
| 10:30 AM | 1:00 | F45.02 - Navigation and Docking | |
| 11:30 AM | 1:00 | Lunch - NIST Cafeteria | |
| 12:30 PM | 2:00 | Docking, Environmental Conditions/Effects (negative/positive obstacles, inclined ground surfaces) | Bostelman, Norton, Yoon |
| 2:30 PM | 0:15 | Coffee Break | |
| 2:45 PM | 1:00 | F45.01 Environmental Conditions | Bostelman |
| 3:45 PM | 1:00 | F45.91 Terminology (Configuration) | Bostelman |
| 4:45 PM | 0:15 | Day 1 wrap-up and next day agenda | Bostelman |
| 5:00 PM | Adjourn | ||
| Bus return to Holiday Inn | |||
| 6:00 PM | 0:15 | Board bus for Restaurant | |
| 6:15 PM | Dinner - restaurant tbd | ||
| Tuesday - Test Method Demonstrations | |||
| Start | Duration | Event | Presenter |
| 12:30 PM | 0:15:00 | Bus from Bldg. 101 to Bldg 202 building front - proceed to Room 150 High Bay | |
| 12:45 PM | 1:30:00 | Demonstrations: | |
| Docking, Environmental Conditions/Effects (negative/positive obstacles, inclined ground surfaces) | Bostelman, Norton, Yoon | ||
| 2:15 PM | 0:15:00 | Bus from Bldg. 202 to AML Bldg. 215, Conf. Room C106 | |
| 2:30 PM | Back to AML for coffee break | ||
| Wednesday, Aug 1 - AML Building, Conference Room C106 | |||
| Start | Duration | Event | Presenter |
| 8:00 AM | 0:15 | Bus pickup from Holiday Inn | |
| 8:15 AM | 1:00 | Precision and Bias, Interlaboratory Studies | Godorov, Farrell, ASTM |
| 9:15 AM | 0:15 | Coffee Break | |
| 9:30 AM | 2:00 | F45-03 Object Detection & Protection | Weiss, Norton |
| 11:30 AM | 1:00 | Lunch - NIST Cafeteria | |
| 12:30 PM | 2:00 | Test Method Demo's: Obstacle Avoidance/Standard Obstacles, Communication Interruption | Norton, Holmberg |
| 2:30 PM | 0:15 | Coffee Break | |
| 2:45 PM | 2:00 | F45-04 Communication & Integration | Holmberg |
| 4:45 PM | 0:30 | Main Committee - Subcommittee Reports, Future works | All Chairmen |
| 5:15 PM | 0:00 | Adjourn | |
| Bus return to Holiday Inn | |||
| 6:00 PM | 0:15 | Board bus for Restaurant | |
| 6:15 PM | Dinner - restaurant tbd | ||
| Wednesday - Test Method Demonstrations | |||
| Start | Duration | Event | Presenter |
| 12:30 PM | 0:15 | Bus from Bldg. 101 to Bldg 202 building front - proceed to Room 150 High Bay | |
| 12:45 PM | 1:30 | Demonstrations: | |
| Obstacle Avoidance/Standard Obstacles | Norton, Yoon | ||
| Communication Interruption | Holmberg, Yoon | ||
| 2:15 PM | 0:15 | Bus from Bldg. 202 to AML Bldg. 215, Conf. Room C106 | |
| 2:30 PM | Back for coffee break | ||
| Thursday, Aug 2 - AML Building, Conference Room C106 | |||
| Start | Duration | Event | Presenter |
| 8:30 AM | 0:15 | Bus pickup from Holiday Inn | |
| 8:45 AM | 1:00 | Workshop 1: Guide to A-UGV Capabilities/Autonomy Levels | Bostelman |
| 9:45 AM | 0:15 | Coffee Break | |
| 10:00 AM | 2:00 | Workshop 1: Guide to A-UGV Capabilities/Autonomy Levels | Bostelman |
| 12:00 PM | 1:00 | Lunch - NIST Cafeteria | |
| 1:00 PM | 2:00 | Workshop 2: Guide to Combining F45 Practices and Test Methods | Bostelman |
| 3:00 PM | 0:15 | Coffee Break | |
| 3:15 PM | 1:00 | Workshop 2: Guide to Combining F45 Practices and Test Methods | Bostelman |
| 4:15 PM | 0:00 | Adjourn | |
| Bus return to Holiday Inn | |||
Subcommittees are labeled as follows with working documents listed where applicable:
F45-01 Environmental Conditions
F45-02 Navigation & Docking
F45-03 Object Detection & Protection
F45-04 Communication & Integration
F45-91 Terminology
Working Documents:
- F45.01 - WK54576 Standard Practice for Recording Environmental Effects for Utilization with A-UGV Test Methods (original document being updated with: test method references, boundaries)
- F45.02 - WK57000 Standard Test Method for Docking Driverless Automatic Guided Industrial Vehicles
- F45.03 - WK54662 Test Method for Grid-Video Obstacle Measurement
- F45.03 - WK60390 Implementing Representative Obstacles for Utilization with A-UGV Test Methods
- F45.04 - WK54431 Standard Practice for Testing Data Communications Interruption for A-UGVs
- F45.91 - WK60974 Recording the A-UGV Test Configuration
Status of each subcommittee will be provided at the meetings followed by development of each subcommittee's proposals, working documents, or supporting documents and other business. Itineraries for each subcommittee will be provided in the week prior to meetings.
Registration
Hotel Information
Holiday Inn Gaithersburg
2 Montgomery Village Avenue
Gaithersburg, MD 20879
$125/night plus taxes
Includes hotel shuttle to and from NIST, and continental breakfast