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Session 3
Architecture(s) for Future
Interoperability:
Is the Joint Architecture for
Unmanned Systems (JAUS) the answer?
The JAUS working group has been working to
produce a universal standard for the community to use as an
enabler of interoperability. Even so, developers and integrators
of interoperable unmanned systems solutions have taken temporal
snapshots of the JAUS working group results (including various
versions) and charged forward in their implementations. The
standards have not and are not evolved enough to create an
environment where various implementations of the JAUS standard
can confidently be integrated with each other. Several JAUS
compliant libraries (data, variables, functions) exist and these
libraries often times require translators between them to allow
interoperability. The most common implementation is based on
Reference Architecture 3.2, with extensions based on
experimental messages developed by the OCU and Payloads
Committee. If confusion exists with regards to versioning and
backwards compatibility, then “JAUS standard” is misnomer.
In addition, standards such as STANAG-4586,
ASTM, and systems such as Microsoft Robotics studio exist, which
define interoperability and capabilities in a different manner.
What is the correct approach for interoperability between major
families of standards?
The intent
of session three is to gather together vocal proponents of the
various unmanned systems/subsystems interoperability interface
approaches and let them interact. It is expected that energetic
interactions between these various camps can help the attending
community achieve a higher awareness of what the problems are,
and to hear some of the approaches being considered as solutions
to those problems. A take away from this session should be a
more enlightened community which is ready to participate in
solving problems in a more informed fashion, therefore more
readily enabling future interoperability.
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