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Perspective on VDA 5050: "Even a standardized intralogistics system must remain adaptable"
Perspective on VDA 5050: "Even a standardized intralogistics system must remain adaptable"
Verantwortlich: Verband der Automobilindustrie (VDA) &Verband Deutscher Maschinen- und Anlagenbau (VDMA)
Launch: 2019: Version 1.0 August 2019, Version 1.1 Juni 2020, Version 2.0 Januar 2022
Kompatible Roboter: Spurgeführte und vollautonome Transportroboter
Herkunft: Boston, Massachusetts, USA
Verantwortlich: MassRobotics Autonomous Mobile Robots Interoperability Working Group; gemeinnützige Initiative bestehend aus AMR-Anbietern und Robotik-Startups, Ingenieuren, Komponentenlieferanten, Entwicklern, Investoren, Akademikern und Endbenutzerunternehmen von AMRs
Launch: 2020; Version 1.0 wurde am 18. Mai 2021 veröffentlicht
Kompatible Roboter: Spurgeführte und vollautonome Transportroboter
Verantwortlich: Verband der Automobilindustrie (VDA) &Verband Deutscher Maschinen- und Anlagenbau (VDMA)
Launch: 2019: Version 1.0 August 2019, Version 1.1 Juni 2020, Version 2.0 Januar 2022
Kompatible Roboter: Spurgeführte und vollautonome Transportroboter
Herkunft: Boston, Massachusetts, USA
Verantwortlich: MassRobotics Autonomous Mobile Robots Interoperability Working Group; gemeinnützige Initiative bestehend aus AMR-Anbietern und Robotik-Startups, Ingenieuren, Komponentenlieferanten, Entwicklern, Investoren, Akademikern und Endbenutzerunternehmen von AMRs
Launch: 2020; Version 1.0 wurde am 18. Mai 2021 veröffentlicht
Kompatible Roboter: Spurgeführte und vollautonome Transportroboter
For Dr. Lennart Bochmann, the standardized interface VDA 5050 is a success story. However, its users must retain the ability to accommodate exceptions, in line with the diverse landscape of intralogistics scenarios, from which centrally orchestrated fleets benefit to varying degrees.
For Dr. Lennart Bochmann, the standardized interface VDA 5050 is a success story. However, its users must retain the ability to accommodate exceptions, in line with the diverse landscape of intralogistics scenarios, from which centrally orchestrated fleets benefit to varying degrees.
Editor's Note:
The following text is part of the SYNAOS Magazine dossier on standardization (in German).
In just five years, VDA 5050 has transitioned from a working group in Frankfurt to a firmly established interface within a globally interconnected automation industry. It's an incredible success story—especially considering the complex subject matter, the unsorted robotics market, and the prevailing pace of development.
Orchestrating heterogeneous robot fleets intelligently and independently of manufacturers through a central control system isn't just the practical utility behind the VDA 5050 project; it's also at the core of SYNAOS.
Therefore, SYNAOS has supported VDA 5050 from its early stages, actively contributing to its ongoing evolution. I distinctly remember that by the end of 2022, as one of the first intralogistics companies, we released a dedicated whitepaper to inform the industry about the application fields, advantages, and approaches of VDA 5050.
Since then, much has happened in the fast-paced world of intralogistics. Corresponding Whitepaper and positions on VDA 5050 circulate actively through LinkedIn, trade shows, and the trade press. VDA 5050 has established itself as the interface for mobile robot fleets of all sizes, increasingly demanded as a requirement for future viability in more and more tenders.
Significant demonstrations of practicality have contributed to this, such as the regular AGV Mesh-Ups or flagship projects like controlling the world's largest mixed fleet integrated via VDA 5050 at Volkswagen Commercial Vehicles' plant in Hannover-Stöcken.
hrough numerous ongoing developments, VDA 5050 will have an even broader scope in the future. This will make it the most promising candidate to establish itself as the intralogistics communication standard for mobile robot fleets beyond its home in the German automotive and mechanical engineering industries—globally.
The working groups of VDA and VDMA are driving the issue of the VDA 5050 communication standard with great energy. Through the branches of German companies outside Europe, VDA 5050 finds its way into strategy papers and discussions among local intralogistics decision-makers overseas.
And precisely at this point, there is also a risk. Even a effectively standardized intralogistics system must remain adaptable. Even though we are 100% convinced that the most efficient form of intralogistics is achieved through VDA 5050 integration, we must not cease to scrutinize, listen carefully, and find the individually best solution for the intralogistics scenario on-site.
In practice, despite all our enthusiasm, we will continue to encounter specific conditions or infrastructural legacies that make complete VDA 5050 integration impossible, uneconomical, or simply impractical. It is crucial not to simply end the conversation but to delve deeper into the intricacies and nature of the company's intralogistics processes—initially independent of interfaces. This pragmatism is owed to the companies investing in intelligent intralogistics.
This will also be part of a practice-oriented understanding of standardized interfaces: being able to calculate where their benefits are greatest for whom. And where "detours" via integrators or custom developments are more sensible for the scenario and the people on-site than, for example, purchasing anew, re-tendering, or starting from scratch.
In short, even a standardized intralogistics system must prioritize operational performance and cost-effectiveness. It's about consistently automating new use cases. However, this is a development that occurs at different speeds.
Currently, companies with complex supply chains and high volumes of goods movement undoubtedly benefit most from centrally orchestrating mixed fleets of any size via VDA 5050. Efficiency, flexibility, reliability, and scalability are all parameters measurably enhanced by a central control system or management platform.
In our experience, this primarily concerns medium to large companies aiming to improve their in-house material flows through digitization or mobile, robot-controlled automation. We increasingly encounter these in the automotive sector, the pharmaceutical industry, the food & beverage sector, and more recently, in battery manufacturing.
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Of course, this "ideal scenario" doesn't always apply. And that's precisely the point here: Acting performance-oriented means, for me, assessing the use cases with an open mind—and then finding the best solution.
Despite the pride felt by us supporters and co-developers regarding VDA 5050, we must continually ask ourselves: Is the use of VDA 5050 serving the scenario and the people within it?
In most cases, the answer will be "Yes." And if not, then it's time to remain adaptable!
Perspective on VDA 5050: "Even a standardized intralogistics system must remain adaptable"
For Dr. Lennart Bochmann, the standardized interface VDA 5050 is a success story. However, its users must retain the ability to accommodate exceptions, in line with the diverse landscape of intralogistics scenarios, from which centrally orchestrated fleets benefit to varying degrees.
For Dr. Lennart Bochmann, the standardized interface VDA 5050 is a success story. However, its users must retain the ability to accommodate exceptions, in line with the diverse landscape of intralogistics scenarios, from which centrally orchestrated fleets benefit to varying degrees.
Editor's Note:
The following text is part of the SYNAOS Magazine dossier on standardization (in German).
In just five years, VDA 5050 has transitioned from a working group in Frankfurt to a firmly established interface within a globally interconnected automation industry. It's an incredible success story—especially considering the complex subject matter, the unsorted robotics market, and the prevailing pace of development.
Orchestrating heterogeneous robot fleets intelligently and independently of manufacturers through a central control system isn't just the practical utility behind the VDA 5050 project; it's also at the core of SYNAOS.
Therefore, SYNAOS has supported VDA 5050 from its early stages, actively contributing to its ongoing evolution. I distinctly remember that by the end of 2022, as one of the first intralogistics companies, we released a dedicated whitepaper to inform the industry about the application fields, advantages, and approaches of VDA 5050.
Since then, much has happened in the fast-paced world of intralogistics. Corresponding Whitepaper and positions on VDA 5050 circulate actively through LinkedIn, trade shows, and the trade press. VDA 5050 has established itself as the interface for mobile robot fleets of all sizes, increasingly demanded as a requirement for future viability in more and more tenders.
Significant demonstrations of practicality have contributed to this, such as the regular AGV Mesh-Ups or flagship projects like controlling the world's largest mixed fleet integrated via VDA 5050 at Volkswagen Commercial Vehicles' plant in Hannover-Stöcken.
hrough numerous ongoing developments, VDA 5050 will have an even broader scope in the future. This will make it the most promising candidate to establish itself as the intralogistics communication standard for mobile robot fleets beyond its home in the German automotive and mechanical engineering industries—globally.
The working groups of VDA and VDMA are driving the issue of the VDA 5050 communication standard with great energy. Through the branches of German companies outside Europe, VDA 5050 finds its way into strategy papers and discussions among local intralogistics decision-makers overseas.
And precisely at this point, there is also a risk. Even a effectively standardized intralogistics system must remain adaptable. Even though we are 100% convinced that the most efficient form of intralogistics is achieved through VDA 5050 integration, we must not cease to scrutinize, listen carefully, and find the individually best solution for the intralogistics scenario on-site.
In practice, despite all our enthusiasm, we will continue to encounter specific conditions or infrastructural legacies that make complete VDA 5050 integration impossible, uneconomical, or simply impractical. It is crucial not to simply end the conversation but to delve deeper into the intricacies and nature of the company's intralogistics processes—initially independent of interfaces. This pragmatism is owed to the companies investing in intelligent intralogistics.
This will also be part of a practice-oriented understanding of standardized interfaces: being able to calculate where their benefits are greatest for whom. And where "detours" via integrators or custom developments are more sensible for the scenario and the people on-site than, for example, purchasing anew, re-tendering, or starting from scratch.
In short, even a standardized intralogistics system must prioritize operational performance and cost-effectiveness. It's about consistently automating new use cases. However, this is a development that occurs at different speeds.
Currently, companies with complex supply chains and high volumes of goods movement undoubtedly benefit most from centrally orchestrating mixed fleets of any size via VDA 5050. Efficiency, flexibility, reliability, and scalability are all parameters measurably enhanced by a central control system or management platform.
In our experience, this primarily concerns medium to large companies aiming to improve their in-house material flows through digitization or mobile, robot-controlled automation. We increasingly encounter these in the automotive sector, the pharmaceutical industry, the food & beverage sector, and more recently, in battery manufacturing.
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Of course, this "ideal scenario" doesn't always apply. And that's precisely the point here: Acting performance-oriented means, for me, assessing the use cases with an open mind—and then finding the best solution.
Despite the pride felt by us supporters and co-developers regarding VDA 5050, we must continually ask ourselves: Is the use of VDA 5050 serving the scenario and the people within it?
In most cases, the answer will be "Yes." And if not, then it's time to remain adaptable!
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