ASTM International's F45.05 Committee on Robotics, Automation, and Autonomous Systems is developing standards for mobile manipulators, focusing on precision and quantifiable tests.
The goal of the standards is to measure the accuracy of the manipulator and mobile base's movements in autonomous mobile robots.
ASTM's standards effort started in 2014, and it expanded its scope in 2022 to include robotics and automation.
The organization has introduced a testing table as a tool to demonstrate the precision of mobile manipulators and facilitate testing for accuracy and repeatability.