Tech-Talk: VDA 5050 for Automated Guided Vehicles
Registrations are only possible until 18.1.23 1 p.m.! Logistics is inconceivable without standards, or what would it look like without a europallet, for example? With VDA 5050, an open communication standard for automated guided vehicles has been in the world since 2019, which enables the use of a wide range of vehicles from different manufacturers in a control system
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Registrations are only possible until 18.1.23 1 p.m.! Logistics is inconceivable without standards, or what would it look like without a europallet, for example? With VDA 5050, an open communication standard for automated guided vehicles has been in the world since 2019, which enables the use of a wide range of vehicles from different manufacturers in a control system
SYNAOS GmbH
- Dr. Lennart Bochmann, SYNAOS GmbH
- Harald Gärtner, ZF Group
- Wolfgang Hillinger, Chairman of the Automated Guided Vehicles Division within VDMA Materials Handling and Intralogistics Association, DS AUTOMOTION
- Tim Menapace, Schaeffler AG
- Lucas Trunk, SEW Eurodrive
The web event is aimed at logistics managers in companies from industry, mechanical engineering, trade and logistics services as well as those interested in Industry 4.0.
VDA 5050
As a communication interface, VDA 5050 enables the integration of different automated guided vehicles in a common system and thus a building block for Industry 4.0.
Coordination between automated guided vehicles (AGVs) in warehouses and production is becoming increasingly important. While the number of material transports is increasing, the available space does not. In addition, the complexity increases when different vehicles from different manufacturers will be used in one fleet.
In 2017, these conditions led to a spezial collaboration. Since then, a joint project team of AGV users, control system providers and AGV manufacturers coordinated by the German Association of the Automotive Industry (VDA) and the VDMA Materials Handling and Intralogistics Association has been working on the development of a communication interface. With VDA 5050, vehicles and master control systems are able to communicate with each other regardless of the manufacturer.
Version 2.0.0 represents the latest version of VDA 5050. It was published in February 2022 and replaces version 1.1.
The necessary and optional parameters for an automated guided vehicle (AGV) are now clearly defined. These must be communicated in advance by the AGV to the control system with the help of a factsheet (part of VDA 5050 V2.0.0). In addition to changes to the logic of order acceptance and adjustments to the mandatory notation of enumerations, corrections to the permissible characters and field lengths have also been implemented.
The further development of VDA 5050 takes place via a public GitHub repository:
The Tech Talk will be recorded and then posted online. The participants will be informed about this once again in advance.
