State
Expose robot, order, zone, battery and fault state.
System anatomy · 07
Fleet orchestration and observability
Task allocation, traffic control, charging and WMS/WES integration must remain understandable during congestion and faults.
Evidence statusDeployment decision framework · site and workflow validation requiredLast reviewed: 14 August 2026
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FUURAA thesis
An interoperable message is useful only when state, authority and recovery semantics are also clear.
Engineering map
Turn the title into engineering objects that can be observed, measured and reviewed.
Each layer states the boundary to establish and the evidence needed for the next decision.
Authority
Define who assigns, pauses, cancels and releases work.
Recovery
Reconcile duplicate, stale and partially completed orders.
Verification questions
Write the questions first, then decide whether a demo, test, pilot or operating record can answer them.
Each question needs an object, conditions, denominator, threshold and accountable decision owner.
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Which system is the source of truth?
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How are stale states detected?
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Can two controllers issue conflicting work?
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What remains operable during network loss?
Evidence to preserve
Enable the next reader to reconstruct conditions, results, failures and the decision.
A conclusion alone loses reviewability; raw records, configuration and exclusions matter too.
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Evidence package 1
System authority and state model
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Evidence package 2
Interface conformance and semantic tests
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Evidence package 3
Congestion, outage and reconciliation drills
Scope boundary
State what this evidence still cannot be generalised to.
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VDA 5050 and MassRobotics specifications address different interoperability layers and do not prove fleet safety or task success.
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This is an engineering reading and decision framework; it does not replace application-specific risk assessment, conformity work, procurement acceptance or professional advice.
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VDA / VDMA · Version 3.0.0 · 2026-03-17
↗02VDA 5050 — Mobile robot communication interface
Defines exchange of order and status data between a central master control and mobile robots in intralogistics.
MassRobotics · Version 1.0 published 2021-05 · explainer 2023-06-19
↗MassRobotics AMR Interoperability Standard
Enables AMRs from different vendors to share basic capability, location and operating-status information in a common environment.