Merge pull request #56 from crystaldust/sig-robotics

Add the KubeEdge robotics SIG charter.

sig-robotics/README.md

+# SIG Robotics
+
+The SIG Robotics focuses on technical discussion, API definition, reference architecture, implementation in robots, to enable the cloud ability(storage, AI) to be applied to the robots on edge.
+
+
+The [charter](charter.md) defines the scope and governance of the Robotics Special Interest Group.
+
+## Meetings
+
+
+* Regular SIG Meeting: [Tuesday at 10:00 UTC+8](https://zoom.us/my/kubeedge) (weekly, starts on 22th, June 2021). [Convert to your timezone](https://www.thetimezoneconverter.com/?t=10%3A00%20am&tz=GMT%2B8&).
+ * [Meeting notes and Agenda]().
+ * [Meeting Calendar]() | [Subscribe]()
+
+## Contact
+- Slack: [#sig-robotics]()
+- [Mailing list](https://groups.google.com/forum/#!forum/kubeedge)

sig-robotics/charter.md

+# SIG Robotics Charter
+
+This charter adheres to the conventions described in [KubeEdge Open Governance](https://github.com/kubeedge/community/blob/master/GOVERNANCE.md) and uses the Roles and Organization Management outlined in the governance doc.
+
+## Scope
+
+The SIG Robotics focuses on technical discussion, API definition, reference architecture, implementation in robots, to empower existing robotics ecosystems with KubeEdge, based on the edge-cloud synergy architecture, to improve robot intelligence and development efficiency.
+
+### In scope
+#### Areas of Focus
+1. Based on KubeEdge, to implement cloud robot platform, to integrate cloud computing technologies(cloud native, AI, storage etc) with robots:
+    - Support heterogeneous robots, including mobile robots, robotics arm, and many other robot platforms.
+    - Integrate popular open source robotics technologies with KubeEdge to make the robots development, debug, simulation, deployment and management easier.
+    - Cooperate with other open source communities, e.g.,  [ROS](https://www.ros.org/), [Gazebo](http://gazebosim.org/), also with other SIGs like [SIG AI](https://github.com/kubeedge/community/tree/master/sig-ai) and [SIG IoT](https://github.com/kubeedge/community/tree/master/sig-device-iot)
+1. Synergy mechanisms research for robotics workloads, **including but not limited to**:
+    - Cloud environment for robot programming, compilation, simulation, packaging and deployment
+    - Integration with cloud services like AI training, data storage, monitoring
+    - Edge-cloud synergy system for robots
+        - Robot application deployment to robot base on edge
+        - Fleet ops
+        - Tele ops
+        - Cloud service integration like AI(training and inference), data storage, monitoring
+    - Additional protocol integration like [Micro-XRCE-DDS](https://github.com/eProsima/Micro-XRCE-DDS)
+- Provide basic container environment, examples.
+- Cooperate with partners to make use cases to promote cloud robot technology.
+### Out of scope
+- Re-invent existing robotics framework or tooling, e.g., ROS, Gazebo, DDS
+- Offer domain/application-specific algorithms, e.g., robot hardware, path planning, SLAM
+
+
+## Roles and Organization Management
+
+This SIG follows and adheres to the Roles and Organization Management outlined in KubeEdge Open Governance and opts-in to updates and modifications to KubeEdge Open Governance.
+
+### Additional responsibilities of Chairs
+
+- Manage and curate the project boards associated with all sub-projects ahead of every SIG meeting so they may be discussed
+- Ensure the agenda is populated 24 hours in advance of the meeting, or the meeting is then cancelled
+- Report the SIG status at events and community meetings wherever possible
+- Actively promote diversity and inclusion in the SIG
+- Uphold the KubeEdge Code of Conduct especially in terms of personal behavior and responsibility