Robot Identification Number (RIN)
Licensing: CC0
The number is designed for a worldwide usage. It has been designed to be a robust and long-term solution for robot manufacturers.
Main features: it is unique, includes a serial number, identifies robots for manufacturers. It also informative for consumers unlike e.g. Vehicle Identification Number VIN or proprietary codes.
There is a mandatory checksum to be used and it helps to avoid typing and OCR errors.
It is defined to be easy to read, write and check. It includes version information, so it is possible to revised the standard later on.
Robot Identification Number (RIN)
Licensing: CC0
The number is designed for a worldwide usage. It has been designed to be a robust and long-term solution for robot manufacturers.
Main features: it is unique, includes a serial number, identifies robots for manufacturers. It also informative for consumers unlike e.g. Vehicle Identification Number VIN or proprietary codes.
There is a mandatory checksum to be used and it helps to avoid typing and OCR errors.
It is defined to be easy to read, write and check. It includes version information, so it is possible to revised the standard later on.
RIN Version A
|
D |
Type |
Description |
|
|
3 |
[A-Z] |
Country Code SO_3166-1_alpha-3 |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/ISO_3166-1_alpha-3 |
|
4 |
[0-9A-Z]\[IOQ] |
Manufacturer identifier |
35^4 = over 1,5 million manufacturers per country. Numbers and capital letters except I, O and Q! |
|
6 |
[0-9A-Z]\[IOQ] |
Robot attributes |
35^6, manufacturer may use this as they like, e.g. identify platform, type and body style. Numbers and capital letters except I, O and Q! |
|
2 |
[0-9] |
Model Year |
Last two numbers of the model year |
|
2 |
[0-9] |
Model Month |
|
|
2 |
[0-9] |
Model Day |
|
|
3 |
[0-9A-Z]\[IOQ] |
Plant code |
Numbers and capital letters except I, O and Q! |
|
6 |
[0-9] |
Sequential number |
The serial number. Manufacturer may decide how to use. |
|
1 |
[A-Z]\[IOQ] |
RIN version code |
Capital letters except I, O and Q! |
|
2 |
[0-9A-F] |
Checksum |
Calculate CheckSum8 Modulo 256 using formula: Sum of Bytes % 256. (Hexa) |
Valid RIN codes (actually the very first four RIN numbers issued):
RIN
Owner
FIN0001PULUM1180115001000001A85
The very first RIN! Owner of the robot is University of Helsinki
FIN0001PULUM1180115001000002A86
Owner of the robot is University of Helsinki
FIN0001PULUM1180115001000003A87
Owner of the robot is Tampere University of Technology
FIN0001PULUM1180115001000004A88
Owner of the robot is Tampere University of Technology
Validate the checksum
You may use validators e.g.
https://www.scadacore.com/tools/programming-calculators/online-checksum-calculator/
Add the RIN without the last two digits to ASCII field e.g. “FIN0001PULUM1180115001000001A” and check from field “CheckSum8 Modulo 256” the hexadecimal result which is in this case “85”. From the above table, you see that this RIN is valid!
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Valid RIN codes (actually the very first four RIN numbers issued):
|
RIN |
Owner |
|
FIN0001PULUM1180115001000001A85 |
The very first RIN! Owner of the robot is University of Helsinki |
|
FIN0001PULUM1180115001000002A86 |
Owner of the robot is University of Helsinki |
|
FIN0001PULUM1180115001000003A87 |
Owner of the robot is Tampere University of Technology |
|
FIN0001PULUM1180115001000004A88 |
Owner of the robot is Tampere University of Technology |
Validate the checksum
You may use validators e.g.
https://www.scadacore.com/tools/programming-calculators/online-checksum-calculator/
Add the RIN without the last two digits to ASCII field e.g. “FIN0001PULUM1180115001000001A” and check from field “CheckSum8 Modulo 256” the hexadecimal result which is in this case “85”. From the above table, you see that this RIN is valid!
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