The interface was established in cooperation between the German Association of the Automotive Industry and Verband Deutscher Maschinen-und Anlagenbau e.V. (VDMA) with the support of the Institute for Material Handling and Logistics at the Karlsruhe Institute of Technology (KIT IFL) as an all-purpose interface for communication between a master control system and automated guided vehicle systems.

You can download the current version here free of charge. Suggested changes can be posted to the GitHub repository http:/github.com/vda5050/vda5050. They will be reviewed by the VDA and VDMA and, if a positive decision is made, will be included in a new version. Older versions of VDA 5050 are no longer recommended or developed further. You can download them here.