Quality
Define completeness, accuracy, uncertainty, detection and false-alarm thresholds.
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Data usefulness and provenance
Score whether positioned, timestamped and calibrated readings support the intended maintenance or response decision.
Evidence statusField mission framework · task, terrain and site validation requiredLast reviewed: 15 August 2026
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FUURAA thesis
More collected data is not better evidence unless its quality and decision use are known.
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.
Provenance
Link raw data to pose, payload, calibration, software and operator review.
Use
Track anomaly acceptance, work order, rescan, rejection and closure.
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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What quality specification applies?
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How much data are missing or rejected?
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Can another reviewer reproduce the finding?
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What action did the evidence support?
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
Data acceptance specification
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Evidence package 2
Raw-to-decision provenance
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Evidence package 3
Independent review and disposition
Scope boundary
State what this evidence still cannot be generalised to.
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Resolution, file volume or dashboard appearance cannot establish measurement validity.
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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.
Sources and evidence status
Read standards scope, measurement evidence and application conclusions separately.
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NIST · Updated 2026-04-24
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Boston Dynamics · Spot SDK 5.1.9 · verified 2026-08-15
↗03Spot Payload Developer Guide
Documents mechanical, electrical, software, service-fault and time-synchronisation requirements for integrating sensing and manipulation payloads.
DARPA · Final event 2021-09-21 to 2021-09-24
↗Subterranean Challenge Final Event
Teams deployed autonomous systems to map, navigate and identify artifacts in unfamiliar tunnel, urban-underground and cave environments.