Success
Predefine complete, degraded, assisted, aborted, failed and unrecovered outcomes.
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Mission completion and repeatability
Use all required checkpoints, accepted readings, interventions, return and turnaround as one denominator.
Evidence statusField mission framework · task, terrain and site validation requiredLast reviewed: 15 August 2026
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FUURAA thesis
Reliability is a distribution across repeated full missions, not a highlight run.
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.
Exposure
Repeat across shifts, batteries, operators, weather and route change.
Confidence
Report run count, interval, failure clusters and censoring.
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 is the denominator?
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Are assisted runs visible?
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How many independent route cycles were tested?
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Do failures cluster by condition?
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
Pre-registered outcome taxonomy
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Evidence package 2
All-run mission ledger
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Evidence package 3
Confidence and failure analysis
Scope boundary
State what this evidence still cannot be generalised to.
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Distance, uptime or checkpoint completion alone can hide invalid data, intervention and failed return.
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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
↗02Performance of Emergency Response Robots
Defines repeatable measures across mobility, sensing, endurance, communications, autonomy, logistics, safety and operator proficiency; mission profiles combine multiple elemental tests.
DARPA · Final event 2021-09-21 to 2021-09-24
↗03Subterranean Challenge Final Event
Teams deployed autonomous systems to map, navigate and identify artifacts in unfamiliar tunnel, urban-underground and cave environments.
NIST · Updated 2022-02-25 · verified 2026-08-15
↗Legged Mobility and Search Tests
Uses reconfigurable grating, hills, holes and search targets to measure locomotion and inspection together under increasing difficulty.