Attention
Measure dwell time, video monitoring, alarms and competing tasks.
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Operator workload and interventions
Measure sustained attention, alarm handling, recovery, training and the real number of robots one person can supervise.
Evidence statusField mission framework · task, terrain and site validation requiredLast reviewed: 15 August 2026
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FUURAA thesis
Human support is a legitimate control whose labour and reliability must remain visible.
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.
Intervention
Record cause, frequency, latency, duration and outcome.
Competence
Track initial and recurrent training, scenario coverage and skill decay.
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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How many robots can one person safely supervise?
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Which events require continuous attention?
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What happens when the operator is unavailable?
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Is intervention counted as failure?
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
Task-based workload study
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Evidence package 2
Intervention and alarm distribution
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Evidence package 3
Training and proficiency record
Scope boundary
State what this evidence still cannot be generalised to.
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A robot described as autonomous may still depend on route teaching, monitoring, exception handling and retrieval.
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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.
Boston Dynamics · Spot SDK 5.1.9 · verified 2026-08-15
↗Spot Payload Developer Guide
Documents mechanical, electrical, software, service-fault and time-synchronisation requirements for integrating sensing and manipulation payloads.