Continuity
Define degraded operation, safe stop, substitute and recovery.
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Continuity, change and retirement
Plan network loss, blocked routes, vendor outage, software rollback, transfer and end of support.
Evidence statusService decision framework · site and user validation requiredLast reviewed: 14 August 2026
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FUURAA thesis
Service risk changes when software, maps, premises, users or vendor status changes.
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.
Change
Classify changes requiring review or retest.
Retirement
Remove credentials, erase data and communicate end of support.
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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Which dependencies stop service?
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What continues safely offline?
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Which changes trigger review?
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What happens after support ends?
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
Degraded-mode plan
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Evidence package 2
Configuration history
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Evidence package 3
Retirement closure record
Scope boundary
State what this evidence still cannot be generalised to.
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A robot useful today may not remain so after updates, site change or loss of support.
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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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ISO · 2023-11
↗02ISO 31101:2023 — Safety management for services provided by service robots
Addresses safety management for service-robot applications in human spaces with trained and untrained people.
NIST · 2022-09-20
↗NIST IR 8425 — Consumer IoT cybersecurity baseline profile
Frames cybersecurity outcomes across the whole consumer IoT product, including device, backend and companion components.