1. Scope
This test method describes objective measures of performance for a remotely controlled ground robot capable of traversing/negotiating a variety of structured and unstructured environments, including partially or fully collapsed structures. It provides a basis for performance comparisons among such systems through associated metrics and statistically significant repetitions to establish robot capabilities. Fabricated test fixtures/props, with various surfaces, topographies and obstacles, provide abstract but repeatable tasks intended to exercise the limits of robot mobility while being operated remotely. This test method can be performed with various payloads to determine operational constraints imposed on the robot. It can also be used to ascertain operator proficiencies during training, or provide practice tasks that exercise robot actuators, sensors, and operator interfaces. There is currently no such standard for evaluating ground mobility of robots for urban search and rescue applications.
Agencies have no means of objectively evaluating the mobility capabilities of small robots that could be applied to urban search and rescue. This set of test methods enables measurements and inter-comparison among different robots.
Keywords
robot, mobile robot, mobile manipulator, small unmanned ground vehicle (SUGV), unmanned ground vehicle (UGV), remote teleoperation, urban search and rescue (US&R)
The title and scope are in draft form and are under development within this ASTM Committee.
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