ASTM-E2801:11(R2020) pdf free download – Standard Test Method for Evaluating Emergency Response Robot Capabilities: Mobility: Confined Area Obstacles: Gaps.
3.1.14 test suite, u—designed collection of test methods that are used, collectively, to evaluate the performance of a robot’s particular subsystem or functionality, including mobility, manipulation, sensors, energy/power. communications, human-robot interaction (HRI), logistics, safety, and aerial or aquatic maneuvering.
3.1.15 testing task, or task, n—a set of activities specified in a test method for testing robots and the operators to perform in order for the performance to he evaluated according to the corresponding metric(s). A test method may specify multiple tasks.
4. Summary of Test Method
4. 1 The task for this test method, horizontal gap traversing, is defined as the entire robot traversing from the starting flat-floor terrain element to the ending flat-floor terrain clement and back. See Fig. I for an illustration. The test starts at the narrowest gap. which is 10 cm (4-in.) wide. As the evaluation proceeds. the task shall be performed on the wider gaps as specified in Section 6.
4.2 The robot’s gap-crossing capability is defined as the widest gap that the robot is able to traverse. Further, the test sponsor can specify the statistical reliability and confidence levels of such a capability and, thus, dictate the number of successful task performance repetitions that is required.
4.3 Teleoperation shall be used from an administrator- specified operator station to test the robots using an OCU provided by the operator. The operator station shall he positioned and implemented in such a manner as to insulate the operawr from the sights and sounds generated at the test apparatus.
4.4 The operator is allowed to practice before the test. She/he is also allowed to abstain from the test before it is started. Once the test begins, there shall be no verbal communication between the operator and the administrator regarding the performance of a test repetition other than instructions on when to start and notifications of faults and any safety related conditions. The operator shall have the full responsibility to determine whether and when the robot has completed a repetition and notily the administrator accordingly. However, it is the administrator’s authority to judge the completeness of the repetition.
Noi 2—Practice within the test apparatus could help establish the applicability of the robot for the given Lest methxl. It allows (he operator to gain familiarity ri(h the standard apparatus and environmental conditions. It also helps the test administrator to establish the initial apparatus setting Ihr the test when applicable.
4.5 The test sponsor has the authority to select the size of the lateral clearance for the specified confined area apparatus. The test sponsor also has the authority to select the test methods that constitute the test event, to select one or more test site(s) at which the test methods are implemented. to determine the corresponding statistical reliability and confidence levels of the results for each of the test methods, and to establish the participation rules including the testing schedules and the test environmental conditions.