ASTM-E2804:11(R2020) pdf free download – Standard Test Method for Evaluating Emergency Response Robot Capabilities: Mobility: Confined Area Obstacles: Stairs/L andings.
3.2.14 testing task, or task, n—a set of activities well defined in a test method for testing robots and the operators to perform in order for the robots’ performance to be evaluated. A test method may specify multiple tasks. A task corresponds to the associated metric or metrics.
4. Summary of Test 1ethod
4.1 The task for this test method, stair traversing, is defined as the entire robot traversing from the starting flat-floor terrain element to the landing at the top of the stairs apparatus and hack. See Fig. I for an illustration. The test starts at the set of stairs with the lowest slope and having dry surface. As the evaluation proceeds, the task shall be performed on all the other stair surfaces and on the increased stair inclines as specified in Section 6.
4.2 The robot’s stair traversing capability is defined as the steepest stair set that the robot is able to traverse for all the selected surface types. 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 he used from the operator station specified by the administrator to test the robots using an OCU provided by the operator. The operator station shall he positioned and implemented in such a manner so as to insulate the operator 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 notify the administrator accordingly. However, it is the administrator’s authority to judge the completeness of the repetition.
Nom 2—Practice within the test apparatus could help establish the applicability of the robot for the given test method. It allows the operator to gain familiarity rith the standard apparatus and environmental conditions. It also helps the Lest administrator to establish the initial apparaLus setting for 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 thai 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.