Maze Hypothesis Development in Assessing Robot Performance During Teleoperation

Published

September 28, 2007

Author(s)

Salvatore P. Schipani, Elena R. Messina

Abstract

National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) personnel had the opportunity to assess 14 prospective Urban Search and Rescue (USAR) robots, for the purposes of developing performance standards which currently do not exist. During this exercise, a maze configuration ¿ hypothesized as potentially valid test methodology ¿ was assessed. Among the findings, resultant significant differences in completion and decision making times facilitated classifying platforms based on performance. Also revealed was that errors in navigation and encounters with walls correlated with times taken in making decisions¿ the longer it took to make a decision, the greater the chance this decision was incorrect. Results validated the hypothesis of a maze as beneficial in eliciting data necessary for human controlled robot performance assessment.

Citation

NIST Interagency/Internal Report (NISTIR) - 7443

Report Number

7443

NIST Pub Series

NIST Interagency/Internal Report (NISTIR)

Pub Type

NIST Pubs

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https://doi.org/10.6028/NIST.IR.7443

Keywords

maze, metrics, performance standards, robotics, situation awareness, teleoperation

Citation

Schipani, S. and Messina, E. (2007), Maze Hypothesis Development in Assessing Robot Performance During Teleoperation, NIST Interagency/Internal Report (NISTIR), National Institute of Standards and Technology, Gaithersburg, MD, [online], https://doi.org/10.6028/NIST.IR.7443 (Accessed October 12, 2025)