Real-Time Assessment of Robot Performance during Remote Exploration Operations

Abstract

To ensure that robots are used effectively for exploration missions, it is important to assess their performance during operations. We are investigating the definition and computation of performance metrics for assessing remote robotic operations in real-time. Our approach is to monitor data streams from robots, compute performance metrics, and provide Web-based displays of these metrics for assessing robot performance during operations. We evaluated our approach for measuring robot performance with the K10 rovers from NASA Ames Research Center during a field test at Moses Lake Sand Dunes (WA) in June 2008. In this paper we present the results of evaluating our software for robot performance and discuss our conclusions from this evaluation for future robot operations.

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Document Details

Document Type
Technical Report
Publication Date
Mar 01, 2009
Accession Number
ADA518168

Entities

People

  • Debra Schreckenghost
  • Estrellina Pacis
  • Hans Utz
  • Terrence Fong
  • Tod Milam

Organizations

  • National Aeronautics and Space Administration

Tags

Communities of Interest

  • Autonomy
  • Human Systems

DTIC Thesaurus Topics

  • Accuracy
  • Commerce
  • Computations
  • Computer Science
  • Control Systems Engineering
  • Digital Communications
  • Efficiency
  • Engineering
  • Engineers
  • Field Tests
  • High Resolution
  • Reconnaissance
  • Robotics
  • Robots
  • Task Performance And Analysis
  • Teleoperation
  • Test And Evaluation

Fields of Study

  • Computer science
  • Engineering

Readers

  • Computational Modeling and Simulation
  • Geotechnical Engineering.
  • Robotics and Automation.

Technology Areas

  • AI & ML
  • AI & ML - Autonomous Systems
  • Autonomy