Fisher, M, Cardoso, RC, Collins, EC, Dadswell, C, Dennis, LA, Dixon, C, Farrell, M, Ferrando, A, Huang, X, Jump, M, Kourtis, G, Lisitsa, A, Luckcuck, M, Luo, S, Page, V, Papacchini, F and Webster, M (2021) An Overview of Verification and Validation Challenges for Inspection Robots. Robotics, 10 (2). ISSN 2218-6581

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Abstract

The advent of sophisticated robotics and AI technology makes sending humans into hazardous and distant environments to carry out inspections increasingly avoidable. Being able to send a robot, rather than a human, into a nuclear facility or deep space is very appealing. However, building these robotic systems is just the start and we still need to carry out a range of verification and validation tasks to ensure that the systems to be deployed are as safe and reliable as possible. Based on our experience across three research and innovation hubs within the UK’s “Robots for a Safer World” programme, we present an overview of the relevant techniques and challenges in this area. As the hubs are active across nuclear, offshore, and space environments, this gives a breadth of issues common to many inspection robots

Item Type:	Article
Subjects:	Q Science > QA Mathematics > QA75 Electronic computers. Computer science Q Science > QA Mathematics > QA76 Computer software
Divisions:	Computer Science & Mathematics
Publisher:	MDPI
Date Deposited:	11 May 2021 10:09
Last Modified:	04 Sep 2021 05:29
DOI or ID number:	10.3390/robotics10020067
URI:	https://researchonline.ljmu.ac.uk/id/eprint/14977

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