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Formal Verification in Robotics: Why and How?

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Robotics Research

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A mobile robot aimed to operate in an hazardous environment is a typical example of critical system. We mean here that, for such a system, like for a satellite, any repairing or recovery operation, even a mission reconfiguration, which would involve the intervention of a human operator is always costly, often difficult and sometimes impossible. This is why such systems should be at least provided with capacities of on-line adaption, like self replanning or sensor-based control. However, this is not sufficient and we have to be sure, as far as possible, that the system will behave correctly, before launching. More precisely, once a mission has been defined, we would like to verify that:

  • its specifications are correct, i.e. that they correspond to the desired goals,

  • its programming conforms to specifications,

  • the constraints induced by real-time and implementation issues do not disturb its behavior.

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  1. Laboratoire d’Analyse et d’Architecture des Systemes, Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique, 7 Avenue du Coronel Roche, 31077, Toulouse Cedex, France

    Georges Giralt (Docteur es Sciences) (Docteur es Sciences)

  2. DLR Oberpfaffenhofen, Institute for Robotics and System Dynamics, 82234, Wessling, Germany

    Gerhard Hirzinger Prof. Dr.-Ing.

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Espiau, B., Kapellos, K., Jourdan, M. (1996). Formal Verification in Robotics: Why and How?. In: Giralt, G., Hirzinger, G. (eds) Robotics Research. Springer, London. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-4471-1021-7_26

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