Designation:E2829−11StandardTestMethodforEvaluatingEmergencyResponseRobotCapabilities:Mobility:ManeuveringTasks:SustainedSpeed1ThisstandardisissuedunderthefixeddesignationE2829;thenumberimmediatelyfollowingthedesignationindicatestheyearoforiginaladoptionor,inthecaseofrevision,theyearoflastrevision.Anumberinparenthesesindicatestheyearoflastreapproval.Asuperscriptepsilon(´)indicatesaneditorialchangesincethelastrevisionorreapproval.1.Scope1.1Purpose:1.1.1Thepurposeofthistestmethod,asapartofasuiteofmobilitytestmethods,istoquantitativelyevaluateateleoper-atedgroundrobot’s(seeTerminologyE2521)sustainedma-neuveringspeedonpavedsurfaces.1.1.2Robotsshallpossessacertainsetofmobilitycapabilities,includingmaneuvering,tosuitcriticaloperationssuchasemergencyresponses.Theenvironmentsoftenposeconstraintstoroboticmobilitytovariousdegrees.Beingabletomaneuvereffectivelyforextendeddistancesisessentialfordeploymentdown-rangeduringemergencyresponses.Thistestmethodspecifiesapparatusestostandardizethismaneuveringtaskfortesting.1.1.3Emergencyresponsegroundrobotsshallbeabletohandlemanytypesofobstaclesandterraincomplexities.Therequiredmobilitycapabilitiesincludetraversinggaps,hurdles,stairs,slopes,varioustypesoffloorsurfacesorterrains,andconfinedpassageways.Yetadditionalmobilityrequirementsincludesustainedspeedsandtowingcapabilities.Standardtestmethodsarerequiredtoevaluatewhethercandidaterobotsmeettheserequirements.1.1.4ASTMTaskGroupE54.08.01onRoboticsspecifiesamobilitytestsuite,whichconsistsofasetoftestmethodsforevaluatingthesemobilitycapabilityrequirements.Thissus-tainedspeedtestmethodisapartofthemobilitytestsuite.Theapparatusesassociatedwiththetestmethodschallengespecificrobotcapabilitiesinrepeatablewaystofacilitatecomparisonofdifferentrobotmodelsaswellasparticularconfigurationsofsimilarrobotmodels.1.1.5Thetestmethodsquantifyelementalmobilitycapa-bilitiesnecessaryforgroundrobotintendedforemergencyresponseapplications.Assuch,usersofthisstandardcanuseeithertheentiresuiteorasubsetbasedon...
