Track D
Physical
PlannedHow do Route, Ground and Assure apply where errors have physical consequences?
This page describes our research agenda. Status labels show what is planned, in progress or complete.
Why it matters
Physical trials stay abstract until positioning is signed off. This page names paths, not products.
The same Route, Ground, Assure stack where errors have physical consequences.
Directions
- 1.D1 swarm coordination under degraded conditions.
- 2.D2 assurance for learned autonomy (runtime monitors and safety shields).
- 3.D3 language and agents as robot interfaces, with verification gates.
- 4.D4 assistive robotics with demonstrable safety.
Every claim names its testbed stage (simulation, hardware-in-the-loop, controlled indoor, outdoor field) and reports sim-to-real gaps.
Testbed ladder
Simulation, hardware-in-the-loop, controlled indoor, outdoor field.
1 / 4
Simulation
ROS 2, Gazebo
Planned2 / 4
Hardware-in-the-loop
Flight controller or board with simulated environment
Planned3 / 4
Controlled indoor trials
Small, safe, repeatable
Planned4 / 4
Outdoor field trials
Only with permissions and a safety pilot
Planned
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| Step | Tools | Status |
|---|---|---|
| Simulation | ROS 2, Gazebo | Planned |
| Hardware-in-the-loop | Flight controller or board with simulated environment | Planned |
| Controlled indoor trials | Small, safe, repeatable | Planned |
| Outdoor field trials | Only with permissions and a safety pilot | Planned |
Digital versus physical stack
Route, Ground and Assure in the digital lab versus the physical track.
| Layer | Digital | Physical |
|---|---|---|
| Route | Policy-driven routing across cost, latency, privacy and quality. | Select planner and control mode under degraded sensing and communications. |
| Ground | Provenance-first knowledge graphs. | World model with sensor and map provenance. |
| Assure | Quality contracts before an output ships. | Runtime monitors and safety shields before a motion command ships. |
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| Layer | Digital | Physical |
|---|---|---|
| Route | Policy-driven routing across cost, latency, privacy and quality. | Select planner and control mode under degraded sensing and communications. |
| Ground | Provenance-first knowledge graphs. | World model with sensor and map provenance. |
| Assure | Quality contracts before an output ships. | Runtime monitors and safety shields before a motion command ships. |
Planned metrics
Metric names from the research agenda. Values stay Pending until results.json has a row.
Mission completion under injected faults
Pending
Time to re-plan after losing an agent
Pending
Unsafe-plan interception rate
Pending
False-block rate
Pending
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| Metric | Value |
|---|---|
| Mission completion under injected faults | Pending |
| Time to re-plan after losing an agent | Pending |
| Unsafe-plan interception rate | Pending |
| False-block rate | Pending |
Connects to
Work with HOPN Lab
Researchers can apply through EHOPn. The lab agenda is public. Results stay Pending until measurements exist.