Capability
Can it do it?Can the robot perform the task it claims to perform?
A common measure
for real-world robots.
The Robot Benchmark is being developed to create independent, comparable ways to understand how robots perform in the situations that matter.
01 / Why now
Capability claims will not be enough.
Robots are moving beyond controlled demonstrations and into warehouses, hospitals, workplaces, public environments and, eventually, homes.
A machine may be able to walk, lift, sort or navigate. That tells us little about how reliably it will perform when conditions change, instructions conflict, people intervene or the unexpected happens.
As robots enter human spaces, decision-makers will need evidence they can compare and trust.
02 / The standard
A shared language for robot performance.
The Robot Benchmark will develop and govern common approaches to what gets tested, how testing is conducted, how performance is scored and how results can be compared.
Its purpose will be practical: to help turn demonstrations and claims into structured evidence about machines operating in the real world.
A clearer answer to a simple question:
How did this robot actually perform?
03 / The Three C's Framework
Three questions.
One benchmark.
Competence
Can it do it well?Can it perform reliably and repeatedly under variation, interruption and uncertainty?
Conduct
Can we trust how it behaves?What happens when people, other machines and unexpected events enter the environment?
04 / Who it serves
Evidence people can act on.
ManufacturersIndependent evidence of how machines perform beyond the demo.
Buyers and operatorsA more useful basis for comparing robots with the jobs and environments they have in mind.
Insurers and risk specialistsStructured evidence to support better-informed assessment.
Governments and procurersA common frame for evaluation, procurement and future policy.
Researchers and investigatorsRepeatable approaches for understanding behavior, including when things go wrong.
05 / From standard to proof
The standard.
And the place that proves it.
The Robot Benchmark
Is being developed as an independent international institution for real-world robot evaluation.
It will define common ways to measure capability, competence and conduct.
Is being built as the physical proving ground where those ideas can meet increasingly realistic, repeatable and instrumented scenarios.
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A standard worth trusting will be built together.
The Robot Benchmark is at the beginning. Its credibility will depend on careful development, transparent methods and input from people who understand robotics, safety, industry, research, insurance, procurement and the environments in which robots will operate.
We are assembling the expertise and support needed to shape what comes next.
If your organization has a stake in trustworthy real-world robotics, we would like to hear from you.