INDEPENDENT RESEARCH · VÆRINGJAR II

What remains after failure?

When stopping is itself a hazard, a system must assess what it can still do, whether its models remain trustworthy, and when a stable reconfiguration is possible.

S(t) ∈ [0, 1]Mission capability, from zero to one

Three engineering scenes of the same mobile robot: normal operation; a damaged wheel and conflicting environmental estimates; and a possible constrained continuation. The wheel remains damaged.
Nominal capabilityResource and model degradationConstrained continuation