Formal specification and verification of autonomous robotic systems: A survey

M Luckcuck, M Farrell, LA Dennis, C Dixon… - ACM Computing …, 2019‏ - dl.acm.org
Autonomous robotic systems are complex, hybrid, and often safety critical; this makes their
formal specification and verification uniquely challenging. Though commonly used, testing …

UAS operators safety and reliability survey: Emerging technologies towards the certification of autonomous UAS

M Osborne, J Lantair, Z Shafiq, X Zhao… - … on System Reliability …, 2019‏ - ieeexplore.ieee.org
This paper details the results of a survey on safety and reliability of commercial Unmanned
Aerial Systems (UAS), issued to 1500 companies in the UK, with a 10% response rate. The …

Towards integrating formal verification of autonomous robots with battery prognostics and health management

X Zhao, M Osborne, J Lantair, V Robu, D Flynn… - … Engineering and Formal …, 2019‏ - Springer
The battery is a key component of autonomous robots. Its performance limits the robot's
safety and reliability. Unlike liquid-fuel, a battery, as a chemical device, exhibits complicated …

Planning via model checking with decision-tree controllers

J Kiesbye, K Grover, P Ashok… - … Conference On Robotics …, 2022‏ - ieeexplore.ieee.org
Planning problems can be solved not only by planners, but also by model checkers. While
the former yield a plan that requires replanning as soon as any fault occurs, the latter …

Strategy synthesis for autonomous agents using PRISM

R Giaquinta, R Hoffmann, M Ireland, A Miller… - NASA Formal Methods …, 2018‏ - Springer
We present probabilistic models for autonomous agent search and retrieve missions derived
from Simulink models for an Unmanned Aerial Vehicle (UAV) and show how probabilistic …

[HTML][HTML] Formal verification for task description languages. A petri net approach

J López, A Santana-Alonso, M Diaz-Cacho Medina - Sensors, 2019‏ - mdpi.com
One of the main challenges in verifying robotic systems is its asynchronous interaction with
an unstructured environment, observed by imperfect sensors. Autonomous robot systems …

Functionally-equivalent formalisation and automated model checking of Function Block Diagrams

T Ausberger, K Kubicek, P Medvecova - IEEE Access, 2025‏ - ieeexplore.ieee.org
In the development and verification of safety-critical and safety-related Instrumentation and
Control (I&C) systems, it is essential to ensure there is no deviation from the requirements of …

[PDF][PDF] A Counter Abstraction Technique for the Verification of Probabilistic Swarm Systems.

A Lomuscio, E Pirovano - AAMAS, 2019‏ - pirovano.co.uk
A Counter Abstraction Technique for the Verification of Probabilistic Swarm Systems Page 1 A
Counter Abstraction Technique for the Verification of Probabilistic Swarm Systems Alessio …

Collaborative models for autonomous systems controller synthesis

D Fraser, R Giaquinta, R Hoffmann, M Ireland… - Formal Aspects of …, 2020‏ - Springer
We show how detailed simulation models and abstract Markov models can be developed
collaboratively to generate and implement effective controllers for autonomous agent search …

Autonomous agent using ai Q-learning in augmented reality ludo board game

FE Fadzli, AW Ismail, NM Suaib, LY Yee - International Conference on …, 2023‏ - Springer
An autonomous agent works with Artificial Intelligence (AI) can decide its actions to adapt
and respond to the changes in a dynamic environment. The autonomous agent can be …