Robotics evidence guide · automated editorial preparation, not expert review
Separate plans, control and authority
A task plan, an actuator command and permission to execute are distinct records. Maha’s first robotics integration should observe and verify evidence offline, not sit inside a motion-control or emergency-stop loop.
Evidence and interpretation
Our architecture proposal gives the planner a desired task, the controller a bounded action interface, and the evidence collector a record of what happened. A permission record describes what was authorized; it does not prove the selected action was physically appropriate. Likewise an execution receipt may show that a command was accepted without proving it completed. Preserve these distinctions when connecting agent tools to robots. Existing package-quality declarations help document software responsibilities, but do not establish a whole-system safety case.
Proposed evidence workflow
- Identify the planner, controller, operator and evidence collector as separate roles.
- Record command request, acknowledgement and observed outcome without equating them.
- Keep emergency stopping and physical safety controls independent of Maha’s network service.
Worked illustration
Our offline simulator compares a direct-path controller with an obstacle-aware controller. Both receive the same planned cases. The verifier can replay their discrete decisions, but has no interface for commanding a robot or overriding its safeguards.
Limits
This is an integration design boundary, not a functional-safety architecture or authorization to operate hardware. No real-time-control performance claim is made.
Sources and review
Locator: Level 1 / Package Requirements: Version Policy, Change Control Process, Documentation, Testing
Quality declarations connect package-quality claims to versioning, documented interfaces, review and testing requirements.
Boundary: Package quality is not whole-robot certification. Maha has not been assessed at a ROS quality level.
Inspection and reuse basis
Selected sections inspected 2026-09-14. Original explanation and link; no source redistribution. This is not independent expert review of this article.