Performance Evaluation for Search Robots With Wheel-Track Based on AHP-Fuzzy Comprehensive Evaluation and Development of Evaluation Software

Currently, there is no integrated research in evaluation of earthquake search robots in China. Therefore, the evaluation of earthquake search robots is systematically studied in this paper. First, motion patterns of the search robots with wheel-track were introduced, a performance evaluation index system was established for the search robots with wheel-track, and a testing standard for each index was constructed to provide a useful reference for actual tests. Second, due to the multiple levels, multiple factors, and the combination of quantitative and qualitative indices characteristics of the index system, AHP-Fuzzy comprehensive evaluation could be applied to evaluate performance of the search robots with wheel-track. Third, an evaluation system for search robots with wheel-track was proposed based on the performance evaluation index system and AHP-Fuzzy comprehensive evaluation method. Fourth, software was developed according to this evaluation system. This software could manage robotic information, experts' information, the evaluation index system and the evaluation index table. Besides, the evaluation results could be calculated by this software based on the scores given by experts and the measured data. Finally, the effectiveness of the evaluation system and software could be proven by an example. Result shows that the comprehensive performance of search robots with wheel-track is middle level.