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Toward Maturity-Based Certification of Embodied AI: Quantifying Trustworthiness Through Measurement Mechanisms

Published: January 6, 2026 | arXiv ID: 2601.03470v1

By: Michael C. Darling , Alan H. Hesu , Michael A. Mardikes and more

Potential Business Impact:

Helps robots prove they are safe and reliable.

Business Areas:
Intelligent Systems Artificial Intelligence, Data and Analytics, Science and Engineering

We propose a maturity-based framework for certifying embodied AI systems through explicit measurement mechanisms. We argue that certifiable embodied AI requires structured assessment frameworks, quantitative scoring mechanisms, and methods for navigating multi-objective trade-offs inherent in trustworthiness evaluation. We demonstrate this approach using uncertainty quantification as an exemplar measurement mechanism and illustrate feasibility through an Uncrewed Aircraft System (UAS) detection case study.

Page Count
5 pages

Category
Computer Science:
Artificial Intelligence