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A Study on Challenges of Testing Robotic Systems - Interview Script

  • 1. Carnegie Mellon University

Description

Robotic systems are increasingly a part of everyday life. Characteristics of robotic systems such as interaction with the physical world, and integration of hardware and software components, differentiate robotic systems from conventional software systems. Although numerous studies have investigated the challenges of software testing in practice, no such study has been conducted on testing robotic systems. In this paper, we conduct a qualitative study to better understand the testing practices used by the robotics community, and identify the challenges that practitioners face when testing their systems.

We conducted semi-structured interviews that lasted between 30 to 60 minutes over phone, video chat, or in person. We prepared an interview script with detailed questions providing insight into our research questions, which
we provide as a supplement to the paper in this file.
However, we only used the script to guide the interviews. We adjusted interview  questions based on the experience of the participant to gain a deeper understanding of their testing practices and challenges.

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