Testing and certification framework for URC

Ubiquitous robotic companion (URC) is defined as a network-based intelligent service robot and it is in the early stage on commercial in Korea. It should be possible for URC to interact with people at anywhere and anytime because it provides various services to a user directly such as news, music, education, etc. Thus malfunction or electric unstability of URC can be a significant problem to the user. The poor service quality can also make a bad robot image and it can be an obstacle in robot commercialization. In this respect, the safety and service quality should be guaranteed. This paper focuses on a test specification and certification system of URC to guarantee the service quality and safety.