Determining vehicle integrity based on observed behavior during predetermined manipulations

A system comprising:

• a mobile handling system comprising:
• a carriage portion;
• a robotic arm mounted to the carriage portion, wherein the robotic arm comprises a plurality of pivots and a grasping element;
• at least one sensor associated with the robotic arm, wherein the at least one sensor is configured to measure at least one of a force or a torque imparted upon the grasping element;
• and
• a control system in communication with each of the plurality of pivots and the grasping element, wherein the control system comprises one or more processors and a memory storage component having one or more sets of instructions stored thereon that, when executed by the one or more processors, cause the control system to at least:
• determine that a vehicle is in a sound condition at a first time;
• cause the robotic arm to engage the vehicle by the grasping element at a second time, wherein the vehicle is at a first position and in a first orientation at the second time, and wherein the second time follows the first time;
• cause the robotic arm to subject the vehicle to a movement over a first period of time, wherein the vehicle is in at least one of a second position or a second orientation after the movement, and wherein the first period of time follows the second time;
• capture first data representing at least one of a force or a torque acting on the grasping element by the at least one sensor during or after the movement, wherein at least some of the first data is captured during or after the first period of time;
• derive a first signature based at least in part on the first data, wherein the first signature comprises a representation of at least one of the force or the torque acting on the grasping element by the at least one sensor during or after the movement with respect to time or frequency;
• store the first signature in association with the vehicle;
• determine that the vehicle has completed a mission not later than a fifth time, wherein the fifth time follows the fourth time;
• cause the robotic arm to engage the vehicle by the grasping element at the fifth time, wherein the vehicle is at the first position and in the first orientation at the fifth time;
• cause the robotic arm to subject the vehicle to the movement at a sixth time, wherein the vehicle is in one of the second position or the second orientation after the movement, and wherein the sixth time follows the fifth time;
• capture second data representing at least one of a force or a torque acting on the grasping element by the at least one sensor during or after the movement, wherein at least some of the second data is captured at a seventh time, and wherein the seventh time follows the sixth time;
• derive a second signature based at least in part on the second data, wherein the second signature comprises a representation of at least one of the force or the torque acting on the grasping element by the at least one sensor during or after the movement with respect to time or frequency;
• generate a comparison of the second signature to the first signature;
• and
• determine that the vehicle is structurally sound at the seventh time based at least in part on the comparison.