Failure rate estimation and reinforcement learning safety factor systems

A device in a network, the device comprising:

• processing circuitry;
• and
• memory including instructions, which when executed by the processing circuitry, cause the processing circuitry to perform operations to:
• collect activity data for a robot, the robot operating according to a path control plan generated using reinforcement learning with a safety factor as a reward function;
• detect that a safety event, involving a robot action, has occurred with the robot and an object;
• simulate, using the activity data, a recreation of the safety event to determine whether a simulated action matches the robot action;
• and
• update in response to determining that the simulated action does not match the robot action, a robot failure count corresponding to the robot.

An apparatus comprising:

• means for obtaining activity data for a robot, the robot operating according to a path control plan generated using reinforcement learning with a safety factor as a reward function;
• means for detecting that a safety event, involving a robot action, has occurred with the robot and an object;
• means for simulating, using the activity data, a recreation of the safety event to determine whether a simulated action matches the robot action;
• and
• in response to determining that the simulated action does not match the robot action, means for updating a robot failure count corresponding to the robot.