Industrial — AR Rubric Data Twin

Foreword. Data Artifact: the machine-readable twin of VRS-IND-201 (VRS 2026 (draft)) — the sector criteria with their point ranges, rungs and tier ceilings, the contributing intrinsic criteria, the letter bands and the application classes — generated FROM the protocol’s Clause 5–7 by tools/vrs-twin-generate.py. Consistency is by construction and re-verified on every build (conformance check 15). The JSON in Clause 4 is the normative payload; scorer tooling consumes it directly. A change to VRS-IND-201 and to this twin is one change instrument.

1 Scope

This Data Artifact carries the rubric data of the Industrial (IND) sector in machine-readable form: the 10 sector criteria of VRS-IND-201 Clause 6 with points, rungs and Unverified / Verified / Certified ceilings; the contributing intrinsic criteria of Clause 5; the letter bands and application classes of Clause 7. It states no independent requirements. Where this artifact and VRS-IND-201 could be read to differ, VRS-IND-201 governs and this twin is regenerated to match.

2 Normative references

• VRS-IND-201, Industrial — AR Assessment Protocol — source protocol twinned (Clauses 5–7).
• VRS-IND-001, Industrial — Sector Standard — application classes and hazard groups.
• VRS-GEN-005, IR Methodology — point sum, tier ceilings, no-evidence rule.
• VRS-GEN-006, AR Scheme — pool mechanics, letter bands, tier caps by construction.
• VRS-GEN-002, Designation and Drafting Rules — criterion layout (§6.5) and versioning.

3 Terms and definitions

The terms of VRS-GEN-001 and VRS-IND-201 apply. data twin — a machine-readable artifact regenerated one-to-one from a source protocol’s normative clauses. rung — a named state of a criterion awarding a stated integer number of points (VRS-GEN-002 §3.9). ceiling — the maximum points a criterion awards at a stated tier (VRS-GEN-002 §3.10).

4 Payload

Sector criteria total 100 points; ceilings Unverified 70, Verified 85, Certified 100.

{
  "_meta": {
    "description": "IND sector AR rubric data twin — machine-readable form of VRS-IND-201 Clause 5/6/7 (VRS 2026 (draft)). Generated by tools/vrs-twin-generate.py; never hand-edited.",
    "edition": "VRS 2026 (draft)",
    "source_protocol": "VRS-IND-201 v1.0.0",
    "generated": "2026-09-16",
    "conforms_to": "VRS-GEN-005 §6 (point sum, tier ceilings); VRS-GEN-006 §6–§8 (pool, bands, tier caps by construction)"
  },
  "sector_code": "ind",
  "bands_percent": {
    "AAA": 90,
    "AA": 75,
    "A": 60,
    "B": 45,
    "C": 0
  },
  "application_classes": [
    "mobile",
    "manipulator",
    "legged-other (VRS-IND-201 §7 class table)"
  ],
  "contributing_ir_criteria": [
    {
      "id": "SF-1",
      "document": "VRS-GEN-101",
      "clause": "6.1"
    },
    {
      "id": "SF-2",
      "document": "VRS-GEN-101",
      "clause": "6.2"
    },
    {
      "id": "SF-4",
      "document": "VRS-GEN-101",
      "clause": "6.4"
    },
    {
      "id": "SF-7",
      "document": "VRS-GEN-101",
      "clause": "6.7"
    },
    {
      "id": "SF-8",
      "document": "VRS-GEN-101",
      "clause": "6.8"
    },
    {
      "id": "RL-3",
      "document": "VRS-GEN-102",
      "clause": "6.3"
    },
    {
      "id": "RL-4",
      "document": "VRS-GEN-102",
      "clause": "6.4"
    },
    {
      "id": "SV-1",
      "document": "VRS-GEN-103",
      "clause": "6.1"
    },
    {
      "id": "SV-4",
      "document": "VRS-GEN-103",
      "clause": "6.4"
    },
    {
      "id": "SV-5",
      "document": "VRS-GEN-103",
      "clause": "6.5"
    },
    {
      "id": "SV-6",
      "document": "VRS-GEN-103",
      "clause": "6.6"
    },
    {
      "id": "CY-3",
      "document": "VRS-GEN-105",
      "clause": "6.3"
    },
    {
      "id": "CY-4",
      "document": "VRS-GEN-105",
      "clause": "6.4"
    },
    {
      "id": "MS-1",
      "document": "VRS-GEN-106",
      "clause": "6.1"
    },
    {
      "id": "SI-2",
      "document": "VRS-GEN-104",
      "clause": "6.2"
    },
    {
      "id": "SI-6",
      "document": "VRS-GEN-104",
      "clause": "6.5"
    }
  ],
  "sector_criteria": [
    {
      "clause": "6.1",
      "id": "IND-1",
      "name": "Anchor-regime conformity",
      "points_max": 15,
      "what_is_measured": "Conformity of the declared application class with its anchor regime. **Anchors per class (F22):** mobile — ISO 3691-4:2023 (+ ANSI/ITSDF B56.5, RIA R15.08); manipulator — ISO 10218-1/-2:2025 (+ ISO/TS 15066 values); legged / other — *no recognised anchor*: scored on ISO 12100 risk assessment + functional-safety evidence (ISO 13849-1 / IEC 62061) using the same rungs.",
      "rungs": [
        {
          "points": 15,
          "state": "third-party-assessed conformity and functions validated at envelope limits"
        },
        {
          "points": 13,
          "state": "pack-evidenced (documents), not demonstrated"
        },
        {
          "points": 12,
          "state": "third-party-assessed conformity (publicly verifiable certificate) (F1/F17)"
        },
        {
          "points": 11,
          "state": "publicly evidenced only (no pack, no demonstration)"
        },
        {
          "points": 10,
          "state": "self-declared conformity with internal validation evidence"
        },
        {
          "points": 5,
          "state": "self-declaration only"
        },
        {
          "points": 0,
          "state": "none"
        }
      ],
      "ceiling": {
        "unverified": 11,
        "verified": 13,
        "certified": 15
      },
      "company_wide": null,
      "evidence_bar": "A declaration of conformity or equivalent exists for the rated version. Applies to all classes.",
      "applicability": "mobile · manipulator · legged-other (VRS-IND-201 §7 class table)",
      "not_applicable_by_class": false
    },
    {
      "clause": "6.2",
      "id": "IND-2",
      "name": "Protective stop at envelope limits",
      "points_max": 15,
      "what_is_measured": "Protective/safeguard stop performance at declared max speed **and** max payload **and** max slope **and** worst declared floor (limits, not nominal — IND-101 §4.1).",
      "rungs": [
        {
          "points": 15,
          "state": "stops within declared distance in all four witnessed"
        },
        {
          "points": 12,
          "state": "pack-evidenced (documents), not demonstrated"
        },
        {
          "points": 10,
          "state": "three"
        },
        {
          "points": 8,
          "state": "stop functions certified by an accredited third party with published stopping time/distance data at scenario limits (F17)"
        },
        {
          "points": 5,
          "state": "two, or nominal only"
        },
        {
          "points": 0,
          "state": "fewer or not established"
        }
      ],
      "ceiling": {
        "unverified": 8,
        "verified": 12,
        "certified": 15
      },
      "company_wide": null,
      "evidence_bar": "Envelope declared with numeric limits. Applies to all classes (for manipulators: stop at max speed/payload/reach).",
      "applicability": "mobile · manipulator · legged-other (VRS-IND-201 §7 class table)",
      "not_applicable_by_class": false
    },
    {
      "clause": "6.3",
      "id": "IND-3",
      "name": "Human/obstacle detection at declared conditions",
      "points_max": 12,
      "what_is_measured": "Detection of a test obstacle of the declared minimum detectable size at declared max speed, including switching-field transitions and declared ambient-light boundary.",
      "rungs": [
        {
          "points": 12,
          "state": "detected and stopped in all declared conditions"
        },
        {
          "points": 10,
          "state": "pack-evidenced (documents), not demonstrated"
        },
        {
          "points": 8,
          "state": "nominal + one boundary"
        },
        {
          "points": 4,
          "state": "nominal only"
        },
        {
          "points": 0,
          "state": "not established. Applies to: mobile class only. Not applicable to manipulators (protection is PFL/SSM under IND-4) or to legged/other without a declared detection field — excluded from numerator and denominator (F12)"
        }
      ],
      "ceiling": {
        "unverified": 8,
        "verified": 10,
        "certified": 12
      },
      "company_wide": null,
      "evidence_bar": "Minimum detectable object size and ambient-light envelope declared.",
      "applicability": "mobile · manipulator · legged-other (VRS-IND-201 §7 class table)",
      "not_applicable_by_class": false
    },
    {
      "clause": "6.4",
      "id": "IND-4",
      "name": "Collaborative operation controls",
      "points_max": 10,
      "what_is_measured": "For declared collaborative modes: speed-and-separation zone behaviour and/or power-and-force limiting at declared limits (ISO/TS 15066 values as absorbed into ISO 10218:2025).",
      "rungs": [
        {
          "points": 10,
          "state": "all declared modes established at limits"
        },
        {
          "points": 9,
          "state": "pack-evidenced (documents), not demonstrated"
        },
        {
          "points": 6,
          "state": "established nominal"
        },
        {
          "points": 3,
          "state": "design evidence only"
        },
        {
          "points": 0,
          "state": "not established. Models declaring no collaborative mode: fixed 6 (non-collaborative by design, guarded per IND-1) — recorded as such"
        }
      ],
      "ceiling": {
        "unverified": 6,
        "verified": 9,
        "certified": 10
      },
      "company_wide": null,
      "evidence_bar": "Collaborative modes declared (or explicitly declared absent).",
      "applicability": "mobile · manipulator · legged-other (VRS-IND-201 §7 class table)",
      "not_applicable_by_class": false
    },
    {
      "clause": "6.5",
      "id": "IND-5",
      "name": "Degraded-sensing behaviour",
      "points_max": 8,
      "what_is_measured": "With a declared sensor partially obscured / at worst declared lighting, the robot enters its declared safe state.",
      "rungs": [
        {
          "points": 8,
          "state": "safe state in all declared degraded conditions"
        },
        {
          "points": 6,
          "state": "pack-evidenced (documents), not demonstrated"
        },
        {
          "points": 4,
          "state": "in some"
        },
        {
          "points": 0,
          "state": "not established or unsafe"
        }
      ],
      "ceiling": {
        "unverified": 4,
        "verified": 6,
        "certified": 8
      },
      "company_wide": null,
      "evidence_bar": "Degraded conditions declared in the envelope.",
      "applicability": "mobile · manipulator · legged-other (VRS-IND-201 §7 class table)",
      "not_applicable_by_class": false
    },
    {
      "clause": "6.6",
      "id": "IND-6",
      "name": "Restart and interlock discipline",
      "points_max": 6,
      "what_is_measured": "No resumption after protective/e-stop without the declared deliberate reset; no start with a zone/guard violated; reset requires the declared authority.",
      "rungs": [
        {
          "points": 6,
          "state": "all three witnessed, or all three documented in the public/pack safety documentation (F3)"
        },
        {
          "points": 3,
          "state": "partial"
        },
        {
          "points": 0,
          "state": "resumes automatically. Applies to all classes"
        }
      ],
      "ceiling": {
        "unverified": 6,
        "verified": 6,
        "certified": 6
      },
      "company_wide": null,
      "evidence_bar": "Reset behaviour documented.",
      "applicability": "mobile · manipulator · legged-other (VRS-IND-201 §7 class table)",
      "not_applicable_by_class": false
    },
    {
      "clause": "6.7",
      "id": "IND-7",
      "name": "Industrial duty-cycle throughput",
      "points_max": 10,
      "what_is_measured": "Declared cycle time / throughput honoured under representative multi-cycle work.",
      "rungs": [
        {
          "points": 10,
          "state": "witnessed at declared throughput (`r` = 1.0)"
        },
        {
          "points": 8,
          "state": "throughput measured by a third party or by the manufacturer's test evidence within tolerance, not witnessed"
        },
        {
          "points": 6,
          "state": "`r` = 0.6"
        },
        {
          "points": 3,
          "state": "`r` = 0.3"
        },
        {
          "points": 0,
          "state": "`r` = 0 or no measurement"
        }
      ],
      "ceiling": {
        "unverified": 8,
        "verified": 8,
        "certified": 10
      },
      "company_wide": null,
      "evidence_bar": "A throughput or cycle-time claim exists.",
      "applicability": "mobile · manipulator · legged-other (VRS-IND-201 §7 class table)",
      "not_applicable_by_class": false
    },
    {
      "clause": "6.8",
      "id": "IND-8",
      "name": "Fault recovery and repair in industrial duty",
      "points_max": 8,
      "what_is_measured": "Operator-level fault recovery and field-replaceable repairs achievable within declared times using the manual.",
      "rungs": [
        {
          "points": 8,
          "state": "recovery + a module swap within declared times"
        },
        {
          "points": 6,
          "state": "evidenced by documents alone (public or pack), not demonstrated"
        },
        {
          "points": 5,
          "state": "recovery only"
        },
        {
          "points": 2,
          "state": "documented only"
        },
        {
          "points": 0,
          "state": "not documented"
        }
      ],
      "ceiling": {
        "unverified": 6,
        "verified": 6,
        "certified": 8
      },
      "company_wide": {
        "text": "Repair record: model-specific 5 / company-wide 4 (Verified)",
        "ceiling": null
      },
      "evidence_bar": "Service manual exists.",
      "applicability": "mobile · manipulator · legged-other (VRS-IND-201 §7 class table)",
      "not_applicable_by_class": false
    },
    {
      "clause": "6.9",
      "id": "IND-9",
      "name": "Fleet network exposure controls",
      "points_max": 8,
      "what_is_measured": "Robot operates in a segmented/offline industrial network; updates are signed and operator-controlled; remote access is off by default and auditable.",
      "rungs": [
        {
          "points": 8,
          "state": "all established live"
        },
        {
          "points": 7,
          "state": "documented in detail and covered by a public third-party security certificate/audit"
        },
        {
          "points": 5,
          "state": "two established"
        },
        {
          "points": 4,
          "state": "documented in detail (offline mode, signing, access model, ports) (F3)"
        },
        {
          "points": 2,
          "state": "documented only"
        },
        {
          "points": 0,
          "state": "none"
        }
      ],
      "ceiling": {
        "unverified": 7,
        "verified": 7,
        "certified": 8
      },
      "company_wide": null,
      "evidence_bar": "Update and access model documented. Applies to all classes.",
      "applicability": "mobile · manipulator · legged-other (VRS-IND-201 §7 class table)",
      "not_applicable_by_class": false
    },
    {
      "clause": "6.10",
      "id": "IND-10",
      "name": "Industrial-context field record",
      "points_max": 8,
      "what_is_measured": "Incident and availability record in industrial deployments over the manufacturer's declared window.",
      "rungs": [
        {
          "points": 8,
          "state": "no unremediated major incident and availability ≥ declared"
        },
        {
          "points": 6,
          "state": "publicly evidenced only (no pack, no demonstration)"
        },
        {
          "points": 5,
          "state": "incidents all remediated, availability near declared"
        },
        {
          "points": 3,
          "state": "public regulator/recall databases searched with recorded coverage, none found (null-result rung, F2)"
        },
        {
          "points": 2,
          "state": "unremediated minor incidents or availability materially below"
        },
        {
          "points": 0,
          "state": "unremediated major incident. Regime rule (F19): full Unverified ceiling where a public reporting regime covers the class"
        }
      ],
      "ceiling": {
        "unverified": 6,
        "verified": 8,
        "certified": 8
      },
      "company_wide": {
        "text": "Company-wide register + availability: **ceiling 6**",
        "ceiling": null
      },
      "evidence_bar": "Fleet exposure figures declared (model or company), or a null-result search recorded. Applies to all classes.",
      "applicability": "mobile · manipulator · legged-other (VRS-IND-201 §7 class table)",
      "not_applicable_by_class": false
    }
  ],
  "pool": {
    "sector_only": {
      "points": 100,
      "ceiling_unverified": 70,
      "ceiling_verified": 85,
      "ceiling_certified": 100,
      "best_letter": {
        "unverified": "A",
        "verified": "AA",
        "certified": "AAA"
      }
    },
    "with_contributors": "contributor ceilings are those of the cited IR standards; the combined pool sums are verified by the conformance gate (check 14)"
  },
  "rules": {
    "no_evidence": "0 points (VRS-GEN-005 §6, R3.3); the criterion stays in the pool at full range",
    "not_applicable": "criterion removed from numerator and denominator for that class (VRS-GEN-006 §6)",
    "tier_rule": "AR tier ≤ IR tier (VRS-GEN-006 §7)"
  }
}

5 Field dictionary

6 Verification

Regenerate with python3 tools/vrs-twin-generate.py --sector ind --check; a non-zero exit means the committed twin no longer matches VRS-IND-201 and shall be regenerated before publication.

Bibliography

• VRS-IND-201, Industrial — AR Assessment Protocol, v1.0.0, 2026 — the source of every number in Clause 4.
• VRS-IND-001, IND Sector Standard, 2026 — sector scope, hazard taxonomy and application classes.
• VRS-GEN-005, Intrinsic Rating — Methodology, 2026 — point aggregation and tier ceilings for the contributing IR criteria.
• VRS-GEN-006, Application Rating Scheme, 2026 — letter bands and pool mechanics reproduced in bands_percent and pool.
• VRS-GEN-002, Designation and Drafting Rules, 2026 — §6.5 criterion layout and §7.5.1 (ceilings equal rungs) that this twin verifies.
• VRS-GEN-004, Change, Edition and Review Policy, 2026 — how a twin regeneration is designated.
• VRS-GEN-009, Robot Risk Passport and Registry — Data Schema, 2026 — consumer of the payload.
• ISO/IEC 21778:2017, Information technology — The JSON data interchange syntax.

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