Run a Mini-FMEA on the Handoff
Apply a lightweight FMEA to an autonomous system handoff.
A courier robot delivers lab specimens quickly, but intake staff sometimes receive trays without urgency and temperature context. Mini-FMEA: scope the handoff, name failure mode, name effect, identify cause, add control. The common trap is rating the robot route as successful while ignoring the receiving process that depends on context. Scope Focus only on the robot-to-intake handoff, not the entire specimen workflow. Narrow scope keeps the FMEA useful. The handoff is where autonomy meets human process. Failure mode Missing urgency label when tray is cleared at intake. A failure mode is specific. It names what is missing or wrong at…
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