Wikipedia:WikiProject Robotics/Assessment/Importance scale

Roboassess - robotics articles importance ratings
Priority Description Concepts

of AI, of sensing, of Locomotion etc.

Robotic devices and sub-systems

Hardware/Software: of AI, of sensing, of locomotion etc

People, companies and events

Such as: Mitchie, Lightwood controversy, Honda, DARPA challenge

Robots

Such as: Freddy II, ASIMO, AUV Sentry

Top An absolute "must-have" robotics article.
  • Top 10–15 conceptual articles
  • Top 10–15 key historical figures, roboticists and others who achieved significant firsts
  • Major robotics manufacturers
High Very much needed, even vital, robotics articles. Main robotics concepts, robots or robotics components
High-profile single robots and robotic devices or parts
Roboticists and robots of above-average notability
Mid Adds further depth, but not vital to robotics. Most well-known concepts and components of robotics
Most non-routine robotic devices, parts or robots
All professional people who took part in a robotics, and aren't high or top importance
Low Not at all essential, or can be covered adequately by other articles. Most robotics subsystems or robots
Routine robotics, many non-unique robots
Professional scientists who have taken part in robotics, people not crucially related to robotics.
  • Cancelled robots
  • Past robots
NA Importance not applicable

This is used for articles which do not have an intrinsic importance. Such articles are usually Categories that group articles together rather than assign importance. For example "Robots in the 1980s" may not have importance whereas Robots in 1973 may well have specific robots and events that have attached importance or significance.

??? This rating is not used. There is a Category:Unknown-importance Robotics articles for articles which have a robotics rating, but no importance level has been assigned: editors should feel free either to assign an importance level (Low-Priority or higher) or, if they are outside the project's scope, to remove the robotics banner from these articles.
  • Comment: Some articles are not relevant enough to the robotics project to need a rating.