The Energy Control Lab produces robots, parts, and mods & software / droneware. As a minimum capability set, our robots follow Mike's Minimum Real Robot Requirements List aka 'MIRRL Spec', produced by one of our programmers who was trying to stop the proliferation of inferior software in aerospace and in industry:

1) Search for resources and help channels if there are impediments to accomplishing a task.

2) If you will not be able to complete your mission, notify HQ, adding the task and action items that you are failing to complete or deliver. Basic bins:
   a) Cannot find/locate/acquire item (waypoint, object, sensor, data, etc.), or
   b) found it, or what I think is it, but its not looking or sounding as expected, can't use it, or
   c) it tells me it can't comply with my request to..., or
   d) It tells me it can but will not comply because....
   How? Use anything from flashing light codes, to messages and conversations.

3) If you develop health issues that jeopardize your mission, report that to HQ, in detail sufficient to enable them to act to deliver a patch or fix. You request replacement if your cost calculation deems it appropriate ie.. not worth troubleshooting, maintenance, repair in the field.

4) Conserve power and wear when waiting but be alert enough to respond when you're needed again. Real robots stand by ready to run more tasks; no need to find them & boot them.

Although this dates back to the 90's, we still demand nothing less from people we work with, and from machines or software that we use or produce.