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P2 RobotBT: Behavior-Tree-Based Test-Case Specification for the Robot Framework

RobotBT：面向 Robot Framework 的基于行为树的测试用例规约
ISSTA Proceedings of the 32nd ACM SIGSOFT International Symposium on Software Testing and Analysis2023匹配度 1/10 · 论文聚焦 Robot Framework 的测试用例规约与行为树 DSL，属于软件测试/领域建模，不涉及静态分析、LLM/Agent、浮点程序分析或贝叶斯程序分析，与用户研究画像的核心方向基本无关。仅在工业界落地评估这一点上有微弱交集。引用 5 inbox
Sven Peldszus, Noubar Akopian, Thorsten Berger
测试、调试与修复领域特定语言与建模
crossref: 2026-09-12dblp: 2026-09-12

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一句话：为 Robot Framework 引入基于行为树的测试用例规约库 RobotBT，提升复杂用例的表达力与可读性。

Robot Framework 是一种流行的测试自动化框架，它将测试用例规约抽象为自然语言，适合实现高层测试用例；但当功能较复杂、需要自定义且深度嵌套的规格时，测试用例可读性会下降。本文提出 RobotBT，一个为 Robot Framework 增加行为树支持的库，用行为树这一基于控制流模型的方法来编排功能执行，从而规约复杂行为。作者在 G DATA CyberDefense AG 的 GUI 测试套件上评估 RobotBT，并访谈其工程师以了解可用性、可读性与适用性。结果表明，行为树能够提升 Robot Framework 测试用例的表达力与可读性，并可应用于实际问题。

问题
Robot Framework 面对复杂测试用例时，需要自定义且深度嵌套的功能规约，导致测试用例的可读性和表达力下降。
方法
提出 RobotBT 库，为 Robot Framework 增加行为树规约能力，通过控制流模型编排测试功能的执行。
评估
在 G DATA CyberDefense AG 的 GUI 测试套件上评估 RobotBT，并访谈工程师评估其可用性、可读性和适用性。
原文摘要（Abstract）

The Robot Framework is a popular and widely used test automation framework that abstracts test case specifications toward natural language specifications. This makes it well suited for implementing high-level test cases, at least as long as the functions provided by Robot can support the intended functionality. For more complicated test cases, custom and often deeply nested functionality specifications are required, and the readability of Robot test cases tends to decrease. We present RobotBT, a library for the Robot framework that addresses these shortcomings by adding support for specifying test cases using behavior trees. Behavior trees are a comprehensive method for specifying complex behaviors based on a control flow model that orchestrates the execution of functionality. We evaluated RobotBT on a test suite for GUI testing from G~DATA CyberDefense AG and interviewed their engineers about the usability, readability, and applicability of RobotBT. Our results show that BTs improve the expressiveness and readability of Robot Framework test cases and are applicable to practical problems.

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BibTeX 
@inproceedings{PeldszusAB23,
  title = {RobotBT: Behavior-Tree-Based Test-Case Specification for the Robot Framework},
  author = {Sven Peldszus and Noubar Akopian and Thorsten Berger},
  booktitle = {ISSTA},
  year = {2023},
  doi = {10.1145/3597926.3604924}
}