https://home.roboticlab.eu/ 2026-04-05T16:24:22+00:00 https://home.roboticlab.eu/ https://home.roboticlab.eu/_media/wiki/logo.png text/html 2021-07-28T09:00:00+00:00 Anonymous (anonymous@undisclosed.example.com) https://home.roboticlab.eu/en/av/autonomy_and_autonomous_systems/autonomy?rev=1627462800&do=diff Autonomy In the context of unmanned systems autonomy means the ability of a given system to operate without the attention of a human operator. Therefore, in an oversimplified way, one might think of a total operation time, where part of the time is done without human attention while another part in an unattended way. Depending on the proportion of the unattended time operation different autonomy levels and different operation requirements might be defined. The next chapter provides a deeper ins… text/html 2021-07-28T09:00:00+00:00 Anonymous (anonymous@undisclosed.example.com) https://home.roboticlab.eu/en/av/autonomy_and_autonomous_systems/overview?rev=1627462800&do=diff Overview of autonomous systems The essence of autonomy is one’s freedom to make a decision or self-government in its general understanding. In the context of technical systems, one can refer to a system’s ability to generate decision alternatives and select a decision on its own as a result of decision-making algorithms or other mechanisms. The field of robotics and intelligent systems has grown explosively over the last decade, and Unmanned Systems (UMS) is being fielded with increasing frequ… text/html 2021-07-28T09:00:00+00:00 Anonymous (anonymous@undisclosed.example.com) https://home.roboticlab.eu/en/av/autonomy_and_autonomous_systems/technology?rev=1627462800&do=diff Technology Since the application domains are representing a rather wide range of different systems at different levels of autonomy, it is obvious that the technology behind the systems is diverse as well. However, each of the systems discussed has at least three fundamental constituents: Control mechanisms, Sensors, and actuators. The basics of those constituents are discussed in the following chapters. The following topics are discussed in more details: