Autonomous

created by Webster 1913

(idea) by matthawk (5.7 y) (print) ? I like it! Fri Aug 17 2001 at 22:57:26

A word often used in reference to robotics. An autonomous robot is a robot capable of functioning with no human interaction. It usually does this either by using a sensor array which detects current conditions and reacts based on them, or by using a pre-programmed set of instructions which it blindly executes. While beneficial by freeing up manpower, autonomous robots have the shortcoming of not being able to adapt and react to all conditions - While the programming and artificial intelligence programmed into them may be able to react to many, and even most, things that come up, there is almost always something that can come up and disrupt the program, requiring human intervention to correct the condition and reset the program.

(definition) by Webster 1913 (print) I like it! Tue Dec 21 1999 at 21:58:43

Au*ton"o*mous (?), a. [Gr. ; self + to assign, hold, sway.]

Independent in government; having the right or power of self-government.

Having independent existence or laws.

Autonomous System	Nordic cooperation	Deep Space 1	self-modifying code
atheist's wager	Pedro, the Voder	Lyapunov stability	United Pentecostal Church
Psychology of love	Frankfurt School	Six-Legged Experimental Robot	Nakhichevan Autonomous Republic
The way things have always been done	BotBall	RoboCup	autonomy
Elf	Twin Falls Idaho	Spy v. Spy: The German government's attempt to ban the National Democratic Party	Andre Gorz
RIP	Cooperative Principles	Twelve Traditions	Belgium

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