Autonomous systems perform tasks and pursue goals in dynamic environments with little or no direct control by humans by sensing their environment and themselves, maintaining situation awareness based on this data, planning appropriately, and executing plans while reacting continuously to environmental and internal states. Typically this involves automatic fault detection, isolation, and recovery (FDIR); sensor processing, fusion, and perception; modeling the autonomous system and its goals and objectives, its environment, and other agents; intelligent planning and scheduling to develop plans based on the situation and goals, allocating resources to accomplish the plan; adaptive plan execution and continuous monitoring of the executing plan and the environment, reacting to changes as required; and replanning and/or reassessing goals and objectives when needed. Stottler Henke develops autonomous systems as well as tools and technologies for developing these systems more effectively. Challenges include real-time performance, unexpected situations, and the need to behave safely and intelligently without human help.
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