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The Autonomy Levels for Unmanned Systems (ALFUS) Framework: Interim Results

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Author(s)

Hui-Min Huang

Abstract

Unmanned systems have become more and more widely used.  Yet, various practitioners have different perceptions and different expectations of the systems.  They also have different definitions for the term autonomy and different concepts about how it should be measured.  We have been developing a framework called Autonomy Levels for Unmanned Systems (ALFUS) that aims at providing a common reference for the communication and the evaluation of the autonomy capabilities of unmanned systems.  The framework is under development.  This paper is a work-in-progress report on some key areas.
Proceedings Title
Proceedings of the Performance Metrics for Intelligent Systems (PerMIS) Workshop | | 2006|
Conference Dates
August 21-23, 2006
Conference Location
Gaithersburg, MD
Conference Title
Performance Metrics for Intelligent Systems (PerMIS) Workshop 2006

Keywords

autonomy, environment, human independence, mission, robot, task, unmanned system

Citation

Huang, H. (2006), The Autonomy Levels for Unmanned Systems (ALFUS) Framework: Interim Results, Proceedings of the Performance Metrics for Intelligent Systems (PerMIS) Workshop | | 2006|, Gaithersburg, MD, [online], https://tsapps.nist.gov/publication/get_pdf.cfm?pub_id=823586 (Accessed April 19, 2024)
Created August 23, 2006, Updated February 17, 2017