Toward a Generic Model for Autonomy Levels for Unmanned Systems (ALFUS)

Published

August 18, 2003

Author(s)

Hui-Min Huang, Elena R. Messina, James S. Albus

Abstract

Unmanned systems (UMSs) have been deployed to military and civilian operations. UMSs vary widely in their capabilities andcivilian operations. UMSs vary widely in their capabilities and purposes. It would be beneficial to have a set of widely recognized standard definitions on the capabilities of the UMSs. Efforts have begun in various organizations in defining autonomy levels for unmanned systems. As part of this ongoing research, we are attempting to define a generic model for the autonomy levels for unmanned systems (ALFUS). Our intention is for this model to be used to derive mission-specific ALFUS. In this paper, we escribe autonomy levels in three tiers, subsystem, system, and system of systems (SoS). Within each tier, the levels of autonomy are further divided with the factors of task complexity, environmental complexity, human involvement, and a set of quality factors. The work presented is a snapshot of an ongoing process.

Proceedings Title

Proceedings of the 2003 Performanced Metrics for Intelligent Systems (PerMIS) Workshop

Conference Dates

August 16-18, 2003

Conference Location

Gaithersburg, MD, USA

Conference Title

Performanced Metrics for Intelligent Systems (PerMIS) Workshop

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Conferences

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Keywords

autonomy, control, Performance Metrics, performance metrics, real-time, robotic vehicles, Robotics & Intelligent Systems, task analysis, Unmanned Systems

Citation

Huang, H. , Messina, E. and Albus, J. (2003), Toward a Generic Model for Autonomy Levels for Unmanned Systems (ALFUS), Proceedings of the 2003 Performanced Metrics for Intelligent Systems (PerMIS) Workshop, Gaithersburg, MD, USA, [online], https://tsapps.nist.gov/publication/get_pdf.cfm?pub_id=822592 (Accessed March 21, 2025)