Kunze, Lars, Hawes, Nick, Duckett, Tom and Hanheide, Marc (2018) Introduction to the Special Issue on AI for Long-Term Autonomy. IEEE Robotics and Automation Letters, 3 (4). pp. 4431-4434. ISSN 2377-3766
Full content URL: http://doi.org/10.1109/LRA.2018.2870466
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Abstract
The papers in this special section focus on the use of artificial intelligence (AI) for long term autonomy. Autonomous systems have a long history in the fields of AI and robotics. However, only through recent advances in technology has it been possible to create autonomous systems capable of operating in long-term, real-world scenarios. Examples include autonomous robots that operate outdoors on land, in air, water, and space; and indoors in offices, care homes, and factories. Designing, developing, and maintaining intelligent autonomous systems that operate in real-world environments over long periods of time, i.e. weeks, months, or years, poses many challenges. This special issue focuses on such challenges and on ways to overcome them using methods from AI. Long-term autonomy can be viewed as both a challenge and an opportunity. The challenge of long-term autonomy requires system designers to ensure that an autonomous system can continue operating successfully according to its real-world application demands in unstructured and semi-structured environments. This means addressing issues related to hardware and software robustness (e.g., gluing in screws and profiling for memory leaks), as well as ensuring that all modules and functions of the system can deal with the variation in the environment and tasks that is expected to occur over its operating time.
Keywords: | Artificial Intelligence; Autonomous Robots; Long-Term Autonomy |
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Subjects: | G Mathematical and Computer Sciences > G700 Artificial Intelligence |
Divisions: | College of Science > School of Computer Science |
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ID Code: | 34133 |
Deposited On: | 28 Nov 2018 15:21 |
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