Autonomous System

Autonomous system may refer to:

  • Autonomous system (Internet), a collection of IP networks and routers under the control of one entity
  • Autonomous system (mathematics), a system of ordinary differential equations which does not depend on the independent variable
  • Autonomous robot, robots which can perform desired tasks in unstructured environments without continuous human guidance

Famous quotes containing the words autonomous and/or system:

    “There is a totalitarian regime inside every one of us. We are ruled by a ruthless politburo which sets ours norms and drives us from one five-year plan to another. The autonomous individual who has to justify his existence by his own efforts is in eternal bondage to himself.”
    —Eric Hoffer (1902–1983)

    “He is not a true man of science who does not bring some sympathy to his studies, and expect to learn something by behavior as well as by application. It is childish to rest in the discovery of mere coincidences, or of partial and extraneous laws. The study of geometry is a petty and idle exercise of the mind, if it is applied to no larger system than the starry one.”
    —Henry David Thoreau (1817–1862)