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:

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    —Eric Hoffer (1902–1983)

    “The professional celebrity, male and female, is the crowning result of the star system of a society that makes a fetish of competition. In America, this system is carried to the point where a man who can knock a small white ball into a series of holes in the ground with more efficiency than anyone else thereby gains social access to the President of the United States.”
    —C. Wright Mills (1916–1962)