Advancing the Scientific Frontier with Increasingly Autonomous Systems
- URL: http://arxiv.org/abs/2009.07363v1
- Date: Tue, 15 Sep 2020 21:49:03 GMT
- Title: Advancing the Scientific Frontier with Increasingly Autonomous Systems
- Authors: Rashied Amini, Abigail Azari, Shyam Bhaskaran, Patricia Beauchamp,
Julie Castillo-Rogez, Rebecca Castano, Seung Chung, John Day, Richard Doyle,
Martin Feather, Lorraine Fesq, Jeremy Frank, P. Michael Furlong, Michel
Ingham, Brian Kennedy, Ksenia Kolcio, Issa Nesnas, Robert Rasmussen, Glenn
Reeves, Cristina Sorice, Bethany Theiling, Jay Wyatt
- Abstract summary: Increasing the nature and degree of autonomy enables new science capabilities and enhances science return.
The 2011 Planetary Science Decadal Survey (PSDS) and on-going pre-Decadal mission studies have identified increased autonomy as a core technology required for future missions.
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- Abstract: A close partnership between people and partially autonomous machines has
enabled decades of space exploration. But to further expand our horizons, our
systems must become more capable. Increasing the nature and degree of autonomy
- allowing our systems to make and act on their own decisions as directed by
mission teams - enables new science capabilities and enhances science return.
The 2011 Planetary Science Decadal Survey (PSDS) and on-going pre-Decadal
mission studies have identified increased autonomy as a core technology
required for future missions. However, even as scientific discovery has
necessitated the development of autonomous systems and past flight
demonstrations have been successful, institutional barriers have limited its
maturation and infusion on existing planetary missions. Consequently, the
authors and endorsers of this paper recommend that new programmatic pathways be
developed to infuse autonomy, infrastructure for support autonomous systems be
invested in, new practices be adopted, and the cost-saving value of autonomy
for operations be studied.
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