Advancing the Scientific Frontier with Increasingly Autonomous Systems
Autor: | John Day, A. Azari, Ksenia Kolcio, Shyam Bhaskaran, Jeremy Frank, Patricia Beauchamp, Seung Chung, Lorraine Fesq, Brian Kennedy, Michel D. Ingham, Jay Wyatt, Julie Castillo-Rogez, Rebecca Castano, Robert Rasmussen, P. Michael Furlong, Richard Doyle, Issa A. D. Nesnas, Bethany Theiling, Cristina Sorice, Martin S. Feather, Glenn Reeves, Rashied Amini |
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Rok vydání: | 2021 |
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FOS: Computer and information sciences
Value (ethics) Computer Science - Artificial Intelligence media_common.quotation_subject Scientific discovery FOS: Physical sciences Planetary missions Space exploration Engineering management Frontier Artificial Intelligence (cs.AI) General partnership Business Astrophysics - Instrumentation and Methods for Astrophysics Instrumentation and Methods for Astrophysics (astro-ph.IM) Autonomy Planetary Science Decadal Survey media_common |
Zdroj: | Bulletin of the AAS. 53 |
DOI: | 10.3847/25c2cfeb.a09526a1 |
Popis: | 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. 10 pages (compared to 8 submitted to PSADS), 2 figures, submitted to National Academy of Sciences Planetary Science and Astrobiology Decadal Survey 2023-2032 |
Databáze: | OpenAIRE |
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