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:
“The modern world needs people with a complex identity who are intellectually autonomous and prepared to cope with uncertainty; who are able to tolerate ambiguity and not be driven by fear into a rigid, single-solution approach to problems, who are rational, foresightful and who look for facts; who can draw inferences and can control their behavior in the light of foreseen consequences, who are altruistic and enjoy doing for others, and who understand social forces and trends.”
—Robert Havighurst (20th century)
“An avant-garde man is like an enemy inside a city he is bent on destroying, against which he rebels; for like any system of government, an established form of expression is also a form of oppression. The avant-garde man is the opponent of an existing system.”
—Eugène Ionesco (b. 1912)