A-Z Popular Blog Robotics Search »
Robotics
 Advertisements
Robot Guides

What is Semi-Autonomous Technology?

 , updated on
Semi-autonomous is a term for automation that can make decisions and perform actions without direction. The term implies technologies that can handle real-world conditions that are unpredictable and dynamic.

Autonomous vs Semi-autonomous

An autonomous technology doesn't accept any external commands from systems or users. This is rare as normally people want to control technology they pay for. An example of a fully autonomous technology would be a space probe that is intended to explore remote regions of space where communication of commands would be prohibitively slow.

Robots vs Semi-autonomous Technology

Robots are defined as autonomous or semi-autonomous machines. As such, semi-autonomous technologies are essentially robots.

Example

An example of a semi-autonomous machine is a vacuum cleaner that can clean a room by dynamically navigating around people, cats and furniture. Such a machine accepts commands from users such as go and stop but mostly makes its own decisions after that.
Overview: Semi Autonomous
Type
Definition
Automation that can make decisions and perform actions without direction.
Related Concepts

Robotics

This is the complete list of articles we have written about robotics.
Autonomous Robots
Cloud Robotics
Autonomous Technology
Context Awareness
Deep Learning
Degrees Of Freedom
Controlled Robots
Farm Robots
Cyborg
IT Examples
Modular Robotics
Robot Culture
Ethics
Sensor Competition
Fourth Revolution
Smartdust
Intelligent Things
Telerobotics
Uncanny Valley
Recursive Improvement
Robot Highways
Robot Tax
Self Replicating Machine
Self-Replicating Spacecraft
Semi-Autonomous
Sensors
More ...
If you enjoyed this page, please consider bookmarking Simplicable.
 

Automation

A list of ways to automate.

Over-Automation

An overview of over-automation.

Orchestration vs Choreography

The difference between process orchestration and choreography.

Types of Technology

A reasonably comprehensive list of information technologies.

Robotics vs Artificial Intelligence

The different between robots and AI.

Automation vs Robotics

The difference between automation and robotics.

Machine Data

The common types of machine data.

Office Automation

The common types of office automation.

Autonomous Systems

Common types of autonomous systems.

Automation Risk

A definition of automation risk with examples.

Robotics

A list of robotics terms.

Robot Highways

An overview of robot highways.

Autonomous Robots

A definition of autonomous robot with examples.

Uncanny Valley

A definition of the uncanny valley of robotics.

Supervised Learning

A definition of supervised learning with examples.

Intelligent Things

The definition of intelligent things with examples.

Context Awareness

The common types of context awareness.

Robot Tax

The definition of robot tax.

Robot Culture

A definition of robot culture with examples.

IT Bias

An overview of IT biases with examples.

Darwin Among The Machines

A prediction about artificial intelligence from the year 1863.
The most popular articles on Simplicable in the past day.

New Articles

Recent posts or updates on Simplicable.
Site Map