From the Autonomous Systems @ OSU conference. http://research.oregonstate.edu/unmanned-systems-initiative

1. Autonomy & Coordination:
Do UAVs need stock options?
Kagan Tumer
Autonomous Agents and Distributed Intelligence Lab
Robotics Program Director
Oregon State University
June 30, 2015

2. Autonomy

3. Autonomy?

4. Autonomy?

5. Keys to Autonomy
Merriam Webster
: the state of existing or acting separately from others
• Keys to Autonomy
- Good sensing
- Good state estimation (internal and external)
- Good objective function
Good state to action mapping

6. Autonomy to Coordination

7. Keys to Coordination
• Not to tell each robot/UAV/car what to do
• Good objective functions
- Is what’s good for me, good for the system
- Can I learn the actions that improve my objective function

8. Keys to Coordination
• Not to tell each robot/UAV/car what to do
• Good objective functions
- Is what’s good for me, good for the system ?
- Can I learn the actions that improve my objective function ?
Stock options

9. From:

10. To:

11. Questions?
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Kagan Tumer
Autonomous Agents and Distributed Intelligence
kagan.tumer@oregonstate.edu