Economically Autonomous Robotic Entities

Abstract

We propose economically autonomous behavior as a novel goal for robotic systems. Currently examples of robotic autonomy are often limited to restricted physical environments such as a factory or road. In this paper we instead restrict the notion of autonomy to a social environment: the economy. We define economically autonomous behavior and describe different levels of independence culminating with hypothetical examples of economically autonomous robotic systems. I.

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