https://www.robolabor.ee/homelab/ 2026-04-21T17:18:40+00:00 https://www.robolabor.ee/homelab/ https://www.robolabor.ee/homelab/lib/tpl/arctic/images/favicon.ico text/html 2021-07-29T12:00:00+00:00 Anonymous (anonymous@undisclosed.example.com) https://www.robolabor.ee/homelab/en/av/autonomy_and_autonomous_systems/overview/autonomous_cars?rev=1627549200&do=diff Autonomous cars Autonomous cars are among the most discussed and the most acknowledged technology is currently under development. However, as always happens with relatively new technology that has not reached its maturity, the existing terminology might be confusing. Currently one can face definitions, which are inconsistent both verbally and semantically including autonomous vehicles (AV), self-driving cars, autonomous cars, robot cars, driverless cars, automated vehicles, and others. Summariz… text/html 2021-07-28T12:00:00+00:00 Anonymous (anonymous@undisclosed.example.com) https://www.robolabor.ee/homelab/en/av/autonomy_and_autonomous_systems/overview/unmanned_aerial_vehicles?rev=1627462800&do=diff Unmanned aerial vehicles An unmanned aerial vehicle (UAV) is an aircraft without a human pilot onboard. In a similar fashion as with autonomous cars or unmanned ground vehicles, depending on the level of autonomy (discussed later) the whole system might use a ground control station and vehicle operators that take control over the system when necessary. The control system that enables UAV flying in autonomous mode is called – autopilot text/html 2021-07-29T12:00:00+00:00 Anonymous (anonymous@undisclosed.example.com) https://www.robolabor.ee/homelab/en/av/autonomy_and_autonomous_systems/overview/unmanned_ground_vehicles?rev=1627549200&do=diff Unmanned ground vehicles Unmanned ground vehicles or UGVs are usually associated with ground robotic systems i.e. unmanned systems that are built for travelling ground surfaces. Depending on how autonomous systems is (autonomy levels are discussed later) the UGV might be both completely human operator-controlled via remote control link or autonomously operating system. In both border cases, the system itself is unmanned. Due to advantages over human-operated or manned vehicles in different appl… text/html 2021-07-28T12:00:00+00:00 Anonymous (anonymous@undisclosed.example.com) https://www.robolabor.ee/homelab/en/av/autonomy_and_autonomous_systems/overview/unmanned_water_and_underwater_vehicles_vessels?rev=1627462800&do=diff Unmanned water and underwater vehicles (vessels) According to <https://www.ieeeoes.org/history/080515-175.pdf> Unmanned surface vessels (USVs) have also been called autonomous surface craft (ASC). As the name implies they remove the operators from the platform and allow new modes of operations. As global positioning systems have become more compact, effective, and affordable unmanned surface vehicles have become more capable. Affordable, long-range, and higher bandwidth wireless data systems ha…