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Ontology and Language for Intelligent Reusable Autonomy
Completed
TRL 6 (started at 3, targeting 6)
Description
The innovation consists of enabling thinking by the autonomous system, so that autonomous strategies may be inferred by the computers as a thought process. The autonomous capability will be developed to be able to analyze the system it is running by using concepts, and models that employ the concepts. Ontology (language and semantics) is needed to achieve what could be called Intelligent Autonomy, but it must be application independent to the highest degree possible.
Benefits
Future uses include autonomy in test and launch systems, space vehicles, and Moon/Mars settlements.
Details
| Technology area | Software, Modeling, Simulation, and Information Processing > Information Processing and Artificial Intelligence > Semantic Technologies |
| Program | Center Innovation Fund: SSC CIF (SSC CIF) |
| Lead organization | Stennis Space Center, Stennis Space Center, MS |
| Start date | 2017-10-01 |
| End date | 2018-09-30 |
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