Autonomous System Design Session – Benefits, Challenges and Risks in Various Application Domains

Autonomous systems have high potential in many application domains. However, most discussions seem to take place with respect to autonomous road vehicles. The automotive industry promised substantial progress in this field but many predictions have not come true. Companies have stepped back and corrected their predictions. However, autonomous behavior is obviously not limited to road vehicles. Various kinds of systems can benefit from autonomous behavior in various domains such as health and pharmaceutics, energy, manufacturing, farming, mining, and so on. We thus take a broader perspective on autonomous systems design and discuss benefits, challenges, and risks in various application domains.