IEEE Systems, Man and Cybernetics Magazine - October 2019 - 23

by Abdollah Homaifar,
Ali Karimoddini,
Berat Alper Erol,
Mubbashar A. Khan,
Edward Tunstel, Russell L. Roberts,
Reed F. Young, Kyle Snyder,
Raymond Scott Swanson,
Mo Jamshidi, Younho Seong,
and Emily A. Doucette
©ISTOCKPHOTO/4X-IMAGE

Operationalizing
Autonomy
A Transition From the Innovation Space
to Real-World Operations

I

ndustry and government agencies envision the
deployment of autonomous systems throughout
society, especially autonomous vehicles that operate within civilian and military infrastructures.
As autonomous capability and reliability increase,
the prevalence of autonomous vehicles in our daily
socio-technological lives becomes inevitable. The social
acceptance of autonomous unmanned ground and aerial
vehicles into our daily routine is strongly predicated
on the demonstration of a nd adherence to str ict
Digital Object Identifier 10.1109/MSMC.2019.2935928
Date of current version: 21 October 2019

2333-942X/19©2019IEEE

requirements of policy, safety, and availability. However,
many autonomous systems remain at their initial stages
of innovation and development. Legal, ethical, and moral
concerns as well as technological and regulatory barriers exist that hinder their deployment on a large scale.
This article discusses the challenges and outlook for
maturing autonomy technology from the innovation space
in controlled environments to real-world operations. The
research was inspired by discussions held during a technical panel at the Center of Excellence in Autonomy at
North Carolina A&T State University's Testing, Evaluation, and Control of Heterogeneous Large-Scale Systems
of Autonomous Vehicles (TECHLAV) Center.
O c to b e r 2019

IEEE SYSTEMS, MAN, & CYBERNETICS MAGAZINE

23



IEEE Systems, Man and Cybernetics Magazine - October 2019

Table of Contents for the Digital Edition of IEEE Systems, Man and Cybernetics Magazine - October 2019

Contents
IEEE Systems, Man and Cybernetics Magazine - October 2019 - Cover1
IEEE Systems, Man and Cybernetics Magazine - October 2019 - Cover2
IEEE Systems, Man and Cybernetics Magazine - October 2019 - Contents
IEEE Systems, Man and Cybernetics Magazine - October 2019 - 2
IEEE Systems, Man and Cybernetics Magazine - October 2019 - 3
IEEE Systems, Man and Cybernetics Magazine - October 2019 - 4
IEEE Systems, Man and Cybernetics Magazine - October 2019 - 5
IEEE Systems, Man and Cybernetics Magazine - October 2019 - 6
IEEE Systems, Man and Cybernetics Magazine - October 2019 - 7
IEEE Systems, Man and Cybernetics Magazine - October 2019 - 8
IEEE Systems, Man and Cybernetics Magazine - October 2019 - 9
IEEE Systems, Man and Cybernetics Magazine - October 2019 - 10
IEEE Systems, Man and Cybernetics Magazine - October 2019 - 11
IEEE Systems, Man and Cybernetics Magazine - October 2019 - 12
IEEE Systems, Man and Cybernetics Magazine - October 2019 - 13
IEEE Systems, Man and Cybernetics Magazine - October 2019 - 14
IEEE Systems, Man and Cybernetics Magazine - October 2019 - 15
IEEE Systems, Man and Cybernetics Magazine - October 2019 - 16
IEEE Systems, Man and Cybernetics Magazine - October 2019 - 17
IEEE Systems, Man and Cybernetics Magazine - October 2019 - 18
IEEE Systems, Man and Cybernetics Magazine - October 2019 - 19
IEEE Systems, Man and Cybernetics Magazine - October 2019 - 20
IEEE Systems, Man and Cybernetics Magazine - October 2019 - 21
IEEE Systems, Man and Cybernetics Magazine - October 2019 - 22
IEEE Systems, Man and Cybernetics Magazine - October 2019 - 23
IEEE Systems, Man and Cybernetics Magazine - October 2019 - 24
IEEE Systems, Man and Cybernetics Magazine - October 2019 - 25
IEEE Systems, Man and Cybernetics Magazine - October 2019 - 26
IEEE Systems, Man and Cybernetics Magazine - October 2019 - 27
IEEE Systems, Man and Cybernetics Magazine - October 2019 - 28
IEEE Systems, Man and Cybernetics Magazine - October 2019 - 29
IEEE Systems, Man and Cybernetics Magazine - October 2019 - 30
IEEE Systems, Man and Cybernetics Magazine - October 2019 - 31
IEEE Systems, Man and Cybernetics Magazine - October 2019 - 32
IEEE Systems, Man and Cybernetics Magazine - October 2019 - Cover3
IEEE Systems, Man and Cybernetics Magazine - October 2019 - Cover4
https://www.nxtbook.com/nxtbooks/ieee/smc_202310
https://www.nxtbook.com/nxtbooks/ieee/smc_202307
https://www.nxtbook.com/nxtbooks/ieee/smc_202304
https://www.nxtbook.com/nxtbooks/ieee/smc_202301
https://www.nxtbook.com/nxtbooks/ieee/smc_202210
https://www.nxtbook.com/nxtbooks/ieee/smc_202207
https://www.nxtbook.com/nxtbooks/ieee/smc_202204
https://www.nxtbook.com/nxtbooks/ieee/smc_202201
https://www.nxtbook.com/nxtbooks/ieee/smc_202110
https://www.nxtbook.com/nxtbooks/ieee/smc_202107
https://www.nxtbook.com/nxtbooks/ieee/smc_202104
https://www.nxtbook.com/nxtbooks/ieee/smc_202101
https://www.nxtbook.com/nxtbooks/ieee/smc_202010
https://www.nxtbook.com/nxtbooks/ieee/smc_202007
https://www.nxtbook.com/nxtbooks/ieee/smc_202004
https://www.nxtbook.com/nxtbooks/ieee/smc_202001
https://www.nxtbook.com/nxtbooks/ieee/smc_201910
https://www.nxtbook.com/nxtbooks/ieee/smc_201907
https://www.nxtbook.com/nxtbooks/ieee/smc_201904
https://www.nxtbook.com/nxtbooks/ieee/smc_201901
https://www.nxtbook.com/nxtbooks/ieee/smc_201810
https://www.nxtbook.com/nxtbooks/ieee/smc_201807
https://www.nxtbook.com/nxtbooks/ieee/smc_201804
https://www.nxtbook.com/nxtbooks/ieee/smc_201801
https://www.nxtbook.com/nxtbooks/ieee/systems_man_cybernetics_1017
https://www.nxtbook.com/nxtbooks/ieee/systems_man_cybernetics_0717
https://www.nxtbook.com/nxtbooks/ieee/systems_man_cybernetics_0417
https://www.nxtbook.com/nxtbooks/ieee/systems_man_cybernetics_0117
https://www.nxtbook.com/nxtbooks/ieee/systems_man_cybernetics_1016
https://www.nxtbook.com/nxtbooks/ieee/systems_man_cybernetics_0716
https://www.nxtbook.com/nxtbooks/ieee/systems_man_cybernetics_0416
https://www.nxtbook.com/nxtbooks/ieee/systems_man_cybernetics_0116
https://www.nxtbook.com/nxtbooks/ieee/systems_man_cybernetics_1015
https://www.nxtbook.com/nxtbooks/ieee/systems_man_cybernetics_0715
https://www.nxtbook.com/nxtbooks/ieee/systems_man_cybernetics_0415
https://www.nxtbook.com/nxtbooks/ieee/systems_man_cybernetics_0115
https://www.nxtbookmedia.com