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autonomous

[aw-ton-uh-muhs] / ɔˈtɒn ə məs /


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The plant has 2,000 robots and autonomous vehicles that together, it's claimed, can deliver a new car every minute.

From BBC • Apr. 7, 2026

Eighty-one percent of analysts rate Kratos shares Buy, reflecting increased military focus on autonomous systems and missiles.

From Barron's • Apr. 6, 2026

Among other things, elevator companies are integrating their systems with autonomous robots that will ride elevators and navigate buildings.

From The Wall Street Journal • Apr. 2, 2026

Those include a joint Terafab chip-making project, autonomous robotaxi services and humanoid robots that could eventually be useful both on factory floors and in the kitchen.

From MarketWatch • Apr. 1, 2026

If genetic modules are so autonomous, then why—to turn Morgan’s riddle on its head—are legs not growing out of fly’s heads, or humans not born with thumbs emerging from our noses?

From "The Gene" by Siddhartha Mukherjee