autonomous vice unmanned

README.md

-### Ethical Control of Unmanned Systems and Robots
+### Ethical Control of Autonomous Systems and Robots
 
-**Project Motivation:** ethically constrained control of unmanned systems and robot missions by human supervisors and warfighters.
+**Project Motivation:** ethically constrained control of autonomous systems and robot missions by human supervisors and warfighters.
 
 **Precept:**  well-structured mission orders can be syntactically and semantically validated
 to give human commanders confidence that offboard systems
@@ -14,16 +14,16 @@ semantically coherent, precise, unambiguous, and without internal contradictions
 applying the same kind of ethical constraints on robots and unmanned vehicles that
 already apply to human beings.
 
-**Abstract.** Ethical human supervision of unmanned maritime systems is foundational
-in future undersea warfare. Forward deployed unmanned systems in the
+**Abstract.** Ethical human supervision of autonomous maritime systems is foundational
+in future undersea warfare. Forward deployed unautonomousmanned systems in the
 human-machine team must comply with their Commander's intent throughout the duration
 of their existence in future Undersea Warfare - in which harsh physical domains,
 long distance from the Commander, and prolonged time on-station stress the capabilities
-of the unmanned systems and limit their operator's control. Therefore, in order to
-apply ethical control of unmanned systems in future undersea warfare, we develop
-an ontology for unmanned systems mission execution and design. We study four
-canonical missions for unmanned maritime systems with progressive sophistication in order
-to test and evaluate Ethical Control design on the autonomy of the unmanned systems.
+of the autonomous systems and limit their operator's control. Therefore, in order to
+apply ethical control of autonomous systems in future undersea warfare, we develop
+an ontology for robotic systems mission execution and design. We study four
+canonical missions for autonomous maritime systems with progressive sophistication in order
+to test and evaluate Ethical Control design on the autonomy of the robotic systems.
 The goals of our research are to ensure unmanned maritime systems comply with
 existing policy guidance of the U.S. Department of Defense and relevant international
 organizations, and provide inputs to emerging policy guidance. Our vision is for
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 **Related Work:** this research supports [Network Optional Warfare (NOW)](https://wiki.nps.edu/display/NOW/Network+Optional+Warfare) 
 strategies for deliberate, stealthy, minimalist tactical communications.
 
-**Investigators.** Don Brutzman, Curt Blais, Bob McGhee and Duane Davis.
+**Investigators.** Don Brutzman, Curt Blais, Bob McGhee, and Duane Davis.
 
 Contact: [Don Brutzman](https://faculty.nps.edu/brutzman), [brutzman@nps.edu](mailto:brutzman@nps.edu?subject=Ethical%20Control%20of%20Unmanned%20Systems)