Autonomous Systems are seeing increasing use and increasingly safety-significant application. Con... more Autonomous Systems are seeing increasing use and increasingly safety-significant application. Consequently, the safety of autonomous systems is an important topic. To reflect this importance the Safety Critical Systems Club (SCSC) has established the Safety of Autonomous Systems Working Group (SASWG). This paper introduces the SASWG and describes (and justifies) the approach it is taking. A running example is used to illustrate challenges, which are organised against three “difficulty horizons”. Potential solutions to some of the challenges are outlined; possible research directions are suggested for other challenges. Some proposed but invalid solutions are also identified. Overall, whilst the SASWG acknowledges the very significant benefits that could accrue from autonomous systems, it believes their development and implementation should be pursued carefully and thoughtfully.
You are free to share the material in any form and adapt the material for any purpose providing y... more You are free to share the material in any form and adapt the material for any purpose providing you attribute the material to the Safety Critical Systems Club (SCSC) Safety of Autonomous Systems Working Group (SASWG), reference the source material, include the licence details above, and indicate if any changes were made. See the license for full details. Cover photo by Markus Spiske, temporausch.com. Obtained from https://www.pexels.com/. The Safety Critical Systems Club (SCSC) is the professional network for sharing knowledge about safety-critical systems. It brings together: engineers and specialists from a range of disciplines working on safety-critical systems in a wide variety of industries; academics researching the arena of safety-critical systems; providers of the tools and services that are needed to develop the systems; and the regulators who oversee safety. Through publications, seminars, workshops, tutorials, a web site and, most importantly, at the annual Safety-critical Systems Symposium (SSS), it provides opportunities for these people to network and bene t from each other's experience in working hard at the accidents that don't happen. It focuses on current and emerging practices in safety engineering, software engineering and product and process safety standards. This document was written by the Safety of Autonomous Systems Working Group (SASWG), which is convened under the auspices of the SCSC. The goal of the SASWG is to produce clear guidance on how autonomous systems and autonomy technologies should be managed in a safety related context, throughout the lifecycle, in a way that is tightly focused on challenges unique to autonomy. The document was formally released at SSS'19, 5-7 February 2019.
Autonomous Systems are seeing increasing use and increasingly safety-significant application. Con... more Autonomous Systems are seeing increasing use and increasingly safety-significant application. Consequently, the safety of autonomous systems is an important topic. To reflect this importance the Safety Critical Systems Club (SCSC) has established the Safety of Autonomous Systems Working Group (SASWG). This paper introduces the SASWG and describes (and justifies) the approach it is taking. A running example is used to illustrate challenges, which are organised against three “difficulty horizons”. Potential solutions to some of the challenges are outlined; possible research directions are suggested for other challenges. Some proposed but invalid solutions are also identified. Overall, whilst the SASWG acknowledges the very significant benefits that could accrue from autonomous systems, it believes their development and implementation should be pursued carefully and thoughtfully.
You are free to share the material in any form and adapt the material for any purpose providing y... more You are free to share the material in any form and adapt the material for any purpose providing you attribute the material to the Safety Critical Systems Club (SCSC) Safety of Autonomous Systems Working Group (SASWG), reference the source material, include the licence details above, and indicate if any changes were made. See the license for full details. Cover photo by Markus Spiske, temporausch.com. Obtained from https://www.pexels.com/. The Safety Critical Systems Club (SCSC) is the professional network for sharing knowledge about safety-critical systems. It brings together: engineers and specialists from a range of disciplines working on safety-critical systems in a wide variety of industries; academics researching the arena of safety-critical systems; providers of the tools and services that are needed to develop the systems; and the regulators who oversee safety. Through publications, seminars, workshops, tutorials, a web site and, most importantly, at the annual Safety-critical Systems Symposium (SSS), it provides opportunities for these people to network and bene t from each other's experience in working hard at the accidents that don't happen. It focuses on current and emerging practices in safety engineering, software engineering and product and process safety standards. This document was written by the Safety of Autonomous Systems Working Group (SASWG), which is convened under the auspices of the SCSC. The goal of the SASWG is to produce clear guidance on how autonomous systems and autonomy technologies should be managed in a safety related context, throughout the lifecycle, in a way that is tightly focused on challenges unique to autonomy. The document was formally released at SSS'19, 5-7 February 2019.
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