Definitions for "Autonomous agent"
a system, in software or in hardware, that receives sensor input from the environment, selects actions, and may receive evaluative feedback reflecting the appropriateness of its actions
a system situated in an environment, and a part of it, that senses its environment and acts on it, over time, in pursuit of its own agenda
a system situated within and a part of an environment that senses that environment and acts on it, over time, in pursuit of its own agenda and so as to effect what it senses in the future
a duality of "tasks" and "processes" or events whereby the processes and tasks mutually instantiate one another
a behavior based system that operates in a dynamic
an intelligent system that has an ongoing interaction with a dynamic external world
a physical system
a computer simulation that is based on concepts from Artificial Life research
an agent program that operates in parallel with the user