# Robotic Supervised Autonomy: A Review

## TL;DR

This paper reviews the concept of supervised autonomy in robotics, highlighting its importance, challenges, and potential for enabling robots to handle complex real-world tasks more effectively.

## Contribution

It introduces the concept of supervised autonomy, compares it with other autonomy levels, and discusses its significance and unresolved challenges in robotics.

## Key findings

- Supervised autonomy is crucial for complex real-world robotic applications.
- Identifies key challenges and unsolved problems in supervised autonomy.
- Reviews related research efforts and emphasizes its importance for future robotics.

## Abstract

This invited paper discusses a new but important problem, supervised autonomy, in the context of robotics. The paper defines supervised autonomy and compares the supervised autonomy with robotic teleoperation and robotic full autonomy. Based on the discussion, the significance of supervised autonomy was introduced. The paper discusses the challenging and unsolved problems in supervised autonomy, and reviews the related works in our research lab. Based on the discussions, the paper draws the conclusion that supervised autonomy is critical for applying robotic systems to address complicated problems in the real world.