The phrase "autonomous action" is correct and usable in written English.
It can be used to describe actions taken independently, without external control or influence.
Example: "The robot was programmed to perform autonomous action in navigating the complex environment."
Alternatives: "independent action" or "self-directed action".
The significance of that autonomous action can't be understated.
Eisenhower's fury over Suez dealt a lasting blow to Britain's capacity for autonomous action.
Though one organizer with a loud speaker encouraged participants to take "autonomous action" and engage in civil disobedience, most demonstrators seemed intent on making a less confrontational statement.
To which one must add the Palestinians' wholesale reliance on foreign donors for economic and political support — a dependence that further narrows the scope of possible autonomous action.
The second alternative approach describes policies as guided by, even resulting from, previously established bureaucratic procedures, which leaves little room for autonomous action by high-level decision makers.
This is why we are backing the drivers' autonomous action to the hilt, liaising with management and providing crowdfunded cover for the many strikers who have signed up to the IWGB over the past few days.
We also aimed to elucidate the cell-autonomous action of TGF-β in lung cancer cells.
Selective masculinization of third-order neurons transforms their morphology and pheromone responses, demonstrating that circuits can be functionally rewired by the cell-autonomous action of a switch gene.
We examined the influence of Pax6 on diencephalic patterning and identified an important cell-autonomous action of Pax6 on the expression of Shh.
In addition to their cell-autonomous action, homeoproteins can also transfer between cells through their secretion and internalisation, both relying on non-conventional routes (Volovitch et al., 1993; Prochiantz and Joliot, 2003; Spatazza et al., 2013a).
The lifespan of the animal could be limited by pathology in a particular organ, so that cell-autonomous action of dfoxo in that organ alone could promote longevity (Rera et al., 2013).
