A medical waste collection system, said system comprising: a disposal station comprising: a housing; and a coupler coupled to said housing; and an autonomous medical waste collection assembly (20, 114, 116) comprising: a base adapted to be positioned near a patient; wheels coupled to said base with at least one of said wheels being powered to move said base along a floor surface; a waste collection unit coupled to said base for receiving medical waste from the patient including: a canister for holding the medical waste; and a suction pump in fluid communication with said canister and configured to draw a suction on said canister; a counterposing coupler coupled to said base with said counterposing coupler adapted to be removably coupled with said coupler of said disposal station; a controller; and a user input device in communication with said controller, said user input device being adapted to provide a user input signal in response to being actuated by a user, wherein said controller is operable to initiate a waste disposal protocol in response to receiving said user input signal, said waste disposal protocol comprising transmitting a movement signal to said powered wheel for automatically moving said autonomous medical waste collection assembly (20, 114, 116) away from the patient to said disposal station such that said coupler couples with said counterposing coupler to provide a connection between said autonomous medical waste collection assembly (20, 114, 116) and said disposal station. a housing; and a coupler coupled to said housing; and an autonomous medical waste collection assembly (20, 114, 116) comprising: a base adapted to be positioned near a patient; wheels coupled to said base with at least one of said wheels being powered to move said base along a floor surface; a waste collection unit coupled to said base for receiving medical waste from the patient including: a canister for holding the medical waste; and a suction pump in fluid communication with said canister and configured to draw a suction on said canister; a counterposing coupler coupled to said base with said counterposing coupler adapted to be removably coupled with said coupler of said disposal station; a controller; and a user input device in communication with said controller, said user input device being adapted to provide a user input signal in response to being actuated by a user, wherein said controller is operable to initiate a waste disposal protocol in response to receiving said user input signal, said waste disposal protocol comprising transmitting a movement signal to said powered wheel for automatically moving said autonomous medical waste collection assembly (20, 114, 116) away from the patient to said disposal station such that said coupler couples with said counterposing coupler to provide a connection between said autonomous medical waste collection assembly (20, 114, 116) and said disposal station. a base adapted to be positioned near a patient; wheels coupled to said base with at least one of said wheels being powered to move said base along a floor surface; a waste collection unit coupled to said base for receiving medical waste from the patient including: a canister for holding the medical waste; and a suction pump in fluid communication with said canister and configured to draw a suction on said canister; a counterposing coupler coupled to said base with said counterposing coupler adapted to be removably coupled with said coupler of said disposal station; a controller; and a user input device in communication with said controller, said user input device being adapted to provide a user input signal in response to being actuated by a user, wherein said controller is operable to initiate a waste disposal protocol in response to receiving said user input signal, said waste disposal protocol comprising transmitting a movement signal to said powered wheel for automatically moving said autonomous medical waste collection assembly (20, 114, 116) away from the patient to said disposal station such that said coupler couples with said counterposing coupler to provide a connection between said autonomous medical waste collection assembly (20, 114, 116) and said disposal station. a canister for holding the medical waste; and a suction pump in fluid communication with said canister and configured to draw a suction on said canister; a counterposing coupler coupled to said base with said counterposing coupler adapted to be removably coupled with said coupler of said disposal station; a controller; and a user input device in communication with said controller, said user input device being adapted to provide a user input signal in response to being actuated by a user, wherein said controller is operable to initiate a waste disposal protocol in response to receiving said user input signal, said waste disposal protocol comprising transmitting a movement signal to said powered wheel for automatically moving said autonomous medical waste collection assembly (20, 114, 116) away from the patient to said disposal station such that said coupler couples with said counterposing coupler to provide a connection between said autonomous medical waste collection assembly (20, 114, 116) and said disposal station.