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{{See also|Nouvelle AI|behavior-based AI}}
In [[artificial intelligence]] and [[cognitive science]], the term '''situated''' refers to an [[Intelligent agent|agent]] which is [[embedded]] in an environment. The term ''situated'' is commonly used to refer to [[robot]]s, but some researchers argue that [[software]] agents can also be situated if:
* they exist in a [[dynamical system|dynamic]] (rapidly changing) environment, which
* they can [[manipulate]] or change through their actions, and which
* they can [[sense]] or [[Perception|perceive]].
Examples might include web-based agents, which can alter data or trigger processes (such as purchases) over the internet, or virtual-reality bots which inhabit and change virtual worlds, such as [[Second Life]].
Being situated is generally considered to be part of being [[embodied]], but it is useful to consider each perspective individually. The situated perspective emphasizes that intelligent behaviour derives from the environment and the agent's [[interaction]]s with it. The nature of these interactions are defined by an agent's embodiment.
==See also==
*[[Situated robotics]]
*[[Agent environment]] - discussion of environment types
*[[Cognitive]] agents
*[[Web services]]
== References ==
* Hendriks-Jansen, Horst (1996) ''Catching Ourselves in the Act: Situated Activity, Interactive Emergence, Evolution, and Human Thought''. Cambridge, Mass.: MIT Press.
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