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{{Short description|Characteristic of some artificial intelligences}}
{{For|similar terms|Situated robotics|Nouvelle AI|behavior-based AI}}
{{See also|Situated learning|Situated knowledge|Situated cognition}}
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In [[artificial intelligence]] and [[cognitive science]], the term '''situated''' refers to an [[Intelligent agent|agent]] which is [[wiktionary:embed|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 [[wikt:manipulate|manipulate]] or change through their actions, and which
* they can [[sense]] or [[Perception|perceive]].

Examples might include [[Web application|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 embedded cognition|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 interactions with it. The nature of these interactions are defined by an agent's embodiment.

== References ==
* Hendriks-Jansen, Horst (1996) ''Catching Ourselves in the Act: Situated Activity, Interactive Emergence, Evolution, and Human Thought''. Cambridge, Massachusetts: MIT Press.

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