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In artificial intelligence and cognitive science, the term situated refers to an agent which is embedded in an environment. In this used, the term is used to refer to robots, but some researchers argue that software agents can also be situated if:

they exist in a dynamic (rapidly changing) environment, which
they can manipulate or change through their actions, and which
they can sense or perceive.

Being situated is generally considered to be part of being embodied^{[disambiguation needed]}, but it is useful to take both perspectives. The situated perspective emphasizes the environment and the agent's interactions with it. These interactions define an agent's embodiment.

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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 * they can [[sense]] or [[Perception|perceive]].
-Being situated is generally considered to be part of being [[embodied]], but it is useful to take both perspectives.  The situated perspective emphasizes the environment and the agent's [[interaction]]s with it. These interactions define an agent's embodiment.
+Being situated is generally considered to be part of being [[embodied]]{{dn|date=January 2012}}, but it is useful to take both perspectives.  The situated perspective emphasizes the environment and the agent's [[interaction]]s with it. These interactions define an agent's embodiment.
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