<s>
A	O
percept	B-General_Concept
is	O
the	O
input	O
that	O
an	O
intelligent	B-General_Concept
agent	I-General_Concept
is	O
perceiving	O
at	O
any	O
given	O
moment	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
It	O
is	O
essentially	O
the	O
same	O
concept	O
as	O
a	O
percept	B-General_Concept
in	O
psychology	O
,	O
except	O
that	O
it	O
is	O
being	O
perceived	O
not	O
by	O
the	O
brain	O
but	O
by	O
the	O
agent	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
A	O
percept	B-General_Concept
is	O
detected	O
by	O
a	O
sensor	O
,	O
often	O
a	O
camera	O
,	O
processed	O
accordingly	O
,	O
and	O
acted	O
upon	O
by	O
an	O
actuator	B-Algorithm
.	O
</s>
<s>
Each	O
percept	B-General_Concept
is	O
added	O
to	O
a	O
"	O
percept	B-General_Concept
sequence	I-General_Concept
"	O
,	O
which	O
is	O
a	O
complete	O
history	O
of	O
each	O
percept	B-General_Concept
ever	O
detected	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
agent	O
's	O
action	O
at	O
any	O
instant	O
point	O
may	O
depend	O
on	O
the	O
entire	O
percept	B-General_Concept
sequence	I-General_Concept
up	O
to	O
that	O
particular	O
instant	O
point	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
An	O
intelligent	B-General_Concept
agent	I-General_Concept
chooses	O
how	O
to	O
act	O
not	O
only	O
based	O
on	O
the	O
current	O
percept	B-General_Concept
,	O
but	O
the	O
percept	B-General_Concept
sequence	I-General_Concept
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
next	O
action	O
is	O
chosen	O
by	O
the	O
agent	O
function	O
,	O
which	O
maps	O
every	O
percept	B-General_Concept
to	O
an	O
action	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
For	O
example	O
,	O
if	O
a	O
camera	O
were	O
to	O
record	O
a	O
gesture	O
,	O
the	O
agent	O
would	O
process	O
the	O
percepts	B-General_Concept
,	O
calculate	O
the	O
corresponding	O
spatial	O
vectors	O
,	O
examine	O
its	O
percept	B-General_Concept
history	O
,	O
and	O
use	O
the	O
agent	O
program	O
(	O
the	O
application	O
of	O
the	O
agent	O
function	O
)	O
to	O
act	O
accordingly	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Examples	O
of	O
percepts	B-General_Concept
include	O
inputs	O
from	O
touch	O
sensors	O
,	O
cameras	O
,	O
infrared	O
sensors	O
,	O
sonar	O
,	O
microphones	O
,	O
mice	O
,	O
and	O
keyboards	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
A	O
percept	B-General_Concept
can	O
also	O
be	O
a	O
higher-level	O
feature	O
of	O
the	O
data	O
,	O
such	O
as	O
lines	O
,	O
depth	O
,	O
objects	O
,	O
faces	O
,	O
or	O
gestures	O
.	O
</s>
