<s>
In	O
artificial	B-Application
intelligence	I-Application
and	O
cognitive	O
science	O
,	O
the	O
term	O
situated	B-General_Concept
refers	O
to	O
an	O
agent	B-General_Concept
which	O
is	O
embedded	O
in	O
an	O
environment	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
term	O
situated	B-General_Concept
is	O
commonly	O
used	O
to	O
refer	O
to	O
robots	B-Algorithm
,	O
but	O
some	O
researchers	O
argue	O
that	O
software	O
agents	O
can	O
also	O
be	O
situated	B-General_Concept
if	O
:	O
</s>
<s>
Examples	O
might	O
include	O
web-based	B-Application
agents	O
,	O
which	O
can	O
alter	O
data	O
or	O
trigger	O
processes	O
(	O
such	O
as	O
purchases	O
)	O
over	O
the	O
internet	O
,	O
or	O
virtual-reality	O
bots	O
which	O
inhabit	O
and	O
change	O
virtual	O
worlds	O
,	O
such	O
as	O
Second	B-Application
Life	I-Application
.	O
</s>
<s>
Being	O
situated	B-General_Concept
is	O
generally	O
considered	O
to	O
be	O
part	O
of	O
being	O
embodied	O
,	O
but	O
it	O
is	O
useful	O
to	O
consider	O
each	O
perspective	O
individually	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
situated	B-General_Concept
perspective	O
emphasizes	O
that	O
intelligent	O
behaviour	O
derives	O
from	O
the	O
environment	O
and	O
the	O
agent	B-General_Concept
's	O
interactions	O
with	O
it	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
nature	O
of	O
these	O
interactions	O
are	O
defined	O
by	O
an	O
agent	B-General_Concept
's	O
embodiment	O
.	O
</s>
