Embodied agent Robotics; Human-centered AI
noun phrase
Definition: An intelligent agent situated in a physical or virtual environment that perceives its surroundings through sensory modalities and acts within that environment in order to achieve goals. Francis et al. describe an embodied agent as one that is situated in a physical or virtual environment, navigates and interacts in it, and is generally equipped with sensing capabilities such as visual or auditory modalities [Francis et al. 2022].
Examples in context: “We introduce SIMA 2, a generalist embodied agent that understands and acts in a wide variety of 3D virtual worlds.” [Chaudhry et al. 2026].
“An embodied agent is generally equipped with sensing capabilities, e.g., via visual or auditory sensing modalities.” [Francis et al. 2022]
Synonym: embodied AI agent
Related terms: embodied conversational agent; interface agent; situated agent; autonomous agent