Definition

AI systems that interact with the physical world through a physical body. These can include: robots, virtual assistants, etc.

Unlike traditional AI systems, embodied agents have a physical presence in the world that can interact with the environment directly.

Benefits

• They can learn and adapt to environment more effectively that disembodied AI systems.
• They can interact with the world in a more natural way.
• They can be used to solve problem that are difficult or impossible for disembodied AI agents to solve.

Challenges

• Expensive to develop and maintain.
• Difficult to control.
• Unsafe if not designed or used properly.
• Still a new branch of study, so not fully verified and used in deployment in industry.