Please note that the content of this book primarily consists of articles available from Wikipedia or other free sources online. In artificial intelligence and cognitive science, the term situated refers to an agent which is embedded in an environment. Examples might include web-based agents, which can alter data or trigger processes (such as purchases) over the internet, or virtual-reality bots which inhabit and change virtual worlds, such as Second Life. Being situated is generally considered to be part of being embodied, but it is useful to consider each perspective individually. The situated perspective emphasizes that intelligent behaviour derives from the environment and the agent''s interactions with it. The nature of these interactions are defined by an agent''s embodiment.