Reactive

<Top level summary, most common definitions for reactive>

Within the robotics community, the term reactive implies the lowest level of on-board decision making.

In current parlance, a robot whose behavior is modified by its interaction with the environment rather than just on the basis of sensors that monitor its internal state

History

<Summary of the history of the term - how the definition has changed over time>

In the 1980s, "reactive" referred to a robot that uses a simple sense-act model to control its behavior, without a plan or decide component and without a world model.

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Contextual Uses

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Other Definitions

This section captures definitions of reactive that are used in other fields, outside the scope of this Body of Knowledge. They are included here to enable users to identify when their application area may introduce confusion.