Abstract
Reporters obtained the following quote from the background information supplied by the inventors: 'One important problem in the field of robotics is environment al perception. This involves sensing the environment of an autonomous or semi-au tonomous, or automated or semi-automated operating machine with sensors and reco gnizing it with pattern recognition methods, therefore converting the sensor dat a into a symbolic description of relevant aspects of the environment. This symbo lic description then forms the basis for performing actions in the environment c orresponding to the application or intended use of the machine. A typical exampl e of symbolic representation of the environment is to describe static and dynami c objects using attributes that, for example, characterize the location, shape, size, speed, and so forth, of the respective object. The attributes that show the symbolic representation are referred to as the label. For example, the objects can be obstacles with which a collision must be avoided.
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