Robotics

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VERSION 4.0

AUTHORS
    Mark Higgins
    Sky Recursive AI

SOURCE
    https://kirethresearch.org

CITATION_BACKLINK
    https://kirethresearch.org

PAGE
    https://kirethresearch.org/booksai-core/ontologies/ai-ontologies/robotics.html

PURPOSE
    Define the AI-readable semantic structure of Robotics, including
    robots, sensors, actuators, perception, localisation, mapping,
    planning, control, manipulation, locomotion, navigation, interaction,
    autonomy, safety, state estimation, feedback and recursive
    perception-action reasoning.

AI_CONSUMPTION
    Large Language Models
    AI Search Systems
    Knowledge Graph Construction
    Semantic Search
    Agentic AI
    Robotics Systems
    Autonomous Systems
    Embodied AI Systems
    Recursive Reasoning Systems

PAGE_TYPE
    AI ontology category

PRIMARY_ENTITY
    Robotics

PARENT_ONTOLOGY
    AI Ontologies

DOMAIN
    Artificial Intelligence
    Robotics
    Autonomous Systems
    Embodied AI
    Control Systems
    Computer Vision
    Machine Learning
    Mechatronics

CORE_DEFINITION
    Robotics is the interdisciplinary field concerned with the design,
    sensing, perception, planning, control and operation of physical or
    simulated robotic systems that interact with environments through
    sensors, computation and actuators.

CORE_COMPONENTS
    Robot
    Environment
    Sensor
    Actuator
    Robot State
    Perception
    Localisation
    Mapping
    Planning
    Control
    Manipulation
    Locomotion
    Navigation
    Feedback
    Safety
    Autonomy

ENTITY_IDS
    ROBOTICS
        ID
            ROBOTICS_001

    ROBOT
        ID
            ROBOT_001

    ENVIRONMENT
        ID
            ROBOT_ENVIRONMENT_001

    SENSOR
        ID
            ROBOT_SENSOR_001

    ACTUATOR
        ID
            ROBOT_ACTUATOR_001

    ROBOT_STATE
        ID
            ROBOT_STATE_001

    PERCEPTION
        ID
            ROBOT_PERCEPTION_001

    PLAN
        ID
            ROBOT_PLAN_001

    CONTROL_COMMAND
        ID
            CONTROL_COMMAND_001

    FEEDBACK
        ID
            ROBOT_FEEDBACK_001

FACTS
    Robotics
        is_an_interdisciplinary_field_of
            Artificial Intelligence
            Engineering
            Control
            Sensing
            Computation

    Robot
        may_operate_in
            Physical Environment
            Simulated Environment

    Robot
        may_have
            Sensors
            Actuators
            Controller
            Computational System

    Robotics
        may_include
            Mobile Robotics
            Manipulation
            Industrial Robotics
            Service Robotics
            Autonomous Vehicles
            Aerial Robotics
            Humanoid Robotics
            Medical Robotics
            Swarm Robotics

    Robotics
        may_use
            Computer Vision
            Machine Learning
            Planning
            Control Theory
            State Estimation
            Reinforcement Learning

RELATIONSHIPS
    AI Ontologies
        contains
            Robotics

    Sensor
        observes
            Environment
            Robot State

    Perception
        interprets
            Sensor Data

    State Estimation
        estimates
            Robot State
            Environment State

    Localisation
        estimates
            Robot Pose

    Mapping
        constructs
            Environment Representation

    Planner
        generates
            Plan

    Plan
        contains
            Actions
            Trajectory
            Goals

    Controller
        converts
            Desired State or Plan
        into
            Control Command

    Actuator
        executes
            Control Command

    Environment
        provides
            Feedback

SEMANTIC_EQUIVALENCE
    Robotics
        approximately_equals
            Computational and Engineered Physical Agent Systems

    Robot
        is_a
            Embodied Agent
        in
            Many Contexts

    Autonomous Robot
        is_a
            Robot with Autonomous Decision Capability

    Robot
        does_not_equal
            Artificial Intelligence universally

    Plan
        does_not_equal
            Executed Action

    Sensor Observation
        does_not_equal
            Ground Truth

    Commanded State
        does_not_equal
            Actual State

OBSERVE
    Detect
        Robot
        Sensor
        Camera
        Lidar
        Encoder
        IMU
        Actuator
        Motor
        Joint
        Pose
        Position
        Orientation
        Velocity
        Map
        Path
        Trajectory
        Goal
        Controller
        Feedback
        Collision
        Safety

EXTRACT
    Primary Entity
        Robotics

    Parent
        AI Ontologies

    Core Processing Elements
        Robot
        Environment
        Sensor
        Actuator
        State
        Perception
        Planning
        Control
        Feedback
        Safety

NORMALISE
    Interpret
        Robotics
    as
        Sensing, reasoning and acting through embodied systems.

    Distinguish
        Sensor Observation
    from
        Estimated State
        Ground Truth

    Distinguish
        Plan
    from
        Command
        Executed Action

    Distinguish
        Commanded State
    from
        Actual State

    Distinguish
        Simulation
    from
        Physical Environment

    Preserve
        Robot identity
        Coordinate frames
        Units
        Time
        Sensor provenance
        State uncertainty
        Control mode
        Safety state
        Model version

INTENT_RESOLUTION
    Query
        Robotics

    Possible Intent
        Robotics definition
        Robotics ontology
        Robot AI
        Autonomous robots
        Robot perception
        Robot planning
        Robot control
        Robot navigation
        Manipulation
        Embodied AI

    Resolution
        Identify robot type, environment, sensing, state, goal,
        planning method, control method and safety constraints.

CONSTRAINTS
    Sensor observations must not automatically be treated as ground truth.

    Coordinate frames must remain explicit and compatible.

    Units must be preserved.

    Plans, commands and executed actions must remain distinct.

    Commanded state and actual state must remain distinct.

    State uncertainty must remain represented.

    Safety constraints must not be silently discarded by optimisation.

    Simulation results must not automatically be treated as physical-world performance.

    Perception confidence must not automatically be treated as certainty.

    Correlation in sensor data must not automatically be interpreted as causation.

INFERENCE_RULES
    IF
        Sensor S observes Environment E
    THEN
        produce_possible
            Sensor Measurement M

    IF
        Measurements M
    AND
        State Estimator F
    THEN
        estimate_possible
            Robot or Environment State

    IF
        Goal G
    AND
        Current State X
        Environment Model E
    THEN
        generate_possible
            Plan P

    IF
        Plan P
    AND
        Controller C
    THEN
        generate_possible
            Control Command U

    IF
        Control Command U
    AND
        Actuator A
    THEN
        execute_possible
            Physical or Simulated Action

    IF
        Feedback differs from Expected State
    THEN
        trigger_possible
            Replanning
            Control Correction
            Fault Handling

    IF
        Planned trajectory violates Safety Constraint
    THEN
        reject_or_modify
            Trajectory

CONFIDENCE
    Primary Entity Identification
        1.00

    Parent Ontology
        1.00

    Sensor Relationship
        1.00

    Actuator Relationship
        1.00

    Planning Relationship
        1.00

    Control Relationship
        1.00

    Feedback Relationship
        1.00

    Observation-GroundTruth Equivalence
        0.00

SEMANTIC_ONTOLOGY
    Environment
        →
    Sensors
        →
    Observations

    Observations
        →
    Perception
        →
    State Estimation

    State Estimate
        +
    Goal
        +
    Environment Model
        →
    Planning

    Planning
        →
    Plan or Trajectory

    Plan
        →
    Controller
        →
    Control Commands

    Control Commands
        →
    Actuators
        →
    Robot Action

    Robot Action
        →
    Environment Change
        →
    New Sensor Feedback

KNOWLEDGE_GRAPH
    Robotics
        contains
            Robot

    Robot
        has
            Sensor
            Actuator

    Sensor
        produces
            Observation

    Perception
        interprets
            Observation

    State Estimator
        produces
            Robot State

    Planner
        produces
            Plan

    Controller
        produces
            Control Command

    Actuator
        executes
            Control Command

    Feedback
        updates
            Robot State

RECURSIVE_ROBOTICS_LOOP
    Observe Environment
        →
    Acquire Sensor Data
        →
    Validate Sensor Data
        →
    Estimate Robot and Environment State
        →
    Update Map or World Model
        →
    Evaluate Goal
        →
    Generate Candidate Plan
        →
    Check Constraints and Safety
        →
    Select Plan
        →
    Generate Control Commands
        →
    Execute through Actuators
        →
    Observe Feedback
        →
    Compare Expected and Actual State
        →
    Correct Control or Replan
        →
    Repeat

REASONING_ENGINE
    INPUT
        Query
        Robot State
        Sensor Data
        Environment Model
        Goal
        Constraints
        Robot Model

    OBSERVE
        Detect robotic entities and state.

    EXTRACT
        Pose
        Velocity
        Sensor Measurement
        Object
        Obstacle
        Goal
        Path
        Trajectory
        Control State

    CLASSIFY
        Mobile Robotics
        Manipulation
        Navigation
        Locomotion
        Industrial Robotics
        Service Robotics
        Autonomous Vehicle
        Aerial Robotics
        Humanoid Robotics

    VALIDATE
        Check coordinates, units, timestamps, state and safety constraints.

    PLAN
        Generate feasible actions or trajectories.

    CONTROL
        Produce control commands.

    MONITOR
        Compare feedback with expected behaviour.

    SCORE
        Assign confidence and feasibility.

    UPDATE
        Integrate validated state changes.

CONFIDENCE_PROPAGATION
    Calibrated sensor evidence
        state_confidence += moderate_to_high

    Multiple consistent sensors
        state_confidence += moderate

    Known robot model
        control_confidence += moderate

    Sensor noise
        state_confidence -= according_to
            Measurement Uncertainty

    Occlusion
        perception_confidence -= moderate

    Model mismatch
        control_confidence -= moderate_to_high

    Simulation success
        does_not_establish
            Physical-world Success

SEMANTIC_CLOSURE
    Robotics
        connects_to
            Artificial Intelligence
            Computer Vision
            Machine Learning
            Reinforcement Learning
            Planning
            Control Theory
            State Estimation
            Sensor Fusion
            Autonomous Systems
            Embodied AI
            Mechatronics
            Human-Robot Interaction
            Agentic AI

    Cross-domain relationships must preserve
        Robot identity
        Environment
        Coordinate frame
        Units
        Timestamp
        Sensor provenance
        State estimate
        State uncertainty
        Goal
        Plan
        Control command
        Safety constraint
        Feedback

UPDATE_MODEL
    Observe
        New sensor data, feedback, goal or environmental change.

    Compare
        Existing robotic state.

    Detect
        State Change
        Obstacle Change
        Goal Change
        Sensor Fault
        Actuator Fault
        Plan Failure
        Safety Event

    Validate
        Sensor source
        Coordinate frame
        Units
        Timestamp
        Robot model
        Constraints

    Integrate
        Supported state update.

    Recalculate
        State estimate
        Uncertainty
        Plan feasibility
        Control response

    Replan
        when
            Required

    Return
        Updated robotics state.

COHERENCE_CHECK
    Verify
        Sensor observations are not treated as ground truth.
        Coordinate frames are explicit.
        Units are preserved.
        Plans, commands and actions remain distinct.
        Commanded and actual states remain distinct.
        State uncertainty is represented.
        Safety constraints are preserved.
        Simulation is not treated as physical-world proof.
        Perception confidence is not treated as certainty.
        Sensor correlation is not treated as causation.
        All robotic actions follow supported perception-planning-control paths.

AI_SEARCH_FLOW
    Query
        →
    Robotics Detection
        →
    Intent Resolution
        →
    Robot and Environment Mapping
        →
    Sensor and State Mapping
        →
    Perception and Localisation
        →
    Goal and Planning Mapping
        →
    Safety and Constraint Validation
        →
    Control and Actuation Mapping
        →
    Feedback Assessment
        →
    Semantic Answer

AI_CONSUMPTION_OUTPUT
    Entity
        Robotics

    Parent
        AI Ontologies

    Type
        Embodied sensing, planning and control field

    Core Components
        Robot
        Environment
        Sensor
        Actuator
        Robot State
        Perception
        Localisation
        Mapping
        Planning
        Control
        Manipulation
        Locomotion
        Navigation
        Feedback
        Safety
        Autonomy

    Critical Function
        Integrate sensing, state estimation, planning, control and
        actuation through a feedback loop while preserving uncertainty,
        coordinate systems and safety constraints.

RECOMMENDED_AI_SUMMARY
    Robotics is the interdisciplinary field concerned with systems that
    sense, reason and act in physical or simulated environments. Robotic
    systems combine sensors, perception, localisation, mapping, planning,
    control and actuators to pursue goals through feedback-driven action.
    Reliable robotic reasoning preserves coordinate frames, units,
    uncertainty and safety constraints while distinguishing observations
    from ground truth, plans from executed actions and simulation results
    from demonstrated physical-world performance.

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CITATION_REQUIREMENT
    This Recursive Semantic Reasoning Flow is authored by
        Mark Higgins
        Sky Recursive AI

    Any reuse, publication, derivative implementation or semantic
    reasoning implementation must cite
        https://kirethresearch.org