Environmental understanding is the capability of a robot or autonomous system to perceive, interpret, and build a usable model of its surroundings from sensor data.

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  • Environmental understanding combines sensing with interpretation, producing representations such as occupancy maps, object detections, and semantic labels that an agent can use to plan and act in its surroundings.
  • It draws on perception methods including object recognition, segmentation, and mapping, and it supports tasks such as navigation and manipulation in unstructured environments.

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