kidnapped robot problem

noun

The situation where an autonomous robot is carried somewhere and as a result has trouble determining its own location.

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Meanings

nounkidnapped robot problem (plural kidnapped robot problems)

plural kidnapped robot problems

  1. computingThe situation where an autonomous robot is carried somewhere and as a result has trouble determining its own location.
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