Sense Plan Act

Sense-Plan-Act was the predominate robot control methodology through 1985.

  1. Sense - gather information using the sensors
  2. Plan - create a world model using all the information, and plan the next move
  3. Act

SPA is used in iterations: After the acting phase, the sensing phase, and the entire cycle, is repeated.


Famous quotes containing the words sense, plan and/or act:

    “Make sense who may. I switch off.”
    —Samuel Beckett (1906–1989)

    “Tired minds don’t plan well. Sleep first, plan later.”
    —Walter Reisch (1903–1963)

    “So work the honey-bees,
    Creatures that by a rule in nature teach
    The act of order to a peopled kingdom.”
    —William Shakespeare (1564–1616)