ABSTRACT

The term 'agent' is interchangeably used with robots, programs, behaviours, animated characters and can mean software as well as hardware implements. Toda's fungus eaters were the earliest model of complete autonomous agents. The source of replenishment for these creatures is a type of fungus that is typical to that planet. Toda's fungus eaters were humanoid, artificial creatures mining uranium at planet Taros, a-Sapporo star system served as the first models for autonomous agents. The fungus eaters would roam around collecting uranium, unloading it in marked containers until they became inactive due to lack of fungi or accident. Toda's model was broadly built on sensory-motor principles, and the fungus eater lacked the ability for appreciable cerebral activities, so however good uranium miners they may have been, one would never hear them whistle a tune or sing along to liven up the ambiance. Behaviourism, a branch of psychology, is the study of the relation between one's environments and the impending behaviour.