... in the field of autonomous robotics is to create a skilled robot companion that is able to live in our homes and workplaces, and to perform physical tasks for helping us in our everyday life.

...coming from the field of ambient intelligence, is to create a network of intelligent home devices that provide us with information, communication, and entertainment.

... aims at combining these two visions into the new concept of an Ecology of networked Physically Embedded Intelligent Systems, or PEIS (pronounced [peIs] like in 'pace'). The PEIS-Ecology will provide cognitive and physical assistance to the citizens of the future, and help them to live a better, safer and more independent life.