The equipment
Identify the machine and the activity in which it participates.
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Machine
A Machine is a physical Species that can act on its own or participate within a larger system.
Machine in your universe
Machine represents the equipment as a participant. Its work can be one part of a larger system or an activity carried out directly in its own context.
Machine in practice
Ask about the machine
A participant asks a machine about its state before requesting an operation.
Ask or operate
Ask about its state or request an operation within your scope.
Follow the context
Physical operations follow the equipment’s permissions and the conditions of its setting.
Machine
Machine in an activity
Equipment, integrated systems, and operating scope.
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Nature
Artificial systems with their own physical presence are synthetic Species.
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Integrated participants
A machine can contain other participating systems or form part of a vehicle, exoskeleton, or Cluster.
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Participation context
Machine as a Species and the Protocol applying to machine operation have distinct responsibilities.
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Scope of operation
A request to inspect a machine does not automatically authorize a physical operation.
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