The concept of Ecology of Physically Embedded Intelligent
Systems, or Peis-Ecology, combines insights from the fields of ubiquitous robotics and ambient intelligence to provide a new solution to building intelligent robots in the service of people. While this concept provides great potential, it also presents a number of new scientific challenges.
The Peis-Ecology project is an ongoing collaborative pro ject between Swedish and Korean researchers which addresses these challenges. In this paper we introduce the concept of Peis-Ecology, discuss its potential and its challenges, and present our current steps toward its realization. We also point to experimental results that show the viability of this concept.