Robotic simulations and attention

I always suggest that one should do as much with simulations as possible. Simulations* are quicker and cheaper than using real physical robots. You may even be able to take the program you developed on a simulator and use it directly to run a real physical robot.** Simulations oversimplify the issue/problem of attention, however.***

* See, for example, Blankenship and Mishal's Robot Programmer's Bonanza, McGraw Hill, 2008.
** See, for example, RobotBASIC Projects for the Lego NXT, CreateSpace, 2011.
***My blog of 10 March 2016 describes how to improve the situation somewhat.