  This correspondence comments on the findings reported in a recent Science
Robotics article by Mitrokhin et al. [1]. The main goal of this commentary is
to expand on some of the issues touched on in that article. Our experience is
that hyperdimensional computing is very different from other approaches to
computation and that it can take considerable exposure to its concepts before
attaining practically useful understanding. Therefore, in order to provide an
overview of the area to the first time reader of [1], the commentary includes a
brief historic overview as well as connects the findings of the article to a
larger body of literature existing in the area.
