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More like a machine, not a robot. One of the traditionally viewed differences between industrial machine automation and robot automation is that robots are rela
by Gravityloss 11y ago
More like a machine, not a robot. One of the traditionally viewed differences between industrial machine automation and robot automation is that robots are relatively general and can be repurposed.
Think of wiring vs software.
I would think a real robot solving a cube would perhaps at least have to pick it up and put it back down after solving.
- erikpukinskis 11y ago> robots are relatively general and can be repurposed. I see your point, but I'm not sure that's a good definition. It's a very fuzzy line. Is a Roomba a robot? It's not a general purpose device. I've always found it difficult to define intelligence in any useful way, but when I think about it I usually come to the conclusion that it's almost indistinguishable from adaptation, which is easier to define. And adaptation is sort of an interesting line to use for the machine/robot distinction. Machines do work, but robots adapt? By that definition the Roomba is a robot... it will adapt to foreign objects you place in front of it. This Rubiks machine can adapt to different configurations. But there is a small finite space of scenarios it can adapt to. So maybe that's it. How many states can you adapt to? If not very many, you're a machine. If quite a lot, you're a robot!