This does a much better job of explaining than I could: https://www.analyticsvidhya.com/blog/2015/07/difference-machine-learning-statistical-modeling/ https://

This does a much better job of explaining than I could: https://www.analyticsvidhya.com/blog/2015/07/difference-machine-learning-statistical-modeling/ https://www.analyticsvidhya.com/blog/2015/07/difference-mach... TL;DR: Just because you used a servo from a robot kit doesn't mean you built a robot (not meant in a harsh way, just using an analogy).