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> but you're unsatisfied with it anyway because you now realize that the word "swim" is reserved for living creatures. There are swimming robots.[0][1] Swimmin
by wizzwizz4 4y ago
> but you're unsatisfied with it anyway because you now realize that the word "swim" is reserved for living creatures.
There are swimming robots.[0][1] Swimming is qualitatively different to what submarines do. The exception is helical flagella, not robots.
[0]: https://robot.cfp.co.ir/en/robots/swimming https://robot.cfp.co.ir/en/robots/swimming
[1]: https://www.robotswim.com/?lang=English https://www.robotswim.com/?lang=English
- LarryMullins 4y ago> The exception is helical flagella, not robots. Don't you think they're an exemption because they're alive? If seals had propellers we'd still say they swim. Squids use jet propulsion and we still say they swim; do jetskis also swim? Somehow not.