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I don't think microwaves or dishwashers can accurately be called robots. They're just regular old machines. A computer is not meaningfully involved with their o
by nwiswell 4y ago
I don't think microwaves or dishwashers can accurately be called robots. They're just regular old machines. A computer is not meaningfully involved with their operation.
You could certainly make an argument that a printer is a robot, though.
- simonh 4y agoI don't think OPs reference to them as robots is supposed to be taken literally, but rather in the sense that these are devices that substitute for many of the same human tasks that robots would.
- fragmede 4y agoSo are they robots if we throw an app frontend and some IoT thing at it so there's a computer involved?
- nwiswell 4y agoI think that's just a microwave or dishwasher with a computer glued on. The computer needs to be actually integral to the operation of the appliance, and in general it needs to be involved with motion control. So e.g. a self driving car could qualify as a robot.