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The first definition on google is "(especially in science fiction) a machine resembling a human being and able to replicate certain human movements and function
by staticman2 3y ago
The first definition on google is "(especially in science fiction) a machine resembling a human being and able to replicate certain human movements and functions automatically."
The second is "a machine capable of carrying out a complex series of actions automatically, especially one programmable by a computer."
Arguably a dishwasher is not complex enough to meet the second definition, and it certainly doesn't meet the first.
It's pretty much unheard of for people to call dishwashers robots, (as opposed to vacuums which are marketed as robots) so I think there's a strong argument it fits neither definition.
Would you call a windmill a robot?
- JohnFen 3y ago> a machine resembling a human being and able to replicate certain human movements and functions automatically. I'd call that an android, which is a subset of robots in general > Would you call a windmill a robot? No, I'd call a windmill a power plant. To be honest, I have a problem squaring most dictionary definitions with how I hear people talk about robots (but most of the people I hear talk about robots are robotics people), so I don't put a lot of stock in them, really. To me, a dishwasher is unambiguously a robot, just a simple one. But, really, none of this actually matters much. It's just semantics.