> And if you go by that definition you see that things like dishwasher, washing machines, elevators, full authority digital engine controls, surface to air miss

> And if you go by that definition you see that things like dishwasher, washing machines, elevators, full authority digital engine controls, surface to air missiles are all robots. > But nobody, not even roboticist, calls those things robots. You don't need a roboticist to load your dishes, or to get to the floor of your meeting, or shoot down an enemy airplane. I guess I'm a roboticist, and yeah, I call all of those robots. Those are _tantastic_ robots that just get their jobs done.