While we're on the subject of abused words, calling RC-machines/devices "robots" drives me a little nuts. To my mind, it's not a robot if someone is standing th

While we're on the subject of abused words, calling RC-machines/devices "robots" drives me a little nuts. To my mind, it's not a robot if someone is standing there with a remote-control initiating its every move. It's just an RC vehicle. But, you see this even in competitions wherein schools will build various RC-devices to face off in "robot battles". It's cool that they're imagining and building this stuff, and it's a lot of fun, but they are NOT robots!