Also I'd argue that a CNC machine is a robot as well, no different than a programmable industrial robotic arm.
IMHO, a dishwasher isn't a robot because it is neither versatile in its objective, nor programmable.
It's true - a robot arm is not so different from a CNC machine.
But a 5-axis CNC is not so different from a 3-axis CNC, a 3-axis CNC is not so different from a laser cutter, a laser cutter is not so different from a vinyl cutter, a vinyl cutter is not so different from a large-format printer, and a large-format printer is no so different from an inkjet printer.
In general the game of necessary and sufficient conditions for any non mathematical concept will always lead to inconsistencies, there's no such prescriptive "definition" for most words. try defining "game", or "chair" in such a way!
MW also posits that a “humanoid or animalistic” design makes a robot, but that’s objectively wrong, because that’s androids.
Cars with computers are robots, CNC machines (including vinyl cutters and inkjets) are robots, even a box fan can be if you hook it into an IC and give it commands, or in the case of s dishwasher you find a way to replace its firmware or just replace the internals with your own.
how programmable does it have to be for the robotic classification to stick? A cruise missile also cannot be programmed to be general - you can only program it to follow a trajectory. Just like you can only program a dishwasher to do dishes in a particular way.
They absolutely do for research and target practice.
It took realtime input from gyroscopes and starmaps and calculated output for the thrusters.
No? You’re thinking of a rocket-motored missile. Cruise missiles are little planes. They can often autonomously navigate terrain. A cruise missile is more a robot than a dishwasher, even a smart one, particularly modern ones which do target identification onboard.
Therefore, i am just arguing that classifying cruise missiles as robots, but failing to make the same judgement on a dishwasher is biased thinking.
'Cruise missile' and 'diswasher' are about as broad categories as robot versus not robot. (If you're calling out 'biased thinking,' say why it is. Otherwise it sound slick you don't know what bias means.)
there's no way cruise missiles and dishwashers as categories are similar in broadness to the categories of "robot" vs "not robot".
The point i was trying to make is an attempt to tease out the bias in the original post i am replying to - that of having the robot moniker assigned to things they fear more, instead of a more objective classification.
…why?
> that of having the robot moniker assigned to things they fear more, instead of a more objective classification
Sure. I’m rejecting that oversimplification.
Solving a Sinner circle is fundamentally simpler than even a basic flight-control system. The examples you chose refuse your comparison. That suggests your model is wrong.
A washing machine does’t care about the pose of the laundry inside. No direct manipulation. It just rotates the drum with a motor.
A self driving car locates and moves itself. A robotic arm manipulates objects. They are like half-robots. A “robot” robot can do both.
But actually my washer does respond to to load levels that it senses, then fills with different amounts of water accordingly.
And then like an unruly robot, it sometimes becomes unbalanced and "ambles" across the floor unexpectedly when it's supposed to be a completely stationary automaton.
You can program a diswhasher to brew beer.
Oh, Jesus. Here we go. I have no doubt that it has been done.
Googles a bit...
Could not find anything other than people using dishwashers to disinfect beer bottles.
You can't leave us hanging like that, dude. Please tell me it is true.
https://www.techspot.com/news/4230-automated-beer-brewing-wi...
Who ever controls the CNC machines will win The War Against the Machines.