Talk:Robot

The article Robotics currently has a lot of content about types of robot which could be moved over here. Robotics is the human field of R+D that studies robots, so should focus on that human aspect. Then types of robot could all go here. — Preceding unsigned comment added by 2.30.195.245 (talk) 10:29, 2 September 2024 (UTC)

:nice info 182.56.82.138 (talk) 12:03, 23 December 2024 (UTC)

Daleks are cited as robots. Daleks are fiction aliens with metalic suits. They are not robots. — Preceding unsigned comment added by 2804:7F0:6782:C193:D35D:CA6B:37AF:73CA (talk) 00:48, 28 March 2023 (UTC)

:Agreed 2600:1700:523E:CC10:8EF4:5395:5F3D:3F93 (talk) 14:56, 28 July 2024 (UTC)

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Definition of a Robot : A machine, electrical and/or mechanical, which has been programmed to perform a function or functions.

PeterHCzaja (talk) 10:49, 3 January 2022 (UTC)

:File:Red information icon with gradient background.svg Not done for now: it's not clear what changes you want to be made. Please mention the specific changes in a "change X to Y". Signed, I Am Chaos (talk) 20:37, 3 January 2022 (UTC)

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Please remove "In 2015, the Nao alderen robots were shown to have a capability for a degree of self-awareness. Researchers at the Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute AI and Reasoning Lab in New York conducted an experiment where a robot became aware of itself, and corrected its answer to a question once it had realised this.[121]"

This statement is misleading and based on a popular science article that is an irresponsible exaggeration of the research -- showing that a purpose-built reasoning algorithm can do inference when provided with additional information is very different from the popular understanding of "self-awareness" (see the original article that the CNN article is based on at http://kryten.mm.rpi.edu/SBringsjord_etal_self-con_robots_kg4_0601151615NY.pdf for a clearer explanation of the work, which focuses on a cognitively-inspired inference engine). From that paper: "[the first author of the paper] doesn’t believe that any of the artificial creatures featured in the present paper are actually self-conscious. He has explained repeatedly [e.g., see [14], [15]] that genuine phenomenal consciousness [16] is impossible for a mere machine to have, and true self-consciousness would require phenomenal consciousness." 130.64.35.18 (talk) 17:46, 13 April 2022 (UTC)

It was already removed. - CafeGurrier66 (talk • contribs) 12:59, 22 April 2022 (UTC)

:File:Pictogram voting wait.svg Already done – Jonesey95 (talk) 13:33, 22 April 2022 (UTC)

Can we please just drop the "From the time of ancient civilization," from the start of the fourth paragraph? It adds nothing to the text and is an awful, over-used cliché. If we must reinforce the presence of robots in history, it would do more good to actually mention specific cases in other sections of the article Yoshimatu (talk) 14:06, 1 February 2024 (UTC)

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103.92.44.162 (talk) 08:03, 10 April 2024 (UTC)

:File:Red question icon with gradient background.svg Not done: it's not clear what changes you want to be made. Please mention the specific changes in a "change X to Y" format and provide a reliable source if appropriate. [[User:CanonNi]] (talk|contribs) 09:40, 10 April 2024 (UTC)

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