Talk:Robot

Latest comment: 4 days ago by 80.0.70.126 in topic Robots = harm?
Former good articleRobot was one of the Engineering and technology good articles, but it has been removed from the list. There are suggestions below for improving the article to meet the good article criteria. Once these issues have been addressed, the article can be renominated. Editors may also seek a reassessment of the decision if they believe there was a mistake.
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Edit together with Robotics?

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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)Reply

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


Reference to Daleks

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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)Reply

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

Robot definition

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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)Reply

  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)Reply

Semi-protected edit request on 13 April 2022

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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)Reply

It was already removed. - CafeGurrier66 (talkcontribs) 12:59, 22 April 2022 (UTC)Reply

  Already doneJonesey95 (talk) 13:33, 22 April 2022 (UTC)Reply

"From the time of ancient civilization", "time immemorial" and other clichés

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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)Reply

Semi-protected edit request on 10 April 2024

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

Wiki Education assignment: Research Process and Methodology - SU24 - Sect 200 - Thu

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  This article was the subject of a Wiki Education Foundation-supported course assignment, between 22 May 2024 and 24 August 2024. Further details are available on the course page. Student editor(s): Zq2197 (article contribs).

— Assignment last updated by FULBERT (talk) 12:58, 18 August 2024 (UTC)Reply

Robots = harm?

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Wawawawawawawa 80.0.70.126 (talk) 11:47, 24 December 2024 (UTC)Reply