Talk:Robot
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Inventor
One from the useless information department. http://capek.misto.cz/english/robot.html creditis the word to his older brother, Josef Capek.
Two kinds
Please, someone with better writing skills than mine, help us distinguish between robots perform "predetermined actions" and those which make decisions based on environmental conditions.
Also, to what extent is stability control (in cars) or an automatic pilot (in aircraft) "robotic"? --Ed Poor Talk 10:35, 18 January 2010 (EST)
- I'll pass on the mechanical engineering. Quotes under 500 words can be considered fair use.RJJensen 11:08, 18 January 2010 (EST)