What is a robot

And where do AI systems fall into this, for example IBM's WATSON jeopady playing computer, is this regarded as AI or simply an extreamly good search engine

I agree that the word ROBOT has been overly generalized to mean almost anything with a microchip that can move and I too agree this term needs to be better defined as I love ROBOTS but dont think my toaster or coffee maker should be called one, a cleaver machine, programmable machine etc, perhaps.

Even my CNC project with all its computer controlled parts with movement is not a ROBOT, but it is a programmable machine

Peter

"I can't define a robot, but I know one when I see one."

- Joseph Engelberger

What if I have the definitive AI algorithm ?

Oh, if it passes the Turing Test then it is regarded as human.

AI is has no moving parts

Even my CNC project with all its computer controlled parts with movement is not a ROBOT

I'd call it a robot, because the CNC welding machines in the car factory are called robots. Just because milling cutters existed before CNC that does not disqualify them as robots.

But what about plotters? They can be described as CNC pencils... are they robots? If not, why are Doodle Bots called robots? If yes, what about a laser printer? Does moving a pen qualify as a robot, but moving a laser beam not?

Are fabrics produced by knitting machines or robots?

Does the movement have to have a certain DoF? If yes, how many?

A robot is a machine, that's for sure but when turns a machine into a robot?

I think part of the original definition included Humanoid like

Car manufacturing robots are really a partial robot as they simulate a rather storong ARM, A full robot with AI (Self Aware ???) would become an Android or Gynoid

Maybe. But it's meaningless... I know many humans that don't pass it

BTW: Do you remember Eliza? Do this passed the turing test ?

A robot is a machine, that's for sure but when turns a machine into a robot?

When it starts thinking  unexpected thought and you can teach things it/he/she never known

Enrico Miglino wrote:

BTW: Do you remember Eliza? Do this passed the turing test ?

Some believe it did.

There was once a time ...

Ok, to make this short, I have developed in some past time an algorithm of a real AI. The machine was able to learn then understand depending on the concepts making different levels of abstractions. It was around the middle of '90 and there was few tools to give data to the machine. But it worked. Maybe now it is time again to restart it, redefine the theory and put it working again ?