Talk:List of robots

Robot Definitions
This portion of the Discussion page is for holding rules that define robots that are to be included in this list.


 * 1) A robot with a large amount of organic components does not count. They would either be considered cyborgs or monsters.  A robot eligible for this list can have organic components, but they must be nearly microscopic in nature, or be a liquid for coolant and/or fuel, such as oil.
 * 2) A vehicle is normally not considered a robot, unless it meets at least one of these specific criteria:
 * 3) The vehicle acts as an extension of the human body, such as an exoskeleton or Super Robot.
 * 4) The vehicle has an artificial intelligence and can act without human control, such as KITT.  (Also acceptable would be vehicles that don't have complete artificial intelligence, but can make decisions and alter the vehicle without the driver's or pilot's command based on information gathered while moving.)
 * 5) The vehicle is remote controlled and has a purpose other than transportation.
 * 6) Artificial Intelligences count as robots if they are not part of a larger computer or machine, and they have control over things other than themselves, such as HAL 9000.

OtakuMan (talk) 21:03, 12 February 2009 (UTC)

On Region Determination
Some robots are built by designers who make their creations in countries other than the ones they were born in. A good example is Nabaztag and its creator, Rafi Haladjian. While he was born in Lebanon, he moved to France and made his robotic creation there. In this situation, the robot would be considered from France and not Lebanon since it was in France that its creator developed, manufactured, and produced the robot.

In short, nationality of the robot inventor(s) is secondary in determining a robot's native region as opposed to which country the robot was originally developed and built in.

OtakuMan (talk) 19:38, 19 February 2009 (UTC)

International Robot Rules
For a certain robot to be considered "International", it requires that its development be overseen by members of various nationalities working under an International banner. In this sense, no one robotics company, researcher, or manufacturer can claim that the robot's design and/or production were solely the work of one region.

The Mars Science Laboratory is a perfect example of such a robot.

On the other hand, if a robot was built for an international project, but its entire design and/or production can be based under one region, then that robot can claim nationality to that region. This can be seen in Canadarm2 which while built for the International Space Station, was entirely developed by a Canadian company as a Canadian contribution to the project. In this case, Canadarm2 can rightfully claim to be a Canadian robot.

OtakuMan (talk) 20:18, 19 February 2009 (UTC)

Possible Exceptions
In the case of the Entomopter, the robot was built in labs within the USA and British territories. However, since the robot's development and construction was not spread over more than 2 countries, I decided to assign the robot a nationality. To determine its nationality, I looked at the robot's lead creator, Robert C. Michelson. Since Prof. Michelson was American, I designated that the robot too was American.

OtakuMan (talk) 19:43, 23 February 2009 (UTC)

R.U.R.
In the section Czech Regional Robots, there is a list of characters from R.U.R., but all lead to the top of the same page. Thoughts?--TimothyJacobson (talk) 18:57, 26 May 2010 (UTC)

List or robots/Robots - capitalised or not?
Should the title of the article be "List or robots" instead of "List or Robots"? The difference is with the capitalised "R". Just pointing the fact out. If I'm not replying to your comments, just ring me up at my talk page. Best, A NG C HENRUI Talk ♨  15:16, 30 July 2010 (UTC)