Timeline for Is a printer a robot? [closed]
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| Dec 1, 2018 at 4:59 | comment | added | takintoolong | @bukwyrm the question, and answers, evolve as a result of everyone's participation. Detecting deteriorating print quality would be an example related to the penultimate paragraph and serve as evidence toward the printer being a robot. However, the answer I chose is more subjective perception of "quality" by the printer. Many inkjet printers can detect print issues related to the level of ink, which is less subjective. | |
| Nov 28, 2018 at 12:38 | comment | added | bukwyrm | In the preamble you talk about printers that have some sensors to get feedback on their work - yet in the penultimate paragraph you say that you liked a comment that focuses on the inability to sense the product. Which is it? Many inkjet printers can detect deteriorating print quality, for instance. | |
| Nov 28, 2018 at 12:13 | history | closed | Mark Booth | Opinion-based | |
| Nov 28, 2018 at 12:12 | history | edited | Mark Booth | CC BY-SA 4.0 |
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| Nov 28, 2018 at 12:10 | history | reopened | Mark Booth | ||
| Nov 27, 2018 at 14:38 | history | edited | takintoolong | CC BY-SA 4.0 |
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| Nov 27, 2018 at 14:06 | comment | added | Chuck♦ |
I am leaning toward personally defining printers, especially newer models, all-in-ones, and various 3d printing devices as robots. Based on what? Again, if you could define what constitutes a robot, then it should become immediately evident whether a printer (3D or otherwise) is a robot. This is why I marked this question as a duplicate of "What's the difference between a robot and a machine?" - that's what this question boils down to. Is it a robot or a machine? Well, define those terms and you get your answer.
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| Nov 23, 2018 at 0:47 | comment | added | jsotola | any machine that does your work for you can be classified as a robot .... a blender, an elevator, a printer, industrial robot, etc. etc. | |
| Nov 22, 2018 at 16:55 | comment | added | takintoolong | Petch Puttichai and sempaiscuba, at this point I am thinking the answer to the question is "there is no universally accepted definition of a 'robot'." If someone were to answer similarly I would be inclined to give the check mark to them. | |
| Nov 22, 2018 at 10:36 | comment | added | sempaiscuba | Your problem is as @PetchPuttichai has said: without defining what you mean by 'robot' there is no way to answer your question. There is no universally accepted definition of a 'robot'. If you type the question 'what is a robot?' into a search engine you'll find a variety of definitions, some of which would include printers and others that would exclude printers. | |
| Nov 22, 2018 at 4:00 | review | Reopen votes | |||
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| Nov 22, 2018 at 3:44 | history | edited | takintoolong | CC BY-SA 4.0 |
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| Nov 21, 2018 at 19:58 | comment | added | Manuel Rodriguez | Biological systems, for example a chicken, can be understood as a 3d printer. Reprogramming such a biological robot is possible with DNA modification. A possible way for creating Synthetic biological systems are grammar based domain specific languages like BioLogo. | |
| Nov 21, 2018 at 17:57 | history | closed |
sempaiscuba Chuck♦ |
Duplicate of What is the difference between a Robot and a Machine? | |
| Nov 21, 2018 at 17:57 | comment | added | Chuck♦ | I think this is essentially a duplicate question ("What's the difference between a robot and a machine?") so I'm going to close this question as such. If the answers to that question don't also answer your question, please edit your post to state why the answers there were inadequate and what you're still looking for. | |
| Nov 21, 2018 at 17:39 | comment | added | Chuck♦ | Welcome to Robotics, takintoolong. As it stands, it's not clear what you're asking. As @PetchPuttichai mentions, you haven't stated criteria for what a robot is, but I believe if you did state the criteria then you would answer your own question. Beyond that, it's not clear to me what the object of your question is - are you asking about a "standard" printer, or a 3D printer? Are you trying to answer your own question in the body? You don't actually ask a question anywhere except in the title, and the text of your question doesn't serve to clarify the title. | |
| Nov 21, 2018 at 14:07 | answer | added | Manuel Rodriguez | timeline score: -1 | |
| Nov 21, 2018 at 13:57 | comment | added | Manuel Rodriguez | 3 2 1 0 RepRap? | |
| Nov 21, 2018 at 9:20 | review | Close votes | |||
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| Nov 21, 2018 at 8:12 | comment | added | Petch Puttichai | Before arguing if something is a robot, you need to define what a robot is first. | |
| Nov 21, 2018 at 5:35 | review | First posts | |||
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| Nov 21, 2018 at 5:31 | history | asked | takintoolong | CC BY-SA 4.0 |