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Re:The first autonomous, entirely soft robot by erikpukinskis on Monday August 29, 2016 @12:59PM (#12383252)
What makes any robot not "just an oscillator"? Aren't CPUs just oscillators in a novel implementation? Does it have to be made of semiconductor? Metal?
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Re:The first autonomous, entirely soft robot by themgt on Monday August 29, 2016 @02:15PM (#12383902)
While it might not be perfectly encompassing, I would generally consider a "robot" to necessarily use some form of Turing Machine executing software to control its movement.
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