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Re:The first autonomous, entirely soft robot by sndean on Monday August 29, 2016 @05:17PM (#12385422)
> washing machine, oven, and thermostat? ... No one would consider these "robots".

> clothes cleaning robot => washing machine; etc.

So do you think a washing machine is a robot?

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Re:The first autonomous, entirely soft robot by beambot on Monday August 29, 2016 @07:19PM (#12386212)
Nope. It already works.
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Re:The first autonomous, entirely soft robot by sndean on Monday August 29, 2016 @09:33PM (#12386783)
But that would mean that washing machines were at one time considered robots, but now they aren't ... Ohh, okay, I like that definition too.
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