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From: smith@umn-cs.UUCP
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Subject: Re: Re: Robots
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Date: Wed, 1-May-85 12:29:00 EDT
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  I don't think anyone currently dealing with robots thinks much of the
Webster definition, which applies to Star Wars type robots.  One of the
trade groups (quoted in this month's IEEE Spectrum) defined robots as
machines that could move things around;  a sort of intuitive generalization
to include computer controlled arms and mobile robots.