Definities van robot

[MJM]

Een robot is een geautomatiseerde mechaniek, die semi-autonoom of volledig autonoom fysieke taken kan volbrengen. (Robert Macniel, 2009)

[leo-rcc]

While there is no single correct definition of "robot", a typical robot will have several, or possibly all, of the following characteristics.

It is an electric machine which has some ability to interact with physical objects and to be given electronic programming to do a specific task or to do a whole range of tasks or actions. It may also have some ability to perceive and absorb data on physical objects, or on its local physical environment, or to process data, or to respond to various stimuli. This is in contrast to a simple mechanical device such as a gear or a hydraulic press or any other item which has no processing ability and which does tasks through purely mechanical processes and motion.

[Lyonel90]

Een robot is een programmeerbare machine, die meerdere verschillende taken uit kan voeren. Hierin verschilt hij van een numerieke machine, die is geprogrammeerd voor één taak.