# 【机器人工程与算法】What is the difference between a Robot and a Machine?

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> 核心摘要：针对「What is the difference between a Robot and a Machine?」的已采纳排障方案：You asked two (root) questions: Question: What is the difference between a Robot and a Machine? and Question:…

# 【机器人工程与算法】What is the difference between a Robot and a Machine?

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> 原文出处：[What is the difference between a Robot and a Machine?](https://robotics.stackexchange.com/questions/1654/what-is-the-difference-between-a-robot-and-a-machine)（Robotics Stack Exchange #1654 · 投票数：12）

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## 问题与现象

What is the difference between a Robot and a Machine? At what point does a machine begin to be called a robot? Is it at a certain level of complexity? Is it when it has software etc?. For instance: A desktop printer has mechanics, electronics and firmware but it is not considered a robot (or is it). A Roomba has the same stuff but we call it a robot. So what is the difference. I have always believed that a robot is a robot when it takes input from it's environment and uses it to make decisions on how to affect it's environment; i.e. a robot has…

## 涉及技术栈标签

- 领域分类：机器人工程与算法排障
- 原始标签：industrial-robot

## 已采纳根因分析与解决步骤

1. You asked two (root) questions: Question: What is the difference between a Robot and a Machine?
2. and Question: At what point does a machine begin to be called a robot?
3. If I may, allow me to present the following text to address the first question: The six classical simple machines Reference: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Simple_machine Lever Wheel and axle Pulley Inclined plane Wedge S…
4. Addressing your second question and although fiction, Isaac Asimov presented a line of thought (reference: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Three_Laws_of_Robotics ) still discussed today: The Three Laws of Robotics (often sh…
5. The rules were introduced in his 1942 short story "Runaround", although they had been foreshadowed in a few earlier stories.

原问题作者：user797；采纳答案作者：JoeFromOzarks（CC BY-SA 4.0）。
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## 原始参考来源 (Sources)

- [Robotics Stack Exchange #1654：What is the difference between a Robot and a Machine?](https://robotics.stackexchange.com/questions/1654/what-is-the-difference-between-a-robot-and-a-machine)