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mitko on March 29, 2011 | parent | context | favorite | on: Robots Are the Next Revolution, So Why Isn't Anyon...

what about the robots in people's pockets. iPhones and Androids can do so many things and have so many sensors. These are robots, just not in the shape we imagined they will take. And they are not yet in the autonomous decision level we imagined they will be.

Disclaimer: I'm a masters student in robotics and don't use iPhone or Android (yet)

wladimir on March 29, 2011 [–]

How are phones robots? Doesn't robot imply that it has actuators as well as sensors?

mitko on April 3, 2011 | [–]

Actuators in phones include - playing sound, displaying images, connecting to networks and other appliances, vibrating... etc.

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