Alternate definition: Robot is the general term for a mechanical man or automaton, but has come to be applied to many machines which directly replace a human or animal.
Alternate definition: Robot is the general term for a mechanical man or automaton, but has come to be applied to many machines which directly replace a human or animal.
以上的定义是相当笼统的，甚至如一台空气调节器将会满足该标准。因此机器人专家扩充了定义，增加了机器人必须是执行更多行为实体的标准。因此，空气调节器和类似单一行为的实体被简化为控制问题。