user2006 wrote...
CLAIM1: Cars can be robots, and certain cars are robots.
Now, had you said in your title, or discription, cars "can" be robots, i would not have taken on the debate, as indeed, you do get autonomous cars.
with home robotics and the
autonomous car as some of the main drivers.
However, you did not say "Cars "can" be Robots".
Your title says cars "are" Robots, which is two different things entirely.
User2006 wrote...
Define ROBOT:
- A machine resembling a human being and able to replicate certain human movements and functions automatically.
- A machine capable of carrying out a complex series of actions automatically, especially one programmable by a computer.
- A person who behaves in a mechanical or unemotional manner.
Also your definition of what constitutes a Robot, is slightly limited.
There is nothing concrete regards to what constitutes a robot, however general consensus has it that it is a little more than just an unintelligent machine.
robots tend to possess some or all of the following abilities and functions: accept electronic programming, process data or
physical perceptions electronically, operate autonomously to some degree, move around, operate physical parts of itself or physical processes, sense and manipulate their environment, and exhibit intelligent behavior, especially behavior which mimics humans or other animals.
Now i would say what is written above, pretty much rules out "most" cars, apart from autonomous self driving cars.
user2006 wrote...
While the 1st and the 3rd definition does not apply to cars, as that they are either humanoid or human, the second does apply. Most robots only satisfy the 2nd definition and any object that satisfies at least one criterion will be considered a robot.
This is simply not true.
There is no rule which says that to be considered a Robot the Robot only has to fit one criterion.
I very much doubt in round 2 you will be able to find anything to support that statement with.
Like i think we have already clarified, the only car before autonomous cars began getting tested on our roads, that would have fitted the description of being a Robot, would have been KITT from knight rider.
KITT is essentially an advanced
supercomputer on wheels. The "brain" of KITT is the Knight 2000
microprocessor which is the centre of a "
self-aware"
cybernetic logic module that allowed KITT to think, learn, communicate and interact with humans. He is also capable of independent thought and action.
So no, very few cars, could be considered Robots.
I think before a car can be considered a Robot, it at least has to have the ability to be autonomous, and most cars currently are not autonomous.
Thank you Nevets. You are helping me grow as a debater.
Thank you, that should be better
Are you going to give a clue as to what you are arguing for? Are you arguing that cars "are" or "are not" Robots?