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by erikpukinskis 3585 days ago
What makes any robot not "just an oscillator"? Aren't CPUs just oscillators in a novel implementation? Does it have to be made of semiconductor? Metal?
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While it might not be perfectly encompassing, I would generally consider a "robot" to necessarily use some form of Turing Machine executing software to control its movement.