Alt-BEAM Archive
Message #05196
To: beam@sgiblab.sgi.com
From: Bob Shannon bshannon@tiac.net
Date: Fri, 09 Jul 1999 09:19:04 -0400
Subject: [alt-beam] Re: Someting funny with the subject line? was Somethingfunnywith
George Rix wrote:
>
>
> > Nope, a power drill is a power tool, it needs a human operator just like a
> hand
> > powered drill does. Clearly not a robot by any reasonable definition, even
> > Tilden's.
>
> But it does perform a task. It makes the job of drilling a hole easier for
> the operator. By what you have said, all those bots car factories have are
> no longer robots, because they have people check up on them to see if they
> work.
It does not perform the task automatically, so its not a robot.
People are used to check up on other people's work, but that does not make the
workers less than people.
Most quality inspections on car assembly lines are done by robots by the way.
The main exception being checking the paint job.
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