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A robot is an autonomous machine that is guided by a computer or an operator which could either be on-board (such as an AI brain or a mecha pilot) or remotely operated a (such as a drone).

This is basically the machine version of a species tag and covers robots from mindless automatons to fully sentient mechanical lifeforms.

Robots come in basic types:

• Entertainment robots, which are robots used for entertainment purposes such as animatronics, robot toys, and sexbots.
• Worker robots, which are often used for manual labor that is too dangerous or exact for biological laborers. Examples include be industrial robots or the Boston Dynamics "Big Dog."
• Helper robots, which are generally tools used to aid skilled professionals or carry out very specific tasks that couldn't be achieved any other way. Examples would include nano-bots and robotic surgery tables.
• Combat robots, which are mobile weapon platforms that assists or replaces traditional soldiers with the goal of minimizing casualties and enhancing a fighting force. Examples include UAVs and the Terminator robots.
• Creature analog robots, the kind most likely to grace the pages of e621. These robots are made for various reasons, but generally resemble natural creatures in some small way.
• Androids, which are basically mechanical people. They're fully sentient and life-like, both in behavior, function and appearance.

Robot body types:

• robot_feral
• robot_anthro
• robot_humanoid
• robot_taur

Related tags:

• machine
• robot
• android
• animatronic
• metallic_body
• metallic_genitalia
• metal_balls
• metal_penis
• robotization
• reverse_robotization

Forum discussion:

• forum #141131 - Cyborgs, Androids, and Robots. Oh my! (Oct. 2014)
• forum #145008 - Calling all robot, android, mecha, etc. experts! (wiki project) (Dec. 2014)