Answers.Body: <p>In the broadest sense, the difference is that non-robotic A(G)I <em>may</em> not be possible because, as per <a href="https://ai.stackexchange.com/questions/1415/what-kind-of-body-if-any-does-intelligence-require">this question</a>, it could be that "Intelligence requires a body".</p>
  
  <p>More specifically, it could be that there are limitations to what the traditional (well, 1950s style) 'Brain in a vat' notion of an AI is capable of comprehending, in the absence of experience of embodied experience such as force, motion and "the raw, unawshed world".</p>
  
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Answers.Body: <p>In a general sense you can say that robot is a piece of hardware, while AI is software (sometimes hardware too).<br></p>
  
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    <p><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Robot" rel="nofollow noreferrer">Wikipedia</a> states Robot as a machine which performs complex set of tasks automatically.<br>
    Machine - A mechanical device basically.<br></p>
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  <p>So, technically you can create a robot that doesn't require any kind of complex algorithms to take decisions. A simple line follower doesn't even require a microcontroller. Just some gates are enough. Some other examples of robots are, a robotic arm, automated control systems in industries, etc. If you think about it even the printer in your house is a robot in itself.<br><br></p>
  
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    <p>Artificial Intelligence is a field of Computer Science which deals with developing systems that can perform tasks rationally as if it is using intelligence (of human level) for taking decisions.</p>
  </blockquote>
  
  <p>AI deals with complex algorithms. Some examples of AI are speech recognition, face recognition, natural language processing, etc.
  <br>AI don't necessarily need additional hardware. A simple desktop at home will work, while the term robot is used for external hardware that does some autonomous task repeatedly. </p>
  
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Answers.Body: <p>Basically a <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Robot" rel="nofollow noreferrer">robot</a> is a mechanical or virtual artificial agent which exhibit intelligent behavior (<a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Artificial_intelligence" rel="nofollow noreferrer">AI</a>).</p>
  <hr />
  <p><a href="http://waitbutwhy.com/wait-but-who" rel="nofollow noreferrer">Tim Urban</a> on <em><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wait_But_Why" rel="nofollow noreferrer">Wait But Why</a></em> website wrote the following to clear things up:</p>
  <blockquote>
  <p>First, stop thinking of robots.</p>
  <h1>A robot is a container for AI,</h1>
  <p>sometimes mimicking the human form, sometimes not</p>
  <p>— but the AI itself <strong>is the computer inside the robot</strong>.</p>
  <h3>AI is the brain and the robot is its body — if it even has a body.</h3>
  <p>For example,</p>
  <p>the software and data behind <strong>Siri is AI</strong>, the woman’s voice we hear is a personification of that AI, and there’s no robot involved at all.</p>
  </blockquote>
  <p>Source: <a href="http://waitbutwhy.com/2015/01/artificial-intelligence-revolution-1.html" rel="nofollow noreferrer">The AI Revolution: The Road to Superintelligence</a></p>
  
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  <li>Simply we say AI is software and robot is its body. </li>
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  <p>This is because the algorithms we commonly think of AI come in the form of software, where when we talk about robots, we're talking about physical automation.</p>
  
  <p>In an automobile manufacturing process where automation is used, the <em>software</em> makes the decisions on what physical action the <em>robot</em> arm should take at any given time. </p>
  
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Answers.Body: <p>An <a href="http://www.oxforddictionaries.com/definition/english/artificial-intelligence#artificial-intelligence__2" rel="nofollow" title="OED - AI">AI</a> is a computer program designed for tasks normally requiring human <a href="http://www.oxforddictionaries.com/definition/english/intelligence" rel="nofollow" title="OED - Intelligence">intelligence</a> (a human's ability to learn), while a <a href="http://www.oxforddictionaries.com/definition/english/robot" rel="nofollow" title="OED - Robot">robot</a> is a machine that completes complex tasks. An AI could be used to control a robot, but they are very different.</p>
  
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Answers.Body: <p>Although there are several definitions of "robot", an essential feature of everything called "robot" is that it is capable of movement. This does not necessarily mean <em>displacement</em>; a robot arm in a factory also moves.</p>
  
  <p>There is a single exception to this rule,  which is bot-programs like chatbots; I will discuss them later.</p>
  
  <p>Artificial Intelligence does not need to move; a chess program can be argued to be an AI, but does not move. </p>
  
  <p>A robot can actually have AI; one of the definitions of robot is that it is a system, capable of <em>autonomous</em> movement. In order to be autonomous, to be able to make decisions of its own, a certain amount of AI may be necessary. </p>
  
  <p>There is one class of "robots" that does not move, and does not even have physical presence; bot programs, like chatbots, that operate inside systems. I do not consider them robots, because they are not physical devices operating in the real world. A chatbot can be an AI, however - a good chatbot may have some natural language processing to interact with humans in a way that humans find natural.</p>
  
  <p>To summarize; an AI can exist purely in software. But to be a robot, there must be a moving physical component in the real world.</p>
  
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Body: <p>What is the difference between artificial intelligence and robots?</p>
  
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ThreadText: # What is the difference between artificial intelligence and robots?
  
  (Asked by: username_0 on 2016-08-08)
  
  What is the difference between artificial intelligence and robots?
  
  **Tags:** terminology, robotics, robots, comparison
  
  > **Comments:**
  > **username_1**: Robots as in "physical devices", or chatbots and other bot-programs?  
  > **username_2**: Related: [Are Artificial Intelligence and Robotics Different?](http://robotics.stackexchange.com/q/2264/353) at Robotics.SE  
  
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  ## 6 answers
  
  ### Answer by username_1 on 2016-08-08. Score: 9 | Accepted answer
  
  Although there are several definitions of "robot", an essential feature of everything called "robot" is that it is capable of movement. This does not necessarily mean *displacement*; a robot arm in a factory also moves.
  
  There is a single exception to this rule, which is bot-programs like chatbots; I will discuss them later.
  
  Artificial Intelligence does not need to move; a chess program can be argued to be an AI, but does not move.
  
  A robot can actually have AI; one of the definitions of robot is that it is a system, capable of *autonomous* movement. In order to be autonomous, to be able to make decisions of its own, a certain amount of AI may be necessary.
  
  There is one class of "robots" that does not move, and does not even have physical presence; bot programs, like chatbots, that operate inside systems. I do not consider them robots, because they are not physical devices operating in the real world. A chatbot can be an AI, however - a good chatbot may have some natural language processing to interact with humans in a way that humans find natural.
  
  To summarize; an AI can exist purely in software. But to be a robot, there must be a moving physical component in the real world.
  
  
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  ### Answer by username_3 on 2016-08-08. Score: 5
  
  In the broadest sense, the difference is that non-robotic A(G)I *may* not be possible because, as per [this question](https://ai.stackexchange.com/questions/1415/what-kind-of-body-if-any-does-intelligence-require), it could be that "Intelligence requires a body".
  
  More specifically, it could be that there are limitations to what the traditional (well, 1950s style) 'Brain in a vat' notion of an AI is capable of comprehending, in the absence of experience of embodied experience such as force, motion and "the raw, unawshed world".
  
  > **Comments:**
  > **username_4**: Are you saying that a real AI (in particular, AGI) may require a body and thus it may be a robot? I think you should have been more explicit, with respect to the actual question.  
  
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  ### Answer by username_5 on 2017-05-04. Score: 3
  
  In a general sense you can say that robot is a piece of hardware, while AI is software (sometimes hardware too).
  
  > [Wikipedia](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Robot) states Robot as a machine which performs complex set of tasks automatically.  
  > Machine - A mechanical device basically.
  
  So, technically you can create a robot that doesn't require any kind of complex algorithms to take decisions. A simple line follower doesn't even require a microcontroller. Just some gates are enough. Some other examples of robots are, a robotic arm, automated control systems in industries, etc. If you think about it even the printer in your house is a robot in itself.
  
  > Artificial Intelligence is a field of Computer Science which deals with developing systems that can perform tasks rationally as if it is using intelligence (of human level) for taking decisions.
  
  AI deals with complex algorithms. Some examples of AI are speech recognition, face recognition, natural language processing, etc.
    
  AI don't necessarily need additional hardware. A simple desktop at home will work, while the term robot is used for external hardware that does some autonomous task repeatedly.
  
  
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  ### Answer by username_2 on 2016-08-10. Score: 1
  
  Basically a [robot](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Robot) is a mechanical or virtual artificial agent which exhibit intelligent behavior ([AI](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Artificial_intelligence)).
  
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  [Tim Urban](http://waitbutwhy.com/wait-but-who) on *[Wait But Why](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wait_But_Why)* website wrote the following to clear things up:
  
  > First, stop thinking of robots.
  >
  > # A robot is a container for AI,
  >
  > sometimes mimicking the human form, sometimes not
  >
  > — but the AI itself **is the computer inside the robot**.
  >
  > ### AI is the brain and the robot is its body — if it even has a body.
  >
  > For example,
  >
  > the software and data behind **Siri is AI**, the woman’s voice we hear is a personification of that AI, and there’s no robot involved at all.
  
  Source: [The AI Revolution: The Road to Superintelligence](http://waitbutwhy.com/2015/01/artificial-intelligence-revolution-1.html)
  
  
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  ### Answer by username_6 on 2019-09-30. Score: 1
  
  * Simply we say AI is software and robot is its body.
  
  This is because the algorithms we commonly think of AI come in the form of software, where when we talk about robots, we're talking about physical automation.
  
  In an automobile manufacturing process where automation is used, the *software* makes the decisions on what physical action the *robot* arm should take at any given time.
  
  
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  ### Answer by username_7 on 2016-08-09. Score: 0
  
  An [AI](http://www.oxforddictionaries.com/definition/english/artificial-intelligence#artificial-intelligence__2 "OED - AI") is a computer program designed for tasks normally requiring human [intelligence](http://www.oxforddictionaries.com/definition/english/intelligence "OED - Intelligence") (a human's ability to learn), while a [robot](http://www.oxforddictionaries.com/definition/english/robot "OED - Robot") is a machine that completes complex tasks. An AI could be used to control a robot, but they are very different.
  
  Source: [Oxford English Dictionary](http://www.oxforddictionaries.com/), above links will direct to definitions.
  
  > **Comments:**
  > **username_3**: Welcome to AI SE Stack Exchange! I think the OP was looking for a more detailed answer about *how* they are different.  
  > **username_8**: @username_3 I think one should invite us in chat,to discuss about this two concepts.The reason being we have got various opinions.This is really interesting.  
  
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