What is Robot?
{{selfref|This page is about the machine; for bot accounts on Wikipedia, see [[Wikipedia:Bots]].}} [[File:K10 black rover at Haughton Crater.jpg|thumb|300px|A [[NASA]] K10 black rover at Haughton Crater]] A '''robot''' is a [[machine]] that can move and do certain tasks and work. Robots are controlled by a [[computer program]] or [[electronic]] circuitry. They may be directly controlled by humans. They may be designed to look like humans, in which case their [[behaviour]] may suggest [[intelligence]] or [[thought]] but they do not have feelings. Most robots do a specific job, and they do not always look like humans. They can come in many forms.<ref>[http://www.scientificamerican.com/article/flexible-bio-inspired-machines-are-the-future-of-engineering/ ''Flexible, bio-inspired machines are the future of engineering; flexible, one-piece machines could soon make today's assemblages of rigid parts look like antiques''] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140425182013/http://www.scientificamerican.com/article/flexible-bio-inspired-machines-are-the-future-of-engineering/ |date=2014-04-25 }} May 1, 2014 issue [[Scientific American]]</ref> In [[fiction]], however, robots usually look like people, and seem to have a life of their own.<ref>{{Cite web |url=http://www.technologymarketing.com/bw/magazine/current/article_display.jsp?vnu_content_id=1003541524 |title=Brandweek: even robot suicide is no laughing matter |access-date=2007-05-31 |archive-date=2007-09-02 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20070902221348/http://www.technologymarketing.com/bw/magazine/current/article_display.jsp?vnu_content_id=1003541524 |url-status=live }}</ref> There are many [[book]]s, [[movies]], and [[video games]] with robots in them. [[Isaac Asimov]]'s ''[[I, Robot]]'' is perhaps the most famous. == History == People have been interested in building machines that do work for us for a long time. But it takes time and money to build just one machine, so early ideas were not built. [[Leonardo da Vinci]] designed a man-shaped ma