Robot Or Not?

Is all animation “cartoons”?

Two beloved metal creatures from animation.

That “Robo” prefix is sure interesting, and he’s probably a cop, but…

Bender, Calculon, and Hedonismbot.

He fights for the users inside a computer. Can software people be robots?

A fancy “robot arm” from Canada. But when is a robot arm just an arm, and when is it a robot?

Part animal, part machine. But is it a robot?

Please obey robot.

It’s Wimbledon time, and so our discussion turns to tennis, and Serena Williams—who is not a robot, despite her perhaps wishing she was.

Karel Capek’s play that made this podcast possible.

The Country Bears, Chuck E. Cheese, and the things from Five Nights at Freddy’s.

Live from RelayCon WWDC 2016, it’s a special live edition of Robot or Not.

He’s a droid with a cough. So what’s the deal?

They go up, they go down. They might even go sideways from time to time. And they can be smart. But are they robots?

Go go Gadget! Also we get off on a tangent about Penny, inspired by The Flop House.

Please state the nature of the medical emergency. Can a hologram be a robot?

From the AMC TV series “Humans,” the lifelike Synths look like humans but don’t act like it. And they bleed a funny color.

He’s an inflatable, medical robot from “Big Hero 6”—but can you back up your personality and still be a robot?

Our own robot (or not) is in the spotlight at last.

If he only had a heart.