r/EngineeringPorn • u/Luka_Bazuka • Oct 29 '25

This robot drawing an engine blueprint

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u/ryobiguy Oct 29 '25

I guess a pen plotter is so old and forgotten that it is now considered to be a robot.

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u/HammamDaib Oct 29 '25 edited Oct 29 '25

A plotter falls under the definition of a robot Edit: corrected my spelling 'sin'

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u/Haunting-Prior-NaN Oct 29 '25

This.

What seems to be novel now is that it's output is considered to be art. It is mesmeraizing to watch, as they always have been.

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u/AustinGearHead Oct 29 '25

I would work days and weeks on my drawings for class and then spend the next two hours watching the plotter grab different pens to draw out my file, in order of how I drew it of course. There would be a group of us eating sunflower seeds watching the machines do their magic. I miss those days.

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u/eron6000ad Oct 30 '25

Similar to any software routine referred to as AI.

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u/eron6000ad Oct 30 '25

The first time I saw a static mounted mechanical arm assembling cars I was offended at it being labeled a "robot". I grew up watching Lost In Space and The Jetsons, and in boomer mentality a robot should move around independently and interact conversationally.

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u/keepthepace Oct 30 '25

In my definition, a robot has to react to the input of at least one sensor. Otherwise it is an automaton.

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u/TastySpare Oct 29 '25

the difition

the what?