Robot Or Not?

Little cute robots from “Ghost in the Shell.”

Self-guided rockets and drone barges.

They’re sure tasty, and it’s meat between bread, but are hot dogs sandwiches?

They sure look like robots. But who’s under the masks?

The owl and the snake from “Blade Runner” raise some interesting questions.

A little metal owl from “Clash of the Titans.” Crafted by the gods, can he possibly be a robot?

The robot from “The Day the Earth Stood Still”, plus a long digression into Star Trek androids.

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?