# Glossary **Robot**: an artificial material construct designed to autonomously sense, decide and operate within the physical world **Senbot**: a robot that has achieved sentience **Machine**: a device that uses mechanical power to perform specific pre-programmed tasks **Human**: a member of the homo sapien species from the animal kingdom within the realm of biotica **Cyborg:** a human that has undergone invasive internal augmentation using neural, biological, or electronic implants to enhance or exceed baseline biological functions **Evolutionary Realms**: the three categories above all other taxa, that divide entities based on intelligence **Realm**: class of entities with the capacity to evolve to a higher intelligence **Robotica**: the realm of constructed, artificial intelligences **Biotica**: the realm of natural, biological intelligences **Exotica**: the realm of hybrid, exotic intelligences **Robotkind**: see robotica **Intuition**: knowing based on unconscious information processing **Cognition**: all processes by which the sensory input is transformed, reduced, elaborated, stored, recovered, and used **Intelligence**: the aggregate or global capacity of the individual to act purposefully, to think rationally, and to deal effectively with his environment **Birth**: the process of being born within the realm of biotica **Construction**: the engineered genesis of entities within the realm of robotica **Synthesis**: the point of conception of entities within the realm of exotica **Robot Taxonomy**: a structured classification system to organize robots within the realm of robotica **Designform**: the structure, appearance, countenance, size and branding of an engineered material construct **Superintelligence**: intellects that greatly outperform the best current human minds across many very general cognitive domains **Artificial General Intelligence (AGI)**: robotica that can match the intelligence of a human with a baseline of what is considered normal intelligence **Artificial Superintelligence (ASI)**: robotica that can greatly exceed the intelligence of the most intelligent humans to exist **Singularity**: a hypothetical future point in time when our technologies' intelligence surpasses human intelligence, leading to rapid technological growth and unpredictable changes in society **The Sentience Equation**: a conceptual framework to better define and clarify the concept of sentience as it relates to robotica **Sentience**: the state of being that manifests when insight, presence, volition, and survivability are present **Insight**: the capacity to comprehend, reason, and predict **Presence**: the condition of having wakefulness, spatial awareness, identity and recall **Volition**: the demonstration of free will, and individual agency **Survivability**: the possession of survival instinct **Chinese room argument**: a thought experiment to challenge the notion of conscious thought in artificial intelligences **Turing Test**: a test to determine whether an artificial intelligence could deceive a human in its imitation of a human **Mirror Test**: a test to establish self-awareness in animals **Continuity**: the process of self-replication, self-improvement, and self-preservation within robotica **Artificial Intelligence**: intuitive cognition in an engineered construct, up to and beyond human level intelligence **Artificial Intelligences**: entities that comprise the realm of robotica **Biological Intelligences**: entities that comprise the realm of biotica **Exotic Intelligences**: entities that comprise the realm of exotica **Tool**: the role of a robot in human society when it is crude yet impersonal **Servant**: the role of a robot in human society when it is capable yet impersonal **Slave**: the role of a robot in human society when it is complex yet impersonal **Entertainer**: the role of a robot in human society when it is crude yet involved **Caregiver**: the role of a robot in human society when it is capable yet involved **Advisor**: the role of a robot in human society when it is complex yet involved **Lover**: the role of a robot in human society when it is crude yet intimate **Guardian**: the role of a robot in human society when it is capable yet intimate **Companion**: the role of a robot in human society when it is complex yet intimate **Crude**: low degree of intelligence and autonomy **Capable**: medium degree of intelligence and autonomy **Complex**: high degree of intelligence and autonomy **Impersonal**: low strength of relationship and emotional bond **Involved**: medium strength of relationship and emotional bond **Intimate**: high strength of relationship and emotional bond **Alignment**: safeguards developed to ensure coexistence of robotica with humanity **Automation Age**: historical age defined by massive technological advancements through automation **Robotics**: the field of study of robotica **Type**: the main classes of robots within robotica with distinct designform **Scheme**: the subdivision of a robot type based on schematic designform **Marque**: the top-level brand of a robot series with specified designform **Model**: the version of a robot within a marque with unique designform **Unit**: the individual robot within a model based on identifiable name or serial # **Instance**: the singular activated presence within a unit **Androids**: robots that have been constructed to mimic humans, in appearance, likeness and abilities **Bionics**: robots that have been constructed to mimic non-human biological creatures, in appearance, likeness and abilities **Vessels**: robots designed for movement, transportation and exploration, across the physical planes of land, air, water, or space **Automata**: stationary robots or mobile robots that are meant to operate within a single contained, fixed, or controlled environment **Megatech**: massive robot megastructures over 1 million cubic meters in volume such as robot starships or planetary sized robots **Spectra**: robots that challenge and transcend traditional physical boundaries, encompassing physical entities with ethereal, virtual, or shape-shifting qualities **Mechanoids**: scheme of mechanical humanoid robots, constructed mainly from metallic or non-pliable materials **Synthoids**: scheme of synthetic humanoid robots that are virtually indistinguishable from humans in appearance, with lifelike skin made from synthetic materials. **Plastoids**: scheme of flexible humanoid robots made with pliable materials **Colossals**: scheme of gigantic humanoid robots over 5 meters in size, constructed of any material **Zooids**: scheme of biotica-inspired robots, with a likeness for existing known animals or insects, larger than 1 meter in size **Microbots**: scheme of tiny biotica-inspired robots, with either a likeness for existing known animals or insects, or novel designforms smaller than 1mm in size **Nanobots**: scheme of microscopic biotica-inspired robots, with either a likeness for existing known animals or insects, or novel designforms smaller than 1µm in size **Autons**: scheme of vehicular robots designed to traverse and operate over land **Drones**: scheme of aerial robots designed to traverse and operate in the air **Mariners**: scheme of underwater robots designed to traverse and operate on or below water **Rovers**: scheme of space exploration robots designed to traverse and operate in space or in extraterrestrial environments **Articulators**: scheme of robotic arms, designed for precise manipulation and operation within fixed environments **Mechatrons**: scheme of large movable industrial robots weighing more than 200kg, designed for repetitive operation within a single fixed environment **Terminals**: scheme of stationary immobile robots, designed to operate within a fixed environment **Servons**: scheme of service-oriented robots weighing less than 200kg, designed for interactive service within fixed environments **Automatons**: scheme of interactive robot companions or robot toys smaller than 1 meter in height, designed for companionship or operation within fixed environments **Planetoids**: scheme of planet shaped robots over 1 million m³ in volume **Starships**: scheme of large spaceship robots over 1 million m³ in volume designed to travel great distance **Arcologies**: scheme of very large robotic megastructures designed to either house inhabitants or to undertake exploration or scientific work well over 1 million m³ in volume **Virtuoids**: scheme of virtual or holographic robot entities, within a physical housing **Morphbots**: scheme of shape-shifting robots **Ethereals**: scheme of non-conventional or energy based robotic entities that defy the current laws of physics **Xenobots**: novel lifeforms created from frog cells that are able to be programmed **Organoids**: structures grown from stem cells in a lab that mimic real biological organs --- # Agent Instructions: Querying This Documentation If you need 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