Bots, Droids, Cyborgs, and Bionics

I'm going to list for characters and four groups; tell me who is what:

(links show pictures)

Darth Vader from the Star Wars Series

Detective Del Spooner from I, Robot

Cortana from the Halo series

"B-9" from Lost in Space

RoboCop from the RoboCop Series

OUT OF THESE FIVE ABOVE, which is which?

Android, Bot, Cyborg, Bionic, Robot

Take a moment or two and mark them down, and see if you can guess correctly!

While going through each definition, I'll briefly explain why which is which and why.

Robots

Robots are Are totally artificial or virtual entities that give the appearance of intention based upon it's actions, even if repetitive. What mainly separates Robots from the rest of the lot are that Robots aren't shaped like humans.  If you picked B-9, you are correct.

Other Famous Robots:

Johnny-5,  MechaGodzilla, Wall-e

Bots

A software program that imitates the behavior of a human, is called a "bot". No image, real or virtual, is necessary for a bot. If you picked Cortana, you are correct.

Other Famous Bots:

HAL-9000, Father (from Aliens), Any artificial character from Star Trek's holodeck.

Androids

androids are robots that posses human features and/or are robots that are constructed from organic materials and made to resemble a human. Androids also have a sex: Males are called Androids, and Females are called Gynoids. This is also a gynoid. Androids are considered to be much more intelligent than the standard Robot. If you picked RoboCop, you are correct. If you disagree, read the following paragraph, if not, skip to the next section

Other Famous Androids:

Data, C3PO, The Terminator

***Because of the degree of integration, RoboCop is just as much as an android as the Terminator and not a Cyborg... If (if anyone cares to remember,HA!) the OCP executives kept the arm of Murphy, and enhanced the abilities on the arm, he would have been a legitimate Cyborg, but since his natural process aren't aided or controlled by robotics but are REPLACED by robotics, RoboCop is an android. The big debate on RoboCop is since he has an aiming reticule guiding his natural ability to aim, that should make him a cyborg... but the rub is that the reticule isn't controlling or aiding any physiological processes (i.e. since it's guiding a robotic arm, it's still an android; if it was guiding a human arm, then it's cybernetic). Furthermore, RoboCop couldn't self-correct when his robotic arm wasn't aligned with the targeting reticule, which means it didn't aid his aim, neither did it control his own ability to aim, because he could tell the difference between what he was aiming at and where the can was going; it merely controlled where the robotic arm would fire based upon targets designated by the organic parts of the android. Furthermore, Robocop can be knocked-out, he can pass-out AND be disabled, so even basic breathing and consciousness is controlled by the organic tissue.

By the way; When C3PO introduced himself and said "Human/Cyborg relations" he was not referring to himself, but his translation abilities; hence the word "relations".


Cyborgs

Cyborgs are humans using robotics to enhance or control their natural abilities. If you picked Darth Vader, you are correct.

Darth Vader is a Cyborg with bionic parts... although Vader has an
artificial arm and other replacements, his breathing is assisted by a
machine. Yup. That's the difference that makes Vader a Cyborg and not a
Bionic man: Cyborgs use robotics to enhance or control something, not
to replace it. Robotics are controlling his breathing, which is a
natural ability.

Other famous Cyborgs:

The Necris (necroborgs), Victor Stone, Jake Dunn



Bionics

When a natural structure in the body is replaced with a robotic structure, that person is bionic. If you picked Detective Del Spooner, you are correct.

Other famous Bionic people: The Six-Million Dollar Man, The bionic Woman, Bionic Commando

"Okay, how does he differ from RoboCop?" one may ask... there are two things:The first one is simply that Del Spooner, while famous for his external arm, has an internal artificial lung. Robocop has no "internals" because his robotics envelope his entire organic structure. The second one is Control. Control of thoughts isn't a control of natural abilities as although learning is a natural ability, thoughts and thought responses aren't. What I mean is that although a caveman and a man from this year may both possess the natural ability to learn the concepts of games programming, those thoughts or concepts of thought were not available to the caveman to even think about because the concept accumulation of those thoughts were not available in the caveman's time. So although RoboCop thoughts are controlled, those thoughts are not the process of natural ability. RoboCop is still programmable. RoboCop could not kill OCP Officers, he doesn't have control of his own words or actions beyond a certain point. His human side is a component of the overall entity and not the controlling factor. That was the whole point of the movie... This android attempting to regain his humanity... even though in the end, it was sadly still just an illusion, as he still didn't have the ability to kill Dick Jones without Dick Jones being removed from OCP's roster. Yes, there's humanity in Robocop, just like there's Humanity in Termimator... but under certain circumstances, they'll both ice you without a second "thought" because that's what they're there to do. Also, in Robocop2, they reprogrammed Robocop to obey a bunch of "family-friendly" by-laws and Robocop couldn't refuse without being "tweaked" (i.e. he had to wipe his own memory by short-circuiting the programming) if RoboCop had free will, he could merely choose to not follow the orders.

Anyways, those are the core differences between the four... so next time you use these words, you can use them an an way that will make you attractive to geeky girls... or embarrass some Star-Trek freak at the next convention, whenever they are.

[Cajun Chicken]

Uh...what?

[thomo1888]

WTF

[Mwaan]

I really enjoyed that.

[xlx-russ_92]

whats the point of this?

[JD_Shadow]

I think he's poking fun at the things we call fanboys of each system (and I'm going to use some "restricted" terms here, but they will be used for reference only so you can get the joke here).

PS3 Fanboys are called "Sony droids"
360 fanboys are called "Xbots"
Not sure about this, but I guess Nintendo boys are names "Nintenborgs" or something like that.

So "Sony Droid" = Android, Xbot = Robot, Nintenborg (?) = Cyborg.

I think you can figure it out from there.

[xlx-russ_92]

but i thought Wii fanboys were called WiiTards?

[TheColbertinator]

They are called Nintendrones

[potenquatro]

But I disagree on Robocop. Didn't his humanity kick in enough times to warrant him with enough free will? Isn't that what made him a better robot? Kind of like the new cyborg on the new Terminator movie. Idk. W/e.