What's the difference between an android and a robot?

Edmond Woychowsky discusses the one major difference between robots and androids -- with the caveat that there's a fuzzy line between the categories. ... There is, however, an issue with the definition of an android: Just what does "in the form of a human" mean? read more

Edmond Woychowsky discusses the one major difference between robots and androids -- with the caveat that there's a fuzzy line between the categories. read more

Also a an android is a synthetic entity which goes beyond in many aspect the typical meaning of robot (mechanical is a subset of synthetic; for example an android could be made of synthetic flesh, I would not call it a robot then). So there is an overlap between the two terms; a humanoid robot could be considered as a mechanical android. read more