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"Robot" Is A Social Construct: Why Your Dishwasher Is Not A Robot - Robot Girl Gang
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this post was submitted on 12 Oct 2026
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https://www.theincomparable.com/robot/212/
They talk more about the various ways to prep plates for a dishwasher and not the canonical question, but it’s clear that (by their definition) a dishwasher is not a robot.