What are the differences between robots, cyborgs and androids?

Robots, cyborgs, and androids are all fascinating manifestations of technology, each with distinct characteristics. Robots are autonomous or semi-autonomous machines designed to perform tasks typically done by humans. They can range from industrial robots in factories to robotic vacuum cleaners in homes. Cyborgs, short for cybernetic organisms, are beings with both organic and biomechatronic body parts. They incorporate technology into their bodies, enhancing their capabilities beyond normal human limits. Often seen in science fiction, cyborgs blur the line between man and machine, such as characters with robotic limbs or implanted computer interfaces. Androids, on the other hand, are humanoid robots designed to resemble and mimic humans, both in appearance and behavior. They may possess artificial intelligence and can perform tasks in a human-like manner. While robots and androids are entirely mechanical, cyborgs merge organic and synthetic components, offering a unique blend of biology and technology.

A robot is really a mechanized body which is operate by some intelligence. Most commonly the intelligence operating the robot is embedded in the robot and thus most people consider robots to have some form of Artificial Intelligence. The truth is that robots can be operated by an on-board embedded AI or by a remote Artificial Intelligence or by a remote Human Intelligence. Thus, a robot is really just a mechanized body.

A cyborg in any merger of living and nonliving systems. This often begins with a living being that nonliving elements are merged with. But, it can also be a robotic nonliving body which living elements are added to. In general, Cyborgs have an embedded intelligence, but again, like robots, the intelligence operating a cyborg ( a cybernetic body), does not need to be present. That intelligence can be remote and as such that intelligence could be an Artificial Intelligence or a Human Intelligence. All that is required to be a cyborg is to combine living and nonliving systems.

An Android is either a Robot or a Cyborg which Humanoid in appearance. In general there is no reason a Robot or Cyborg must appear Human, but an Android, by definition, appears similar to a Humanoid.