Robots on PhysicsForums: AI, Members & More

[Jacinta]

Not generally, on this forum i mean.
I was looking at the 'Current Visitors' page to see if I was on it, and I found a filter thingie which filters members and robots.
I'm super confused about these robots, are they actual made made type robots that can move and stuff and are huddled up in one large physicsforums.com HQ? or are they just little microcells on a part of a computer managing this forum? Are they a form of artificial intelligence? Has physicsforums.com really gotten this advanced? I guess this is what happens when you group a bunch of sciency people here. Anyways, I really need to know the answer. I'm curious about the type of robots that could have stumbled across my threads.

 

[phinds]

Not generally, on this forum i mean.

They are software programs used by companies like Google to scour the web for stuff.

 

[Jacinta]

They are software programs used by companies like Google to scour the web for stuff.

Thanks

 

[Jacinta]

Crap, I wrote this thread in the wrong section. How do I move it in 'General Discussion'?

 

[phinds]

Crap, I wrote this thread in the wrong section. How do I move it in 'General Discussion'?

Click on the "report" button and ask that it be moved

 

[Borek]

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Internet_bot