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A slow bot is a robot that takes much longer to run then the majority of robots. Sometimes due to design limitations, such as a nanobot. Sometimes due to poor design, such as using a bubble sort or looping over code that doesn't need to be. Sometimes the robot just needs to do a lot of calculation to do what it does. Where energy consumption grows more than linear with speed, a slow bot can lead to major energy savings.
 
A slow bot is a robot that takes much longer to run then the majority of robots. Sometimes due to design limitations, such as a nanobot. Sometimes due to poor design, such as using a bubble sort or looping over code that doesn't need to be. Sometimes the robot just needs to do a lot of calculation to do what it does. Where energy consumption grows more than linear with speed, a slow bot can lead to major energy savings.
  
Depending on the cause, these robots may be considered a nuisance.
 
  
 
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Revision as of 12:58, 21 November 2012

A slow bot is a robot that takes much longer to run then the majority of robots. Sometimes due to design limitations, such as a nanobot. Sometimes due to poor design, such as using a bubble sort or looping over code that doesn't need to be. Sometimes the robot just needs to do a lot of calculation to do what it does. Where energy consumption grows more than linear with speed, a slow bot can lead to major energy savings.


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