Originally Posted by mahasamatman
Any automoton can be considered a robot. The phone robot qualifies under two definitions from the Merriam-Webster dictionary:
2 : a device that automatically performs complicated often repetitive tasks
3 : a mechanism guided by automatic controls
Shouldn't that be a device that automatically complicates repetitive tasks?

That is what the MP Robot (IVR) does. Grrr, I was quite pleased when the robot went away for a while, but it appears that the robot (IVR) has returned.