If two identical robots fought, which one would win?

[kiwi_poo]

robot 1 wins.

if they're identical, then so's the name, so there you go.

 

[Chefodeath]

This is a trick question. To be the same in every conceivable way would make them the exact same thing. There is therefore only one robot, which may be able to fight itself, but you cannot make a winner/loser divide out of what is one.

 

[GotMalkAvian]

It would most likely come down to luck. No matter how well-trained, one robot will eventually leave an opening for the other to exploit. Either that or one will eventually suffer a mechanical failure that would allow the other to win.

 

[lacktheknack]

Clearly, they'd murder each other at exactly the same time.

Since pure identicality is impossible, one would have a weaker spot than the other, and that might be enough to allow one to claim victory.

 

[The_root_of_all_evil]

Depends who rolled the Natural 20 first.

 

[milna64]

Assuming they are standard computer-like robots. The one that has the first clock cycle after the battle has fight. If they are properly identical, and each one sees the same thing, then (unless the out of sync processor cycles count as different environmental conditions) then they will both pick the same move and one will strike first. Otherwise, assuming they both know that the other is exactly the same as they are, they will know that "the only winning move is not to play"

 

[The Unworthy Gentleman]

Kind of a Schrödinger's Cat sort of thing isn't it. There is an equal chance of either one winning which is determined by some stroke of luck or a random event.

There is no way of determining which will win.

 

[Someonetookmyname]

The one that hits first...

 

[e102ewan]

If there is only some degree of randomness, the chances are that they would probably fight really slowly or do nothing at all until one of them attacked the other completely by chance. If the other one counterattacks this, it could win, but the attack might be too strong. If the match doesn't end immediately, they will continue fighting and one of them will probably win. However it could take a long time for one of them to attack if the randomness is nearly negligible.

The answer is to get 2 characters in an Oblivion mod to fight over and over again but make them evenly matched. Then you will see.

 

[Mcface]

the one who manages to land the first blow.

 

[GrizzlerBorno]

Haha, excellent hypothetical!

OT: They would gain sentience halfway through the fight, realizing how pointless their feud is...


[sub]....and turn on [/sub]YOU!

 

[hutchy27]

I think the one who would win, whould be the one who threw the first punch aslong as nothing eles happend like one having a technical issue.

 

[xNaturalMystic]

the one that hits first, identical to power and intelligence the fight will be extremely long or quick. So, which ever hits first will win.

 

[JoshGod]

The one with the enviromental advantes. The winning robot will look down on the fallen and say, you never managed to mind your surroundings.

 

[Plurralbles]

A chess playing super computer proved that if neither player made mistake that the game would end in a tie(King V. King). So i'm going to go with it all boils down to luck if there are any factors that make them even slightly not equal or the environment gives one of them an advantage(the slightest incline could spell a win for the other)

 

[Rhymer]

But are the surroundings and circumstances exactly the same as well? If yes, neither of them would win. I guess they would break or run out of fuel or whatever else at the same time.

Coin flip. Luck does exist, and plays it's own role in combat, and you can't control it. One would slip, or get damaged in the legs early, or who knows what, and the other would win.

Luck and coincidence can't exist, because nothing happens without cause. Even a coin flip is subject to flipping force, air resistance, momentum, etc. If one manages to damage the other one's legs earlier, then they are not exactly the same, because the one striking the blow obviously has superior tactics. If one slipped and the other one didn't, then the ground under that robot must have been different from the ground beneath the other one. So the surroundings were different.

This one speaks the truth. Two identical robots will "choose" the exact same "random" action, because true chance doesn't exist, even in computers. Since they are EXACTLY the same, this applies to luck and "random" calculations as well. And both of them will strike first, for those of you thinking you're clever

 

[Dublin Solo]

Seriously? My money is on the one on the right.

 

[UrbanCohort]

Whichever one of them got in the first hit. Goes for people a lot of the time, too.

 

[Asdalan08]

Whichever one I had bets on.

 

[SilverUchiha]

Why does it matter? They are two identical robots fighting (essentially rock'em sock'em robots). Either way, the winner is a robot who is just like the one that lost and the one that lost is essentially the same as the winner. Unless one is fighting on our behalf against one planning to destroy us, the lack of a difference makes the fight absolutely pointless.