Robot Forum

Since there's a concept page for each, I think the blurb for each should specify when somethings a robot and when something's a mech, otherwise combine the pages.

@Vigorousjammer said:

" a robot is something that has some sort of artificial intelligence... a mech must be piloted by somebody. "

I think Vig is right.

There's also an object page for Mech. I think their blurbs are quite different:

Robot: "A mechanical lifeform, typically exhibiting superhuman abilities, that can be found in games as either the main protaganist or as powerful enemies or allies."

Mech: "They must be big, they must have legs (but not always), and they must have cockpits. That's a Mech!"

While I don't really agree with the tone of the Mech's blurb, the two do show a clear difference.

Edit: I bolded the more important differences.