"Sure, but why would you imagine AI without robotics? The main thing holding robotics back now is a lack of intelligence, which would cease to be a problem with a real AI (well that and battery/energy tech - but maybe an AI would be smart enough to figure that out better than we can). Anyway AI could utilize everything from drones to self driving cars to 3D printers to humanoid robots to specially built machines for particular tasks. It'll have plenty of resources to learn about the world and do science to gain new knowledge." - Eric P