How does the dishwasher work?

Basically, a dishwasher is a robot that cleans and rinses dirty dishes. Humans have to load the dishes, add detergent, set the proper washing cycles and turn it on, but the dishwasher accomplishes a whole series of functions by itself. A dishwasher:

• Adds water
• Heats the water to the appropriate temperature
• Automatically opens the detergent dispenser at the right time
• Shoots the water through jets to get the dishes clean
• Drains the dirty water
• Sprays more water on the dishes to rinse them
• Drains itself again
• Heats the air to dry the dishes off, if the user has selected that setting