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ro·bot (rō′bät′)

noun

    1. any anthropomorphic mechanical being, as those in Karel Čapek's play R.U.R. (Rossum's Universal Robots), built to do routine manual work for human beings
    2. any mechanical device operated automatically, esp. by remote control, to perform in a seemingly human way
  2. an automaton; esp., a person who acts or works mechanically and without originality

Etymology: < Czech robota, forced labor < OSlav rabota, menial labor < rabu, servant < IE base *orbho-: see orphan

Related Forms:

  • robotic ro·bot′ic (rō bät′ik) adjective
  • robotism ro′·bot·ism′ noun

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robot Synonyms

robot

n.

automaton, android, Frankenstein, mechanical monster, humanoid, thinking machine, mechanical man, cyborg.


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robot Usage Examples

Converse of object

  • weld: SolidWorks was also used to design the jig fixtures on which the tube sub assemblies and final assemblies are robot welded together.

Adjective modifier

  • humanoid: He pulled off the wrapping to reveal a humanoid robot which bore a remarkable resemblance to Des, with similar facial features.

Modifies a noun

  • soccer: The boys from St Cecilia's had much more success with their robot soccer player sweeping all aside in their half of the draw.

Noun used with modifier

  • indexing: How does an indexing robot decide what to index?
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robot quotes

Where robot mice and robot men, I said, run round in robot towns.

-Bradbury, Ray(mond Douglas)

We are survival machinesörobot vehicles blindly programmed to preserve the selfish molecules known as genes. This is a truth which still fills me with astonishment.

-Dawkins, Richard

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