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robot

[ roh-bot ]

noun

  1. a machine that resembles a human and does mechanical, routine tasks on command.
  2. a person who acts and responds in a mechanical, routine manner, usually subject to another's will; automaton.
  3. any machine or mechanical device that operates automatically with humanlike skill.


adjective

  1. operating automatically:

    a robot train operating between airline terminals.

robot

/ ˈəʊɒ /

noun

  1. any automated machine programmed to perform specific mechanical functions in the manner of a man
  2. modifier not controlled by man; automatic

    a robot pilot

  3. a person who works or behaves like a machine; automaton
  4. a set of traffic lights
“Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged” 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012

robot

  1. A machine designed to replace human beings in performing a variety of tasks, either on command or by being programmed in advance.
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Derived Forms

  • ˈDzdz-ˌ, adjective
  • ˈdzپ, adjective
  • ˈDzdzپ, noun
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Other Word Forms

  • ·dz· noun
  • ·dz· [roh-, bot, -ik], ··پ·پ [roh-b, uh, -, tis, -tik, -bo-], adjective
  • ·dz· adjective
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Word History and Origins

Origin of robot1

< Czech, coined by Karel Č in the play R.U.R. (1920) from the base robot-, as in robota compulsory labor, Dzdzٲí peasant owing such labor
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Word History and Origins

Origin of robot1

C20: (used in R.U.R. , a play by Karel Č ) from Czech robota work; related to Old Slavonic rabota servitude, German Arbeit work
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"Still, that doesn't mean I become authoritarian. I work with people, not robots."

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The announcement came after China imposed export restrictions on seven rare earth elements, essential to the production of advanced technologies - including electric vehicles, fighter jets, and robots.

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It's a bright spring morning in Hanover, Germany, and I'm on my way to meet a robot.

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In the company’s quarterly webcast, Musk touted the potential of autonomous driving and said that Optimus, Tesla’s humanoid robot, would lower labor costs and increase productivity.

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The robot descends to the seabed to collect fluids, gases and snap off chunks of rock.

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