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robotic

robotic

58 4.6
Made like a machine that works by itself
  • adjective
  • /roʊˈbɑːtɪk/
translation icon : robótico
  • The factory uses robotic arms to assemble the products efficiently.
  • a robotic arm
  • a robotic system
  • a robotic hand

So is the idea to build a robotic retina.

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Examples

  • Today he walks with a pair of high-tech robotic legs called C-Legs.

    Academic text (2011)
  • We specialize in robotic limbs for wounded soldiers.

  • And then we're often building these robotic products.

  • This means us getting into soft robotic technology.

  • Despite weird robotic sounds, this is a great little machine.

  • Sir, we're talking about the most advanced robotic system ever seen.

  • Now this man is using a robotic mechanism to pick up the engine.

    Fiction book (1993)
  • And now you have all these different robotic machines that can help make the job safer.

  • And if we Fast forward to today, there are now robotic explorers on the planet Mars.

  • The task of sampling ice on the Moon falls to a robotic rover named Cocytus.

    Fiction book (1998)

Synonyms

automated
vsrobotic
74 4.0

Machines or computers run a system instead of people

is about appearing or acting like a machine rather than only being machine run
mechanical
vsrobotic
39 3.9

Moving or acting like a machine without feeling

focuses on resemblance to automated or artificial operation rather than general machines
mechanized
vsrobotic
  • Specialized
5 4.2

Machines do the work instead of people, for example in factories or farms

emphasizes looking or acting mechanically like an automated device rather than mere equipment
machinelike
vsrobotic
1 6.7

Acting in a very exact, automatic way without showing feeling

includes that sense but also covers being like automated equipment generally
robotlike
vsrobotic
6.8

Acting like a machine without feeling or choice

is broader meaning likeness to machines or to automated operation
automatonlike
vsrobotic
  • Offensive
9.3

Showing no feeling and acting like a machine

is wider describing likeness to machines rather than only unthinking behavior

Antonyms

1.0

Not made or changed by people, coming from nature like sunlight

Compounds

robotic telesurgery
  • Specialized
7.2

Surgery using robotic tools that a surgeon controls from far away

How Robotic

automated
74 4.0
robotic
58 4.6
machinelike
1 6.7
mechanical
39 3.9

Surface Forms

robotic positive

Morphology

robotic = robot (transparent) = robot + ic

The adjective is a straightforward derivation from the noun 'robot' with the productive suffix '-ic', indicating 'relating to or characteristic of robots'.

Etymology

Robotic comes from the Czech word robota, meaning 'forced work', which gave us the English word robot for a machine that does work. So robotic means 'like a robot' — mechanical or automatic, often used for machines or tools.