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robotics

robotics

46 4.3
The study and design of machines called robots for useful tasks
  • noun
  • /roʊˈbɑːtɪks/
  • Specialized
translation icon : robótica
  • A clear frontrunner has appeared in the so-called robotics race.
  • robotics and automation
  • applications of robotics
  • robotics technology

So you're referring to touch like soft robotics, like the actual touch.

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Examples

  • I am concerned about AI and robotics disrupting a lot of our current jobs.

  • There has not been one successful robotics company created in the United States.

    Academic text (1993)
  • And these are issues that will come in Advanced Robotics next quarter.

  • "I think personal home robotics is only 10 to 15 years away."

    Academic text (2008)
  • So you can use it in robotics projects, all sorts of different things.

  • The potential for the application of robotics in rehabilitation therapy is discussed in light of these findings.

    Academic text (1991)
  • Down in Strucker's lab, I saw some fairly advanced robotics work.

  • The next marvelous advancement in robotics is artificial intelligence.

  • Fortunately, our engineers have been making great progress in refining the robotics in your armor.

  • The field of robotics is rapidly advancing, with new technologies being developed every day.

Antonyms

18 3.3

Work done with your hands or body rather than by machines

Compounds

robotics equipment
  • Specialized
4.2

Tools and machines that help make or control robots

How Lifelike

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  • Specialized
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  • Specialized
3 7.9
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Surface Forms

robotics singular
robotics plural

Morphology

robotics = robot (transparent) = robot + ics

The suffix '-ics' commonly forms names of fields of study from a base (robot → robotics), so the relation is directly inferable.

Etymology

Robotics comes from the word robot, which was first used in a 1920 play and comes from the Czech robota, meaning 'forced work' or 'drudgery'. So, robotics is the study and making of machines that do work for people, and the name reminds us that robots were named for doing tasks or heavy work.