robotic

American  

[roh-bot-ik] / roʊˈbɒt ɪk /

adjective

1. in the manner of a robot; mechanical; lacking human intelligence or emotion.

   He’s so constant and efficient that he looks robotic on the ice, and his scores for artistic performance suffer.

2. performed by a robot without active guidance from a human operator.

   Over the course of several robotic missions, NASA gathered information about the surface of Mars and its atmosphere.

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Etymology

Origin of robotic

First recorded in 1925–30; robot ( def. ) + -ic ( def. )

Example Sentences

Surely, there has got to be some speck of humanity here, some microcosmic pocket of life detectable amid her robotic demeanor and Ratner’s styleless direction.

From Salon

The moment an order pops up on the screen, workers jump into action - picking, scanning, and packing items into the trademark brown paper bags with such speed it almost feels robotic.

From BBC

I liked the idea of some robotic thing … when I first started it, it didn’t really get that far, but I thought, “How can I make it interesting?”

From Los Angeles Times

Fully autonomous vehicles will pick up humans from work and drive them to homes where robotic AI assistants move from room to room for improved sound quality and voice recognition, he expects.

From The Wall Street Journal

Anduril is developing new defense technologies that include drones, missiles, robotic submarines, and autonomous fighter jets.

From Los Angeles Times

Related Words

• automatic
• computerized
• electronic
• mechanical
• mechanized