roboticist
Americannoun
Etymology
Origin of roboticist
1940; robotic ( def. ) + -ist; coined by Isaac Asimov
Example Sentences
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Dean and Hassabis, Google’s two veteran AI scientists, and James Manyika, a roboticist who joined in 2022, worked to unite the DeepMind and Brain divisions in training AI.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jan. 7, 2026
But there are serious issues that the industry needs to grapple with — including safety, which roboticist Christian Hubicki said is one of the hardest problems “in all of robotics.”
From MarketWatch ● Dec. 27, 2025
A roboticist being included among his artistic collaborators.
From New York Times ● May 2, 2024
Famed roboticist Rodney Brooks was also skeptical about embodied AI advances this week.
From Salon ● Mar. 5, 2024
Stephen Byerley met her eyes for an instant, was caught by them, then turned back to the roboticist.
From "I, Robot" by Isaac Asimov
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