robotics

[roh-bot-iks]

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noun (used with a singular verb)

the use of computer-controlled robots to perform manual tasks, especially on an assembly line.

Origin of robotics

1941; robot + -ics; coined by Isaac Asimov

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Related Words for robotics

robotics, machinery, automation, mechanics, telecommunications, mechanization, AI, cybernetics, simulation, programming

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Contemporary Examples of robotics

Is that what we want for the students at Carl Hayden High, where the robotics club is still going strong?
These Undocumented Teens Outsmarted MIT—and Still Cant Get Real Jobs in America
Jonathan Alter
July 14, 2014
The implications are enormous as all this comes amid widespread and growing excitement about robotics in daily life.
The 'Killer Robot' Olympics
Christopher Dickey
December 19, 2013
But nobody connected with the DARPA (Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency) Robotics Challenge wants to admit that.
The 'Killer Robot' Olympics
Christopher Dickey
December 19, 2013
Born in 1960, just outside of Paris, LeCun has been drawn to computers, robotics, and artificial intelligence since a young age.
Soon All Your Best Facebook Friends Will Be Robots
William O’Connor
December 17, 2013
No one can predict the direction or dimensions of robotics a decade from now.
Robotic Technologies Could Aggravate the U.S. Problem of Slow Jobs Growth
Robert Shapiro
July 19, 2013

Historical Examples of robotics

He knew where you could get plans for the robotics, and off-the-shelf motors and sensors.
Makers
Cory Doctorow
I thought it over for a second, then asked, "But what do your robotics men say is causing the malfunctions?"
A Spaceship Named McGuire
Gordon Randall Garrett

British Dictionary definitions for robotics

robotics

noun (functioning as singular)

the science or technology of designing, building, and using robots
another name for robot dancing

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Word Origin and History for robotics

1941, from robot + -ics. Coined in a science fiction context by Russian-born U.S. author Isaac Asimov (1920-1992), who proposed the "Three Laws of Robotics" in 1968.