ruggedness
- a word derived from rugged.
Example Sentences
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Alberto Rodriguez, director of robot behavior and AI strategy for Atlas, said a robotic hand must make trade-offs between strength, dexterity, slenderness and ruggedness.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 25, 2025
Come for the hats, the boots, the horses, the ruggedness once used to sell cigarettes.
From Los Angeles Times ● Apr. 17, 2025
Remarkably, this handwritten-digit recognition capability remained unaffected even when the device was repeatedly bent and stretched up to 1,000 times, demonstrating its ruggedness and feasibility for repeated use.
From Science Daily ● Mar. 11, 2024
Updates for 2024 keep the Wrangler’s ruggedness intact but improve usability.
From Seattle Times ● Jul. 5, 2023
Perhaps we should return to ourselves, to our own primordial streets, to our own ruggedness, to our own rude hair.
From "Between the World and Me" by Ta-Nehisi Coates
