robotic
adjective
ro·bot·ic
rō-ˈbä-tik 
rə-
1
: of or relating to mechanical robots
2
: having the characteristics of a robot
performs with robotic consistency
Examples of robotic in a Sentence
the dishwasher is one of the greatest robotic devices ever invented
with a single robotic motion, she reached for a cigarette and a lighter the instant she sat down
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Meanwhile, the global household robot market was valued at about $41 billion last year, largely driven by robotic vacuum cleaners, and the market is expected to grow around 20 percent annually through 2027.
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Jijo Malayil, Interesting Engineering, 25 May 2026
This applies not just to basic UAV technology but to all the related tech, the automation via AI, the drone jamming and counter jamming, aerial surveillance, the naval and robotic ground-drone tech and the like.
—Melik Kaylan, Forbes.com, 25 May 2026
The robotic Tianzhou 10 cargo spacecraft is also scheduled to arrive at Tiangong during the six-month-long Shenzhou 21 mission.
—Andrew Jones, Space.com, 24 May 2026
In July of 2015, during a 10-day expedition in the Pacific Ocean, researchers aboard the E/V Nautilus launched a robotic sub called Hercules just off the coast of Darwin Island, part of the Galápagos archipelago.
—Jeanna Bryner, Scientific American, 24 May 2026
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Jijo Malayil, Interesting Engineering, 25 May 2026
This applies not just to basic UAV technology but to all the related tech, the automation via AI, the drone jamming and counter jamming, aerial surveillance, the naval and robotic ground-drone tech and the like.
—Melik Kaylan, Forbes.com, 25 May 2026
The robotic Tianzhou 10 cargo spacecraft is also scheduled to arrive at Tiangong during the six-month-long Shenzhou 21 mission.
—Andrew Jones, Space.com, 24 May 2026
In July of 2015, during a 10-day expedition in the Pacific Ocean, researchers aboard the E/V Nautilus launched a robotic sub called Hercules just off the coast of Darwin Island, part of the Galápagos archipelago.
—Jeanna Bryner, Scientific American, 24 May 2026
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“Robotic.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/robotic. Accessed 27 May. 2026.
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