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

robotically

rō-ˈbä-ti-k(ə-)lē 

rə-

adverb

Synonyms of robotic

• automated
• automatic

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

Recent Examples on the Web

Apart from robotic vacuum cleaners, the closest thing many older adults have to caregiving robots is a speaker powered by an artificial intelligence voice assistant like Alexa. —Matt O’Brien, Los Angeles Times, 1 June 2026

The company claims the model tops several open-model benchmarks for world generation, robotic action policies, and vision understanding. —Neetika Walter, Interesting Engineering, 1 June 2026

Teams need a structured way to capture experience instead of just logging events, since this data will train future robotic systems. —Expert Panel®, Forbes.com, 1 June 2026

Staff are buried in administrative work, from invoice matching to responding to messages across a dozen channels, forcing staff themselves to become robotic. —Catherina Gioino, Fortune, 1 June 2026

Word History

First Known Use

1927, in the meaning defined at sense 1

Rhymes for robotic

• aprotic
• aquatic
• biotic
• chaotic
• cirrhotic
• demotic
• despotic
• dichotic
• erotic
• euphotic
• exotic
• fibrotic