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

• 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

Renders of the space show a curved metal ceiling produced using robotic technology and screen-printed with concentric ripples evoking a drop of water on a calm lake. —Sofia Celeste, Footwear News, 2 Oct. 2025

The team suggests the AI could also be applied to other fields, such as enhancing data from sensors on spacecraft or in robotic surgery. —Aman Tripathi, Interesting Engineering, 2 Oct. 2025

The idea behind the Tumbleweed project is to design large-scale, low-cost robotic rovers that can cover great swathes of the Martian surface while driven purely by the breeze. —Keith Cooper, Space.com, 30 Sep. 2025

Not robotic or clinical or foreign. —Gary Greenberg, New Yorker, 27 Sep. 2025

Word History

First Known Use

1928, in the meaning defined at sense 1

Rhymes for robotic

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