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
Synonyms
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
Our system is being developed to combine personalized knee implants with precision robotic surgical assistants to hopefully give patients a better-fitting knee replacement with minimally invasive surgery.
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Miami Herald, 11 Apr. 2024
One study even showed that healthy young adults who caressed a robotic baby seal were happier, and felt less pain from a mild heat stimulus, than those who read an article about an astronomer.
—Joanne Silberner, New York Times, 8 Apr. 2024
Walt Disney Imagineering, the company’s typically-secretive arm devoted to theme park development, hasn’t been shy regarding the testing of bipedal droids that can hop in place, bow their heads and nudge humans like robotic pets.
—Todd Martens, Los Angeles Times, 4 Apr. 2024
Though the robotic smart display is much further along than the mobile bot, it has been added and removed from the company’s product road map over the years, according to the people.
—Tribune News Service, The Mercury News, 4 Apr. 2024
From May 2021 to June 2022, the robotic fibers slurped up photons arriving at Earth from different eras of cosmic history.
—Charlie Wood, Quanta Magazine, 4 Apr. 2024
And 2024 is shaping up to be a big year for robotic mowers.
—Jennifer Pattison Tuohy, The Verge, 19 Mar. 2024
Are the humanoid robotic companies involved contributing data to improve GR00T, or instead training their own models based on it?
—IEEE Spectrum, 18 Mar. 2024
One Chinese satellite has a robotic arm that could destroy or move other satellites.
—Chris Buckley, New York Times, 28 Mar. 2024
Miami Herald, 11 Apr. 2024
One study even showed that healthy young adults who caressed a robotic baby seal were happier, and felt less pain from a mild heat stimulus, than those who read an article about an astronomer.
—Joanne Silberner, New York Times, 8 Apr. 2024
Walt Disney Imagineering, the company’s typically-secretive arm devoted to theme park development, hasn’t been shy regarding the testing of bipedal droids that can hop in place, bow their heads and nudge humans like robotic pets.
—Todd Martens, Los Angeles Times, 4 Apr. 2024
Though the robotic smart display is much further along than the mobile bot, it has been added and removed from the company’s product road map over the years, according to the people.
—Tribune News Service, The Mercury News, 4 Apr. 2024
From May 2021 to June 2022, the robotic fibers slurped up photons arriving at Earth from different eras of cosmic history.
—Charlie Wood, Quanta Magazine, 4 Apr. 2024
And 2024 is shaping up to be a big year for robotic mowers.
—Jennifer Pattison Tuohy, The Verge, 19 Mar. 2024
Are the humanoid robotic companies involved contributing data to improve GR00T, or instead training their own models based on it?
—IEEE Spectrum, 18 Mar. 2024
One Chinese satellite has a robotic arm that could destroy or move other satellites.
—Chris Buckley, New York Times, 28 Mar. 2024
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Word History
First Known Use
1928, in the meaning defined at sense 1
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